Document:

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

among

HYUNDAI AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 200[       ]-[       ],

Issuer,

HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING CORPORATION,

Depositor,

HYUNDAI MOTOR FINANCE COMPANY,

Seller and Servicer,

and

[                      ],

Indenture Trustee

Dated as of [                          ], 200[       ]

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
       
 	
       
 	
       
 	
       
 	
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      ARTICLE I.
 	
      DEFINITIONS
 	
       
 	
      1
 
	
                        Section 1.01
 	
                         
 	
                        Definitions
 	
                         
 	
                        1
 
	
                        Section 1.02
 	
                         
 	
                        Other Definitional Provisions
 	
                         
 	
                        16
 
	
                        ARTICLE II.
 	
                        CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
 	
                         
 	
                        17
 
	
                        Section 2.01
 	
                         
 	
                        Conveyance of Receivables
 	
                         
 	
                        17
 
	
      ARTICLE III.
 	
                        THE RECEIVABLES
 	
                         
 	
                        18
 
	
                        Section 3.01
 	
                         
 	
                        Representations and Warranties of the Seller
 	
                         
 	
                        18
 
	
                        Section 3.02
 	
                         
 	
                        Representations and Warranties of the Depositor
 	
                         
 	
                        19
 
	
                        Section 3.03
 	
                         
 	
                        Repurchase upon Breach
 	
                         
 	
                        20
 
	
                        ARTICLE IV.
 	
                        ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
 	
                         
 	
                        20
 
	
                        Section 4.01
 	
                         
 	
                        Duties of Servicer
 	
                         
 	
                        20
 
	
                        Section 4.02
 	
                         
 	
                        Collection of Receivable Payments; Modifications of Receivables
 	
                         
 	
                        21
 
	
                        Section 4.03
 	
                         
 	
                        Realization upon Receivables
 	
                         
 	
                        22
 
	
                        Section 4.04
 	
                         
 	
                        [Reserved]
 	
                         
 	
                        22
 
	
                        Section 4.05
 	
                         
 	
                        Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles
 	
                         
 	
                        22
 
	
                        Section 4.06
 	
                         
 	
                        Covenants of Servicer
 	
                         
 	
                        22
 
	
                        Section 4.07
 	
                         
 	
                        Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach
 	
                         
 	
                        23
 
	
                        Section 4.08
 	
                         
 	
                        Servicing Fee
 	
                         
 	
                        23
 
	
                        Section 4.09
 	
                         
 	
                        Servicer’s Certificate
 	
                         
 	
                        24
 
	
                        Section 4.10
 	
                         
 	
                        Annual Statement as to Compliance, Notice of Servicer Termination Event
 	
                         
 	
                        24
 
	
                        Section 4.11
 	
                         
 	
                        Compliance with Regulation AB
 	
                         
 	
                        24
 
	
                        Section 4.12
 	
                         
 	
                        Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables
 	
                         
 	
                        24
 
	
                        Section 4.13
 	
                         
 	
                        Term of Servicer
 	
                         
 	
                        25
 
	
                        Section 4.14
 	
                         
 	
                        Annual Independent Accountants’ Report
 	
                         
 	
                        25
 
	
                        Section 4.15
 	
                         
 	
                        Reports to the Commission
 	
                         
 	
                        25
 
	
                        Section 4.16
 	
                         
 	
                        Compensation of Indenture Trustee
 	
                         
 	
                        25
 
	
                        ARTICLE V.
 	
                        DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
 	
                         
 	
                        26
 
	
                        Section 5.01
 	
                         
 	
                        Accounts
 	
                         
 	
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	Section 5.02
	 
	Application of Collections
	 
	27

	Section 5.03
	 
	Property of the Trust
	 
	28

	Section 5.04
	 
	Purchased Amounts
	 
	28

	Section 5.05
	 
	Distributions
	 
	28

	Section 5.06
	 
	Reserve Account
	 
	30

	Section 5.07
	 
	Statements to Securityholders
	 
	30

	Section 5.08
	 
	Advances by the Servicer
	 
	31

	ARTICLE VI.
	THE DEPOSITOR
	 
	31

	Section 6.01
	 
	Representations of Depositor
	 
	31

	Section 6.02
	 
	Corporate Existence
	 
	32

	Section 6.03
	 
	Liability of Depositor
	 
	33

	Section 6.04
	 
	Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Depositor
	 
	33

	Section 6.05
	 
	Amendment of Depositor’s Organizational Documents
	 
	34

	ARTICLE VII.
	THE SERVICER
	 
	34

	Section 7.01
	 
	Representations of Servicer
	 
	34

	Section 7.02
	 
	Indemnities of Servicer
	 
	35

	Section 7.03
	 
	Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer
	 
	36

	Section 7.04
	 
	Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others
	 
	37

	Section 7.05
	 
	Delegation of Duties
	 
	37

	Section 7.06
	 
	Servicer Not to Resign
	 
	38

	ARTICLE VIII.
	DEFAULT
	 
	38

	Section 8.01
	 
	Servicer Termination Events
	 
	38

	Section 8.02
	 
	Consequences of a Servicer Termination Event
	 
	39

	Section 8.03
	 
	Appointment of Successor Servicer
	 
	39

	Section 8.04
	 
	Notification to Securityholders
	 
	40

	Section 8.05
	 
	Waiver of Past Defaults
	 
	40

	ARTICLE IX.
	TERMINATION
	 
	40

	Section 9.01
	 
	Optional Purchase of All Receivables
	 
	40

	ARTICLE X.
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 
	41

 

	
                         
 	
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	Section 10.01
	 
	Amendment
	 
	41

	Section 10.02
	 
	Protection of Title to Trust
	 
	42

	Section 10.03
	 
	Notices
	 
	43

	Section 10.04
	 
	Assignment by the Depositor or the Servicer
	 
	44

	Section 10.05
	 
	Limitations on Rights of Others
	 
	44

	Section 10.06
	 
	Severability
	 
	44

	Section 10.07
	 
	Counterparts
	 
	44

	Section 10.08
	 
	Headings
	 
	44

	Section 10.09
	 
	GOVERNING LAW
	 
	44

	Section 10.10
	 
	Assignment by Issuer
	 
	44

	Section 10.11
	 
	Nonpetition Covenants
	 
	45

	Section 10.12
	 
	Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee
	 
	45

	Exhibit A
	Representations and Warranties of Hyundai Motor Finance Company Under Section 3.02 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement
	 
	A-1

	Exhibit B
	Form of Record Date Statement
	 
	B-1

	Exhibit C
	Form of Servicer’s Certificate
	 
	C-1

	Schedule A
	Schedule of Receivables
	Sched. A-1

	Schedule B
	Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount
	Sched. B-1

 

 

	
                         
 	
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This SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of [              ], 200[  ], among HYUNDAI AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 200[   ]-[  ], a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Depositor”), HYUNDAI MOTOR FINANCE COMPANY, a California corporation, as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”) and as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”), and
[               ], a [national banking association], as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables arising in connection with automobile retail installment sale contracts acquired by the Seller in the ordinary course of business and sold by the Seller to the Depositor;

WHEREAS, the Depositor is willing to sell such receivables to the Issuer; and

WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service such receivables.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01  Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

“Administration Agreement” means the Owner Trust Administration Agreement, dated as of [               ], 200[   ], among Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 200[   ]-[  ], Hyundai Motor Finance Company, and [               ], a [national banking association], as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Administrator” means Hyundai Motor Finance Company, a California corporation, and its successors in interest.

“Adjusted Pool Balance” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the Pool Balance as of the end of the previous Collection Period less the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

“Advance” means, as to any Payment Date, an advance made by the Servicer on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.08 in respect of the aggregate of all Scheduled Payments of interest which were due during the related Collection Period that remained unpaid at the end of such Collection Period.

“Agreement” means this Sale and Servicing Agreement, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Amount Financed” means with respect to a Receivable, the amount advanced under the Receivable toward the purchase price of the Financed Vehicle and any related costs.

 

	
                         
 	
                        
 	
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“Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the annual rate of finance charges stated in the related Contract.

“Available Amounts” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the following amounts (without duplication) with respect to the related Collection Period:  (i) all Collections on Receivables, (ii) the Purchased Amount of each Receivable that becomes a Purchased Receivable, (iii) Advances, (iv) Recoveries and (v) any amounts paid by the Servicer in connection with a purchase of Receivables pursuant to Section 9.01(a) hereof. 

“Available Amounts Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the positive difference, if any, of the Total Required Payment for such Payment Date minus the Available Amounts for such Payment Date.

“Basic Documents” means the Trust Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Indenture, this Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement and other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which a commercial banking institution in the states of California, Delaware or New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

“Certificate” means a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of a Certificateholder in the Trust.

“Certificateholders” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.

“Class” means any one of the classes of Notes.

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

“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 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered in the Note Register.

“Class A-1 Notes” means the [              ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture.

“Class A-1 Rate” means [              ]% per annum, computed on the basis of an actual/360-day year.

 

“Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

	
                         
 	
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“Class A-2 Notes” means the [               ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Indenture.

“Class A-2 Rate” means [               ]% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered in the Note Register.

“Class A-3 Notes” means the [               ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 to the Indenture.

“Class A-3 Rate” means [               ]% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered in the Note Register.

“Class A-4 Notes” means the [               ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4 to the Indenture.

“Class A-4 Rate” means [               ]% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“Class B Maturity Date” means [               ], 20[  ].

 

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

“Class B Notes” means the [      ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class B, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture.

“Class B Rate” means [       ]% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“Class C Maturity Date” means [               ], 20[  ].

 

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

“Class C Notes” means the [      ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class C, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture.

“Class C Rate” means [     ]% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“Class D Maturity Date” means [               ], 20[  ].

 

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

“Class D Notes” means the [      ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class D, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture.

“Class D Rate” means [          ]% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

“Closing Date” means [               ], 200[  ].

“CFR” means the Code of Federal Regulations.

“Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.

“Collection” means, with respect to any Receivable and to the extent received by the Servicer after the Cutoff Date, (a) any monthly payment by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder, (b) full or partial prepayment of that Receivable, (c) all Liquidation Proceeds and (d) any other amounts received by the Servicer which, in accordance with its customary servicing practices, would be applied to the payment of accrued interest or to reduce the Principal Balance of that Receivable; provided, however, that the term “Collection” in no event will include (i) any amounts in respect of any Receivable purchased by the
Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor on a prior Payment Date or (ii) any late fees, extension fees, non-sufficient funds charges and any and all other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to any Receivable and payable to the Servicer.

“Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01.

“Collection Period” means each fiscal month of the Servicer during the term of this Agreement; provided, however, that the first Collection Period is the period from and including  [               ], 20[  ] through [               ], 20[  ]. With respect to any Determination Date or Payment Date, the “related Collection Period” means the Collection Period preceding the fiscal month in which such Determination Date or Payment Date occurs.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Contract” means a motor vehicle retail installment sale contract.

“Controlling Class” means with respect to any Notes that are Outstanding, the Class A Notes (voting together as a single class) so long as the Class A Notes are Outstanding, and thereafter the Class B Notes so long as any Class B Notes are Outstanding, and thereafter the Class C Notes so long as any Class C Notes are Outstanding and thereafter the Class D Notes so long as any Class D Notes are Outstanding, excluding in each case, Notes held by the Depositor, the Servicer or their affiliates.

“Conveyed Assets” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.

 

	
                         
 	
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“Corporate Trust Administration Department” has the meaning set forth in the Trust Agreement.

“Corporate Trust Office” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

“Credit and Collection Policy” means the credit and collection practices, policies and procedures of HMFC from time to time.

“Cutoff Date” means the close of business on  [               ], 20[  ].

“Dealer” means the dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated the related Receivable and assigned it to HMFC pursuant to a Dealer Agreement.

“Dealer Agreement” means an agreement between HMFC and a Dealer pursuant to which such Dealer sells Contracts to HMFC.

“Defaulted Receivables” means any Receivable (a) on which any installment is unpaid more than sixty (60) days past its original due date or (b) where the Servicer’s records show that the Obligor has suffered an Insolvency Event.

“Deliver” or “Delivered”:  when used with respect to Trust Account Property means when the relevant steps specified below are accomplished with respect to such Trust Account Property:

(a) if such Trust Account Property is an instrument or a certificated security (each as defined in the UCC), by (i) delivering such instrument or security certificate to the  Eligible Institution then maintaining the applicable Eligible Account either registered in the name of such Eligible Institution, or indorsed, by an effective endorsement, to the Eligible Institution or in blank (provided, that no endorsement shall be required for certificated securities in bearer form), (ii) causing such Eligible Institution to maintain (on behalf of the Indenture Trustee) continuous possession of such instrument or security certificate, (iii) causing the Eligible Institution to credit such instrument or certificated security to the appropriate Eligible Account, (iv) causing the Eligible Institution to
agree to treat all such instruments and certificated securities as “financial assets” (as defined in the UCC) and (v) causing the Eligible Institution to agree pursuant to a Control Agreement that it will comply with “entitlement orders” (as defined in the UCC) originated by the Indenture Trustee with respect to each security entitlement (as defined in the UCC) relating to such instruments and certificated securities without further consent by the Depositor, the Issuer or any other Person;

(b) if such Trust Account Property is a security entitlement (as defined in the UCC), by (i) causing the Eligible Institution then maintaining the applicable Eligible Account to become the entitlement holder of such security entitlement, (ii) causing the Eligible Institution to credit such security entitlement to the appropriate Eligible Account thereby creating a securities entitlement with respect to the financial asset underlying such securities entitlement and (iii) causing the Eligible Institution to agree pursuant to a Control Agreement that it will comply with “entitlement orders” (as defined in the UCC) originated by the Indenture Trustee with respect to each security entitlement (as defined in the UCC) without further consent by the Depositor, Issuer or any other Person;

 

	
                         
 	
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(c) if such Trust Account Property is an uncertificated security (as defined in the UCC), by (i) causing the Eligible Institution then maintaining the applicable Eligible Account to become the registered owner of such uncertificated security, (ii) causing such registration to remain effective, (iii) causing the Eligible Institution to credit such uncertificated security to the appropriate Eligible Account thereby creating a securities entitlement with respect to the uncertificated security, and (iv) causing the Eligible Institution to agree pursuant to a Control Agreement that it will comply with “entitlement orders” (as defined in the UCC) originated by the Indenture Trustee with respect to each security entitlement (as defined in the UCC) without further consent by the Depositor, Issuer or any other Person;

(d) if such Trust Account Property consists of deposit accounts (as defined in the UCC) by either (i) causing the Indenture Trustee to be the customer with respect to such deposit accounts or (ii) causing the bank maintaining such deposit account to enter into a Control Agreement pursuant to which it agrees to comply with all instructions issued by the Indenture Trustee without further consent by the Depositor, Issuer or any other Person;

(e) in the case of any general intangibles, by causing an effective financing statement naming the Issuer as debtor and the Indenture Trustee as secured party and covering such general intangibles to be filed in the location (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the UCC) of the Issuer; and

(f) in the case of any Trust Account Property not covered above or as an additional method of delivery for any of the foregoing, by delivering to the Indenture Trustee a legal opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee specifying another method of delivery that will result in the Indenture Trustee having a valid and perfected security interest therein and by delivery in compliance with the method specified in such legal opinion.

“Depositor” means Hyundai ABS Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors in interest.

“Determination Date” means, with respect to each Payment Date, the tenth calendar day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs (or if such tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

“Eligible Account” means a segregated securities account with an Eligible Institution.

“Eligible Institution” means the following:

(a)  a depository institution or trust company

(i) whose commercial paper, short-term unsecured debt obligations or other short-term deposits are rated “P-1” by Moody’s or “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s or “F1” by Fitch, if the deposits are to be held in the account for 30 days or less, or 

(ii) whose long-term unsecured debt obligations are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s or “AA-” by Standard & Poor’s or “AA-” by Fitch, if the deposits are to be held in the account more than 30 days, or

 

	
                         
 	
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(b) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained in the trust department of a federal or state-chartered depository institution having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 9.10(b), or

(c) any other institution that the Rating Agencies shall approve in writing.

“Eligible Investments” means book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form and that evidence:

(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to the full and timely payment by, the United States of America;

(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution (including any affiliate of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee) or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depository institution authorities (including depository receipts issued by any such institution or trust company as custodian with respect to any obligation referred to in the first bullet point above or a portion of such obligation for the benefit of the holders of such depository receipts); provided that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein (which shall be deemed to be made again each time
funds are reinvested following each Payment Date), the commercial paper or other short-term senior unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a person other than such depository institution or trust company) of such depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby;

(c) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any affiliate of Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee) having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby;

(d) investments in money market funds (including funds for which the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective affiliates is investment manager or advisor) having a rating from each of Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s in the highest investment category granted thereby;

(e) bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (b) above;

(f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (b); or

 

	
                         
 	
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(g) any other investment with respect to which the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer has received written notification from each Rating Agency that the acquisition of such investment will satisfy the Rating Agency Condition.

“Eligible Servicer” means Hyundai Motor Finance Company or any other Person that at the time of its appointment as Servicer (a) is servicing a portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts or motor vehicle installment loans, (b) is legally qualified and has the capacity to service the Receivables, (c) has demonstrated the ability professionally and competently to service a portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts or motor vehicle installment loans similar to the Receivables with reasonable skill and care and (iv) has a minimum net worth of $100,000,000.

“Fee Letter” means the letter regarding fees dated [               ], 200[  ] between the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and HMFC.

“Financed Vehicle” means a new or used automobile, light-duty truck, van or minivan, together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under the related Contract.

“First Priority Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the result of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes on that preceding Payment Date), minus (b) the Adjusted Pool Balance at the end of the Collection Period preceding that Payment Date; provided, however, that the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all of the Notes on that Payment Date (after
giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on that preceding Payment Date); and provided further, that the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount on and after the Stated Maturity Date of a class of Class A Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of such class of the Class A Notes and all earlier maturing classes of Class A Notes to zero.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., and its successors.

“HMFC” means Hyundai Motor Finance Company, a California corporation, and its successors.

“Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of [               ], 200[  ], between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Indenture Trustee” means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the Indenture.

“Initial
  Class A-1 Note Balance” means $[                  ].

  “Initial
  Class A-2 Note Balance” means $[                  ].

 

	
                         
 	
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“Initial
  Class A-3 Note Balance” means $[                  ].

  “Initial
  Class A-4 Note Balance” means $[                  ].

  “Initial
  Class B Note Balance” means $[                  ].

  “Initial
  Class C Note Balance” means $[                  ].

  “Initial
  Class D Note Balance” means $[                  ].

“Initial Pool Balance” means, an amount equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date.

“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

“Interest Distribution Account” means, the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iv).

“Interest Period” means, with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, the period from and including the most recent Payment Date on which interest has been paid (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding the next succeeding Payment Date and, with respect to 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, the period from and including the 15th day of the calendar month (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the 15th day of the next calendar month.

“Investment Earnings” means, with respect to any Payment Date, any investment earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on amounts on deposit in a Trust Account.

“Issuer” means Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 200[   ]-[  ].

“Lien” means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any kind, other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that attach to the respective Receivable by operation of law as a result of any act or omission by the related Obligor.

 

	
                         
 	
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“Liquidated Receivable” means a Receivable with respect to which the earliest of the following shall have occurred:  (a) the related Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and liquidated, (b) the related Financed Vehicle has been repossessed for 90 days or more and has not yet been liquidated, (c) the end of the Collection Period in which the Receivable becomes more than 120 days past due, or (d) the Servicer has determined in accordance with its collection policies that all amounts that it expects to receive with respect to the Receivable have been received.

“Liquidation Proceeds” means, with respect to any Liquidated Receivable, all proceeds of the liquidation of such Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any out-of-pocket expenses of the Servicer reasonably allocated to the auction, repossession, transport, reconditioning and liquidation and any amounts required by law to be remitted or allocated to the account of the Obligor on such Liquidated Receivable.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

“Note Balance” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, (ii) the Initial Class A-2 Note Balance, (iii) the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance, (iv) the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance, (v) the Initial Class B Note Balance, (vi) the Initial Class C Note Balance and (vii) the Initial Class D Note Balance less (b) all amounts distributed to Noteholders on or prior to such date and allocable to principal thereon.

“Note Distribution Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(ii).

“Note Factor” means, with respect to each Class of Notes as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes (after giving effect to any reductions thereof to be made on the immediately following Payment Date) divided by the original Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes. The Note Factor will be 1.0000000 as of the Closing Date; thereafter, the Note Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes.

“Noteholders” shall mean the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Class B Noteholders, the Class C Noteholders or the Class D Noteholders.

“Notes” shall mean the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes. 

“Obligor” means a person who obtained installment credit for the purchase of a Financed Vehicle the terms of which are evidenced by a Contract, and any other person obligated to make payments thereunder.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by (a) the chairman of the board, any vice president, the controller or any assistant controller and (b) the president, a treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary of the Depositor or the Servicer, as appropriate.

 

	
                         
 	
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“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as applicable, and which shall be addressed to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.

“Other Assets” means any assets (or interests therein) (other than the Trust Estate) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to another Person or Persons other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien. 

“Outstanding Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of a Class of Notes outstanding as of such date of determination.

“Owner Trustee” means [               ], acting not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.

“Payment Date” means, with respect to each Collection Period, the 15th  day of the following month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day, commencing on [               ], 20[  ].

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Physical Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Delivery” above.

“Pool Balance” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables at the end of the related Collection Period, after giving effect to all payments of principal received from Obligors and Purchased Amounts to be remitted by the Servicer for such Collection Period and reduction to zero of the aggregate outstanding Principal Balance of all Receivables that became Liquidated Receivables during such Collection Period.

“Principal Balance” means, as of any time with respect to any Receivable, the principal balance of such Receivable as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period under the terms of the Receivable determined in accordance with the customary servicing practices.

“Principal Distribution Account” means that account designated as such established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iv).

“Purchased Amount” means, with respect to any Receivable that became a Purchased Receivable, the unpaid principal balance owed by the Obligor thereon plus interest on such amount at the applicable APR to the last day of the Collection Period of repurchase.

“Purchased Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period by or on behalf of the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.07 of this Agreement or by or on behalf of the Seller pursuant to Section 3.03 of this Agreement or Section 7.02 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

 

	
                         
 	
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“Rating Agency” means Fitch, Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s, as the context may require. If none of Fitch, Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or a successor thereto remains in existence, “Rating Agency” shall mean any nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Depositor and, written notice of which designation shall be given to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer.

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, that each Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days’ (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each Rating Agency shall not have notified the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will result in a reduction, withdrawal or down-grade of the then-current rating of each class of Notes.

“Realized Losses” means, with respect to any Receivable that becomes a Liquidated Receivable, the excess of the Principal Balance thereof over the portion of related Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal.

“Receivable” means any Contract listed on Schedule A (which Schedule may be in the form of microfiche).

“Receivable Files” means the following documents with respect to each Financed Vehicle:

(i) the fully executed original of each Receivable (together with any agreements modifying each such Receivable, including any extension agreement);

(ii) the original credit application, or a copy thereof, fully executed by each Obligor thereon;

(iii) the original certificate of title or such other documents evidencing the security interest of the Seller in the related Financed Vehicle; and

(iv) any and all other documents that the Servicer shall have kept on file in accordance with its customary procedures relating to Receivables, Obligors or Financed Vehicles.

“Receivables Purchase Agreement” means the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of [               ], 200[  ], between the Seller and the Depositor, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Record Date” means, as to any Payment Date, the day immediately preceding such Payment Date.

“Recoveries” means, with respect to any Receivable that becomes a Liquidated Receivable, monies collected in respect thereof (other than Liquidation Proceeds), from whatever source, net of the sum of any amounts expended (and not otherwise reimbursed) by the Servicer for the account of the Obligor and any amounts required by law to be remitted or allocated to the account of the Obligor. 

 

	
                         
 	
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“Regular Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount no less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes immediately preceding such Payment Date over (b)(i) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period minus (ii) the Target Overcollateralization Amount with respect to such Payment Date; provided, however, that the Regular Principal Distribution Amount shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all of
the Notes on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date in respect of the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount, the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount, and the Third Priority Principal Distribution Amount, if any); and provided further, that the Regular Principal Distribution Amount on or after the Class D Stated Maturity Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class D Notes to zero.

“Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established by the Issuer and maintained by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii).

“Reserve Account Deposit” means $[                                ].

“Reserve Account Required Amount” means with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to [                 ]% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date; provided, however, that in no event shall the Reserve Account Required Amount on any Payment Date be more than the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the allocation of principal payments on such Payment Date).

“Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount” means, with respect to each Payment Date, the lesser of (x) the Available Amounts Shortfall with respect to such Payment Date and (y) and the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date.

“Responsible Officer” means the chairman of the board, the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary, or any assistant secretary of the Servicer.

“Scheduled Payment” means, with respect to each Receivable, the scheduled monthly payment amount set forth in the related Contract and required to be paid by the Obligor during each Collection Period.

“Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to (a) an amount equal to (i) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes on that preceding Payment Date), minus (ii) the Adjusted Pool Balance at the end of the Collection Period preceding that Payment Date, minus (b) the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount; provided, however, that the Second Priority Principal Distribution
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Payment Date); and provided further, that the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount on and after the Class B Maturity Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class B Notes to zero.

“Securities” means the Notes and the Certificates.

“Securities Account Control Agreement” means the Securities Account Control Agreement dated as of [                          ], 200[  ] between the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Securities Intermediary” means [                                          ], in its capacity as the securities intermediary in the Securities Account Control Agreement.

“Securityholders” means the Noteholders and/or the Certificateholders, as the context may require.

“Seller” means HMFC and its successors in interest as seller of the Receivables to the Depositor pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

“Servicer” means HMFC, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor to HMFC (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.03.

“Servicer Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.

“Servicer’s Certificate” means an Officers’ Certificate of the Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 4.09, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

“Servicing Fee” means an amount equal to the product of the Servicing Fee Rate and the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the first day of the related Collection Period.

“Servicing Fee Rate” means 1.00% per annum.

“Simple Interest Method” means the method of allocating the monthly payments received with respect to a Receivable to interest in an amount equal to the product of (a) the applicable APR, (b) the period of time (expressed as a fraction of a year, based on the actual number of days in the calendar month and 365 days in the calendar year) elapsed since the preceding payment was made under such Receivable and (c) the outstanding principal amount of such Receivable, and allocating the remainder of each such monthly payment to principal.

“Simple Interest Receivable” means any Receivable under which the portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to principal is determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.

“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

	
                         
 	
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“Stated Maturity Date” means, for each class of Notes, the respective date set forth opposite such class of Notes in the table below or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day:

 

	
       
 	
      Class
 	
       
 	
      Stated Maturity Date
 	 
	
                         
 	
      Class A-1 Notes
 	
                         
 	
                        [          ], 20[    ]
 	 
	
                         
 	
                        Class A-2 Notes
 	
                         
 	
                        [          ], 20[    ]
 	 
	
                         
 	
                        Class A-3 Notes
 	
                         
 	
                        [          ], 20[    ]
 	 
	
                         
 	
                        Class A-4 Notes
 	
                         
 	
                        [          ], 20[    ]
 	 
	
                         
 	
                        Class B Notes
 	
                         
 	
                        [          ], 20[    ]
 	 
	
                         
 	
                        Class C Notes
 	
                         
 	
                        [          ], 20[    ]
 	 
	
                         
 	
                        Class D Notes
 	
                         
 	
  [          ], 20[    ]
 	 

“Target Overcollateralization Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the greater of (a) [5.00]% of the Adjusted Pool Balance, minus amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account after withdrawals from the Reserve Account but prior to deposits to the Reserve Account, in each case, on such Payment Date and (b) [1.00]% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Target Overcollateralization Amount shall not exceed the Adjusted Pool Balance on such Payment Date.

“Third Priority Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to (a) an amount equal to (i) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes on that preceding Payment Date), minus (ii) the Adjusted Pool Balance at the end of the Collection Period, minus (b) the sum of (i) the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount, plus (ii) the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount; provided, however, that the Third Priority Principal Distribution Amount shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all of the Notes on that Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on that preceding Payment Date); and provided further, that the Third Priority Principal Distribution Amount on and after the Class C Maturity Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class C Notes to zero.

“Total Required Payment” means (a) with respect to any Payment Date prior to the occurrence of an “Event of Default” under the Indenture which has resulted in the acceleration of the Notes, the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee for the related Collection Period and all unpaid Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods, (ii) unreimbursed Advances, (iii) the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, (iv) an amount equal to the change in the Adjusted Pool Balance during the related Collection Period, and (v) on or after the Stated Maturity Date of any class of 

 

	
                         
 	
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Notes, an amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of such class of Notes to zero, and (b) with respect to any Payment Date following the occurrence and during the continuation of an “Event of Default” under the Indenture which has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, until the Payment Date on which the outstanding principal amount of all the Notes has been paid in full, the sum of (i) the specified amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee, (ii) the Servicing Fee for the related Collection Period and all unpaid Servicing Fees from prior Collection Periods, (iii) unreimbursed Advances, (iv) the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes and (v) the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of all the Notes to zero.

“Trust” means the Issuer.

“Trust Account Property” means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to time in any Trust Account and all proceeds of the foregoing.

“Trust Accounts” shall mean the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Account.

“Trust Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of [              ], 200[  ], between the Depositor, the Administrator and the Owner Trustee, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Trust Officer” means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee or any Officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture 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, in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture and, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration Department of the Owner Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

“Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount” means with respect to any Payment Date, the dollar amount set forth next to such Payment Date on Schedule B hereto.

Section 1.02  Other Definitional Provisions.

(a) Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined has the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture or, if not defined therein, in the Trust Agreement.

(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.

 

 

	
                         
 	
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(c) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.

(d) The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Article, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; “or” shall include “and/or”; and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation”.

(e) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.

(f) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.

ARTICLE II.

CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES

Section 2.01  Conveyance of Receivables. In consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Depositor of $[                               ], the Certificates and such other amounts to be distributed to the Depositor on the Closing Date, the Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (subject to the obligations of the Depositor set forth herein), all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to:

(a) the Receivables and all moneys received thereon after the Cutoff Date;

(b) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles and any accessions thereto granted by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Depositor in such Financed Vehicles;

(c) any Liquidation Proceeds and any other proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the related Obligors, including any vendor’s single interest or other collateral protection insurance policy;

 

	
                         
 	
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(d) any property that shall have secured a Receivable and shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trust;

(e) all documents and other items contained in the Receivable Files;

(f) all of the Depositor’s rights (but not its obligations) under the Receivables Purchase Agreement;

(g) all right, title and interest in the Trust Accounts and all funds, securities or other assets credited from time to time to the Trust Accounts and in all investments therein and proceeds thereof (including all Investment Earnings thereon);

(h) any proceeds from any Receivable repurchased by a Dealer pursuant to a Dealer Agreement; and

(i) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (collectively, with the assets listed in clauses (i) through (viii) above, the “Conveyed Assets”).

The Depositor and the Issuer agree that the purchase price for the Conveyed Assets sold by the Depositor to the Issuer represents reasonably equivalent value for the Conveyed Assets. It is the intention of the Depositor that the transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Conveyed Assets from the Depositor to the Trust and the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables and the related property shall not be part of the Depositor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Depositor under any bankruptcy law. In the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the Depositor, the transfer and assignment contemplated hereby is held not to be a sale or is otherwise not effective to sell the Conveyed Assets, this Agreement shall constitute a grant by the Depositor to the Issuer of a security
interest in all Conveyed Assets and all accounts, money, chattel paper, securities, instruments, documents, deposit accounts, uncertificated securities, general intangibles, contract rights, goods and other property consisting of, arising from or relating to such Conveyed Assets, for the benefit of the Securityholders.

ARTICLE III.

THE RECEIVABLES

Section 3.01  Representations and Warranties of the Seller.

(a) The Seller has made each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A hereto under the Receivables Purchase Agreement and has consented to the assignment by the Depositor to the Issuer of the Depositor’s rights with respect thereto. Such representations and warranties speak as of the respective dates set forth therein, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge of such Receivables to the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the Depositor has sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to the Issuer, as part of the assets of the Issuer, its rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including the representations and warranties of the Seller therein as set forth in Exhibit A, upon which representations and warranties the Issuer relies in accepting the Receivables and
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the Depositor with respect to any breach thereof, including the right to require the Seller to repurchase Receivables in accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties referred to in this Section shall survive the sale and delivery of the Receivables to the Issuer.

(b) The Seller hereby agrees that the Issuer shall have the right to enforce any and all rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement assigned to the Issuer herein, including the right to cause the Seller to repurchase any Receivable with respect to which it is in breach of any of its representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A, directly against the Seller as though the Issuer were a party to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and the Issuer shall not be obligated to exercise any such rights indirectly through the Depositor.

Section 3.02  Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor makes the following representations and warranties, on which the Issuer relies in accepting the Receivables and delivering the Securities. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables by the Depositor to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:

(a) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor.

(b) Each Receivable constitutes “chattel paper” within the meaning of the UCC.

(c) Immediately upon the transfer thereof from the Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the Issuer shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of any Lien of any Person.

(d) The Depositor has caused, or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdiction under the applicable UCC in order to perfect the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Issuer under this Agreement.

(e) Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to this  Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Depositor that include a description of collateral describing the Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Issuer under this Agreement. The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Depositor.

(f) The Contracts that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Issuer, except for such marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed (i) to the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Basic Documents, (ii) pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated 

 

	
                         
 	
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Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2002, as amended, among the Seller, Hyundai BC Funding Corporation, Amsterdam Funding Corporation, Asset One Securitization, LLC, Sheffield Receivables Corporation, Société Générale, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Barclays Bank PLC, Park Avenue Receivables Company, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 17, 2000, as amended, between the Seller and Hyundai BC Funding Corporation or (iii) to HMFC in accordance with Dealer Agreements. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Depositor in favor of the Issuer in connection with this Agreement describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following effect:  “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, will
violate the rights of the Issuer.”

Section 3.03  Repurchase upon Breach. Upon discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in part (b) of Exhibit A at the time such representations and warranties were made which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Seller hereunder. If the Seller does not correct or cure such breach prior to the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the
Seller elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Seller became aware or was notified of such breach, then the Seller shall purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach from the Issuer on the Payment Date following the end of such Collection Period. Any such purchase by the Seller shall be at a price equal to the Purchased Amount. In consideration for such repurchase, the Seller shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Issuer equal to the Purchased Amount by depositing such amount into the Collection Account in accordance with Section 5.04 on such Payment Date. Upon payment of such Purchased Amount by the Seller, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Seller or its
designee any Receivable repurchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the right to cause the Seller to purchase (or to enforce the obligations of Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to purchase) any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer, the Noteholders, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee will have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this Section 3.03.

ARTICLE IV.

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES

Section 4.01  Duties of Servicer. The Servicer, for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables and perform the other actions required of the Servicer under this Agreement. The Servicer shall service the Receivables in accordance with its customary servicing practices, using the degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to all other comparable motor vehicle receivables that it services for itself and others. The Servicer’s duties shall include the collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors, investigating delinquencies, 

 

	
                         
 	
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sending payment statements to Obligors, reporting any required tax information to Obligors, monitoring the Collateral, accounting for collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions and performing the other duties specified herein. The Servicer also shall administer and enforce all rights of the holder of the Receivables under the Receivables and the Dealer Agreements to the extent and in a manner consistent with its customary practices. To the extent consistent with the standards, policies and procedures otherwise required hereby and the Credit and Collection Policy, the Servicer shall follow its customary standards, policies and procedures and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with the managing, servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables
that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to Section 4.02, the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders, or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments with respect to the Receivables and with respect to the Financed Vehicles. The Servicer is hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders, a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable pursuant to Section 4.03 or to commence or participate in any other legal proceeding (including a bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle. If the Servicer commences or participates in
any such legal proceeding in its own name, the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned the applicable Receivable to the Servicer solely for purposes of commencing or participating in such proceeding as a party or claimant, and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer to execute and deliver in the Indenture Trustee’s or the Issuer’s name any notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in connection with any such proceeding. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Owner Trustee shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce such Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Certificateholders or the Noteholders. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall upon the written request of the Servicer furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.

Section 4.02  Collection of Receivable Payments; Modifications of Receivables.

(a) Consistent with the standards, policies and procedures required by this Agreement, the Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due, and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it services for itself or others. The Servicer is authorized in its discretion to waive any prepayment charge, late payment charge or any other similar fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing any Receivable.

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customary servicing practices; provided, however, that if the Servicer (i) extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last day of the Collection Period prior to the Class D Maturity Date or (ii) reduces the APR or unpaid principal balance with respect to any Receivable other than as required by applicable law, it will promptly purchase such Receivable in the manner provided in Section 4.07. 

Section 4.03  Realization upon Receivables. Consistent with the standards, policies and procedures required by this Agreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, the Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of and liquidate any Financed Vehicle securing a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer shall have determined that eventual payment in full is unlikely; provided, however, that the Servicer may elect not to repossess a Financed Vehicle if in its good faith judgment it determines that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such Receivable would not be greater than the expense of
such repossession. In repossessing or otherwise converting the ownership of a Financed Vehicle and liquidating a Receivable, the Servicer is authorized to follow such customary practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, consistent with the standard of care required by Section 4.01, which practices and procedures may include reasonable efforts to realize upon any recourse to Dealers, the sale of the related Financed Vehicle at public or private sale, the submission of claims under an insurance policy and other actions by the Servicer in order to realize upon a Receivable; provided, however, that in any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in connection with any repair or towards the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine
in its reasonable judgment that such repair or repossession shall increase the related Liquidation Proceeds by an amount materially greater than the expense for such repair or repossession. The Servicer shall be entitled to recover all reasonable expenses incurred by it in the course of repossessing and liquidating a Financed Vehicle into cash proceeds, but only out of the cash proceeds of the sale of such Financed Vehicle, any deficiency obtained from the related Obligor or any amounts received from recourse to the related Dealer.

Section 4.04  [Reserved].

Section 4.05  Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle, or for any other reason. In the event that the assignment of a Receivable to the Issuer is insufficient, without a notation on the related Financed Vehicle’s certificate of title, or without fulfilling any additional administrative requirements under the laws of the state in which such Financed Vehicle is
located, to perfect a security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Issuer, the Servicer hereby agrees that the designation of HMFC as the secured party on the certificate of title is in its capacity as agent of the Issuer.

Section 4.06  Covenants of Servicer. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Servicer hereby covenants as follows (upon which covenants the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee rely in accepting the Receivables and delivering the applicable Securities):

 

	
                         
 	
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(a) Liens in Force. The Servicer will not release the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except (i) in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer would not attempt to collect in accordance with its customary servicing practices, (ii) in connection with repossession and sale of the Financed Vehicle or (iii) as may be required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds from any Insurance Policy covering such Financed Vehicle;

(b) No Impairment. The Servicer shall do nothing to impair the rights of the Trust in the property of the Trust;

(c) No Amendments. The Servicer shall (i) not extend the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last day of the Collection Period prior to the Class D Maturity Date; or (ii) reduce the APR or unpaid principal balance with respect to any Receivable other than as required by applicable law.

Section 4.07  Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach. Upon discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.05 or 4.06  which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect any obligation of the Servicer under this Section 4.07. If the Servicer does not correct or cure such breach prior to the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Servicer became aware or was notified of such breach, then the Servicer shall purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach from the Issuer on the Payment Date following the end of such Collection Period. Any such purchase by the Servicer shall be at a price equal to the Purchased Amount. In consideration for such repurchase, the Servicer shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Issuer equal to the Purchased Amount by depositing such amount into the Collection Account in accordance with Section 5.04 on such Payment Date. Upon payment of such Purchased Amount by the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer
or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Servicer or its designee any Receivable repurchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Servicer to purchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee.

Section 4.08  Servicing Fee. The Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Servicer on each Payment Date. The Servicing Fee shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. In addition, the Servicer will be entitled to retain all late fees, extension fees, non-sufficient funds charges and any and all other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to any Receivable. The Servicer also will be entitled to receive investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds deposited in the Collection Account during each Collection Period. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement (including taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses
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Trustee). The Servicer shall be required to pay all of the Indenture Trustee’s fees, expenses, reimbursements and indemnifications.

Section 4.09  Servicer’s Certificate. The Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and the Depositor, with a copy to each Rating Agency, two Business Days prior to each Payment Date a Servicer’s Certificate containing all information necessary to make the distributions to be made on the related Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.05 for the related Collection Period and such Servicer’s Certificate shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer to the effect that the information provided is complete and no Servicer Termination Events have occurred. If any defaults have occurred, such Servicer’s Certificate will provide an explanation of such Servicer Termination Events. Receivables to be purchased by the Servicer or to be
repurchased by the Seller and each Receivable that became a Liquidated Receivable shall be identified by the Servicer by account number with respect to such Receivable (as specified in the applicable Schedule of Receivables). At the sole option of the Servicer, each Servicer’s Certificate may be delivered in electronic or hard copy format. 

Section 4.10  Annual Statement as to Compliance, Notice of Servicer Termination Event.

(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and each Rating Agency, within 120 days after the end of the Servicer’s fiscal year (or, in the case of the first such certificate, not later than [                             ], 20[      ]), an Officer’s Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding 12-month period (or such shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate) and of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such period or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default
known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.

(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and each Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become a Servicer Termination Event under Section 8.01.

Section 4.11  Compliance with Regulation AB. The Servicer agrees to perform all duties and obligations applicable to or required of the Issuer set forth in Appendix A attached hereto and made a part hereof in all respects and makes the representations and warranties therein applicable to it.

Section 4.12  Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to representatives of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Certificateholders reasonable access to the documentation regarding the Receivables and the related Trust property. The Servicer will provide such access to any Noteholder only in such cases where the Servicer shall be required by applicable statutes or regulations to permit a Noteholder to review such documentation. In each case, access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during the normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any 

 

	
                         
 	
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applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.

Section 4.13  Term of Servicer. The Servicer hereby covenants and agrees to act as Servicer under, and for the term of, this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.03 and 7.06.

Section 4.14  Annual Independent Accountants’ Report. The Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, which may also render other services to the Servicer or its Affiliates, to deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and each Rating Agency, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (or, in the case of the first such report, not later than [              ], 20[  ]), a report addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee, to the effect that such firm has audited the books and records of the Servicer and issued its report thereon and that (a) such audit was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other
auditing procedures as such firm considered necessary in the circumstances and (b) the firm is independent of the Depositor and the Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 

Section 4.15  Reports to the Commission. The Servicer shall, or shall cause the Depositor to, on behalf of the Issuer, execute and cause to be filed with the Commission any periodic reports required to be filed with respect to the issuance of the Notes under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Depositor shall, at its expense, cooperate in any reasonable request made by the Servicer in connection with such filings.

Section 4.16  Compensation of Indenture Trustee. The Servicer will:

(a) pay the Indenture Trustee (and any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Indenture (a “Separate Trustee”)) from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Indenture Trustee or Separate Trustee, as the case may be, under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(b) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, reimburse the Indenture Trustee or any Separate Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee or Separate Trustee, as the case may be, in accordance with any provision of the Indenture (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith;

(c) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and any Separate Trustee and their respective agents for, and hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and the other Basic 

 

	
                         
 	
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Documents, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under the Indenture; and

(d) indemnify the Owner Trustee and its agents, successors, assigns and servants in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Trust Agreement to the extent that amounts thereunder have not been paid pursuant to Section 5.05 of this Agreement.

ARTICLE V.

DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 5.01  Accounts.

(a) (i) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer shall establish, or cause to be established, an account with and in the name of the Indenture Trustee (the “Collection Account”), which shall be maintained as an Eligible Account and shall bear a designation clearly indicating that the amounts deposited thereto are held for the benefit of the Noteholders.

(ii) The Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall cause the Servicer to establish with and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Account (including the subaccounts referred to in clause (iv) below, the “Note Distribution Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders.

(iii)  The Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall cause the Servicer to establish with and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Account (the “Reserve Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders.

(iv)  The Issuer shall also cause to be established two administrative subaccounts within the Note Distribution Account, which subaccounts shall be designated the “Interest Distribution Account” and the “Principal Distribution Account”, respectively. The Interest Distribution Account and the Principal Distribution Account are established and maintained solely for administrative purposes.

(v)  Funds on deposit in the Reserve Account, shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments selected in writing by the Servicer; provided, however, that if the Servicer fails to select any Eligible Investment, such funds shall remain uninvested. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and/or the Certificateholders, as applicable. Other than as permitted in writing by the Rating Agencies, funds on deposit in the Reserve Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments that will mature so that such funds will be available on the next Payment Date. Funds deposited in the Reserve Account, upon the

 

	
                         
 	
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maturity of any Eligible Investments on a day which immediately precedes a Payment Date, are not required to be invested overnight.

(vi) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments selected in writing by the Servicer; provided, however, that if the Servicer fails to select any Eligible Investments, such funds shall remain uninvested. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and/or the Certificateholders, as applicable. Other than as permitted in writing by the Rating Agencies, funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments that will mature so that such funds will be available on the next Payment Date. Investment earnings on funds deposited in the Collection Account, net
of losses and investment expenses, shall be released to the Servicer on each Payment Date and shall be the property of the Servicer.

(b) (i) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds received and all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof. The Trust Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, as the case may be. If, at any time, a Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Indenture Trustee (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed 15 calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a new Trust Account as an Eligible Account and shall transfer any cash or any investments from the account that is no longer an Eligible Account to the Trust Account. Neither the Servicer nor the Indenture Trustee shall in any way be held liable by reason of
any insufficiency in any Trust Account resulting from any investment loss in any Eligible Investment.

(ii) The Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Indenture Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to make withdrawals and payments from the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Deposit Account for the purpose of withdrawing any amounts deposited in error into such accounts.

Section 5.02 Application of Collections. All payments received from or on behalf of an Obligor during each Collection Period with respect to each Receivable (other than a Purchased Receivable) shall be applied to interest and principal in accordance with the Simple Interest Method. The Servicer shall make all deposits of Collections and other Available Amounts received into the Collection Account on the second Business Day following receipt thereof. However, so long as the Monthly Remittance Condition is satisfied, the Servicer may retain such amounts received during a Collection Period until one Business Day prior to the related Payment Date. The “Monthly Remittance Condition” shall be deemed to be satisfied if
(i) HMFC or one of its Affiliates is the Servicer, (ii) no Servicer Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and (iii) HMFC has a short-term debt rating of at least “Prime-1” from Moody’s, “A-1” from Standard & Poor’s and “F-1” from Fitch. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may remit Collections to the Collection Account on any other alternate remittance schedule (but not later than the Business Day prior to the related Payment Date) if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such alternate remittance schedule. Pending deposit into the Collection 

 

 

	
                         
 	
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Account, Collections may be commingled and used by the Servicer at its own risk and are not required to be segregated from its own funds.

Section 5.03 Property of the Trust. All payments and other proceeds of any type and from any source on or with respect to the Receivables shall be the property of the Trust, subject to the Lien of the Indenture and the rights of the Indenture Trustee thereunder.

Section 5.04 Purchased Amounts. The Servicer or the Seller shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account, on the Business Day preceding each Payment Date, the aggregate Purchased Amount with respect to Purchased Receivables and the Servicer shall deposit therein all amounts to be paid under Section 4.07. Notice of this amount shall be provided in writing by the applicable party to the Indenture Trustee.

Section 5.05 Distributions.

(a) The Servicer shall calculate all amounts required to be deposited pursuant to this Section and deliver a Servicer’s Certificate two Business Days prior to each Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.09.

(b) On each Payment Date, except as specified in Section 5.04(b) of the Indenture, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing (based on the information contained in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered two Business Days prior to each Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.09) to make the following deposits and distributions from Available Amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, and to the extent of any Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount from amounts withdrawn from the Reserve Account in the following order and priority:

(i) to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee, including any unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to one or more prior Collection Periods, and Advances not previously reimbursed to the Servicer;

(ii) to the Interest Distribution Account, (a) the aggregate amount of interest accrued for the related Interest Period on each of the Class A Notes at their respective interest rates on the principal outstanding as of the previous Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class A Noteholders on the preceding Payment Date; and (b) the excess, if any, of the amount of interest payable to the Class A Noteholders on those prior Payment Dates over the amounts actually paid to the Class A Noteholders on those prior Payment Dates, plus interest on any such shortfall at their respective interest rates to the extent permitted by law;

(iii) to the Principal Distribution Account, the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount, if any;

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Noteholders on the preceding Payment Date; and (b) the excess, if any, of the amount of interest payable to the Class B Noteholders on prior Payment Dates over the amounts actually paid to the Class B Noteholders on those prior Payment Dates, plus interest on any such shortfall at the Class B Rate to the extent permitted by law;

(v) to the Principal Distribution Account, the Second Priority Principal Distribution Amount, if any;

(vi) to the Interest Distribution Account, (a) the aggregate amount of interest accrued for the related Interest Period on each of the Class C Notes at the Class C Rate on the principal outstanding as of the previous Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class C Noteholders on the preceding Payment Date; and (b) the excess, if any, of the amount of interest payable to the Class C Noteholders on prior Payment Dates over the amounts actually paid to the Class C Noteholders on prior Payment Dates, plus interest on any such shortfall at the Class C Rate to the extent permitted by law;

(vii) to the Principal Distribution Account, the Third Priority Principal Distribution Amount, if any;

(viii) to the Interest Distribution Account, (a) the aggregate amount of interest accrued for the related Interest Period on each of the Class D Notes at the Class D Rate on the principal outstanding as of the previous Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class D Noteholders on the preceding Payment Date; and (b) the excess, if any, of the amount of interest payable to the Class D Noteholders on prior Payment Dates over the amounts actually paid to the Class D Noteholders on prior Payment Dates, plus interest on any such shortfall at the Class D Rate to the extent permitted by law;

(ix) to the Principal Distribution Account, the Regular Principal Distribution Amount;

(x) to the Reserve Account, from Available Amounts remaining, the amount, if any, necessary to cause the amount on deposit in that account to equal the Reserve Account Required Amount;

(xi) to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any reimbursements and expenses, in each case to the extent such reimbursements and expenses have not been previously paid by the Servicer and to the Securities Intermediary, any accrued and unpaid indemnification expenses owed to it; and

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defined in the Trust Agreement) and subsequent distribution to the Certificateholder pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Trust Agreement.

Section 5.06 Reserve Account.

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause to be deposited an amount equal to the Reserve Account Deposit into the Reserve Account from the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes. The Reserve Account shall be an asset of the Issuer.

(b) In the event that the Servicer’s Certificate states that there is an Available Amounts Shortfall, then the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written directions from the Servicer, withdraw the Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount from the Reserve Account and deposit such Reserve Account Withdrawal Amount into the Collection Account no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the related Payment Date.

(c) In the event that the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account (after giving effect to all deposits thereto and withdrawals therefrom on such Business Day on a Payment Date) is greater than the Reserve Account Required Amount on any Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute, upon written directions from the Servicer, all such amounts to the Certificateholder as per the monthly Servicer’s Certificate. Upon any such distribution to the Certificateholder, the Noteholders shall have no further rights in, or claims to, such amounts.

(d) In the event that on any Payment Date the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account shall be less than the Reserve Account Required Amount, the Available Amounts remaining after the payment of the amounts set forth in Section 5.05(b)(i) through (ix), up to an amount equal to such shortfall, shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee, upon written directions from the Servicer, to the Reserve Account on such Payment Date.

(e) Subject to Section 9.01, amounts will continue to be applied pursuant to Section 5.05 following the payment in full of the Outstanding Amount of Notes until the Pool Balance is reduced to zero. Following the payment in full of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificates and of all other amounts owing or to be distributed hereunder or under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement to the Noteholders and the termination of the Trust, any amount then allocated to the Reserve Account shall be distributed to the Depositor.

Section 5.07 Statements to Securityholders. On each Payment Date, the Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee (with a copy to each Rating Agency) for the Indenture Trustee to make available to each Noteholder of record as of the most recent Record Date and to the Owner Trustee for the Owner Trustee to forward to each Certificateholder of record as of the most recent Record Date a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

The Indenture Trustee may make any such statement which it is required to provide to the Noteholders, including, without limitation, all information as may be required to enable each Noteholder to prepare its respective federal and state income tax returns (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format), via its internet web site (initially located at www.sf.citidirect.com). In connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustee’s website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of certain terms and conditions. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to change the way such 

 

 

	
                         
 	
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statements are distributed in order to make such distributions more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Indenture Trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to the Noteholders regarding any such changes; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee will also mail copies of any such statements to any requesting Noteholder who provides a written request.

Section 5.08 Advances by the Servicer. By the close of business on the day required by Section 5.01 hereof, the Servicer may, in its sole discretion, deposit into the Collection Account, out of its own funds, an Advance; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not make any Advances with respect to Defaulted Receivables.

ARTICLE VI.

 

THE DEPOSITOR

Section 6.01 Representations of Depositor. The Depositor makes the following representations on which the Issuer relies in accepting the Receivables and delivering the Securities. Such representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables by the Depositor to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted.

(b) Due Qualification. The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the Depositor’s ability to transfer the Receivables to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the Receivables.

(c) Power and Authority. The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry out their respective terms; the Depositor has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Issuer, and the Depositor shall have duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party have been and will be duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.

(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party, when duly executed and delivered by the other parties hereto and thereto, shall constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

 

	
                         
 	
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(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than this Agreement and the other Basic Documents; or violate any law,
order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties. There shall be no breach of the representations and warranties in this paragraph resulting from any of the foregoing breaches, violations, Liens or other matters which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the Depositor’s ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.

(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Basic Document; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Basic Document; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any other Basic Document; or (iv) seeking to
adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of the Trust, the Notes or the Certificates.

(g) No Consents. The Depositor is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval, registration, authorization, or declaration of or with any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party that has not already been obtained, other than (i) UCC filings and (ii) consents, licenses, approvals, registrations, authorizations or declarations which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.

Section 6.02 Corporate Existence. During the term of this Agreement, the Depositor will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified would materially and adversely affect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Basic Documents, the proper administration of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, all transactions and dealings between the Depositor and its Affiliates will be conducted on an arm’s-length basis.

 

 

	
                         
 	
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Section 6.03 Liability of Depositor. 

(a) The Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Depositor under this Agreement (which shall not include distributions on account of the Notes or the Certificates).

(b) The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this Agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Depositor. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Depositor), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee each further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy
at law exists for a breach of this Section 6.03(b) and the terms of this Section 6.03(b) may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 6.03(b) will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Agreement.

Section 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Depositor. Any Person (a) into which the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Depositor is a party, (c) succeeding to the business of the Depositor, or (d) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by any affiliate of HMFC, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Depositor under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Depositor under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Depositor enters into any of the foregoing transactions and is not the surviving entity, (x) the Depositor shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger, conversion, consolidation or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.04 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (y) the Depositor will deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and 

 

 

	
                         
 	
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amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interest. It shall be a condition precedent to any of the foregoing transactions that (1) each Rating Agency will be notified of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.04 and each Rating Agency shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing that such merger, consolidation or succession shall not result in a reduction, withdrawal or downgrade of the then-current rating of each class of Notes and (2) the organizational documents of the surviving entity
shall contain bankruptcy remoteness protections that are not materially less favorable to the Noteholders than those contained in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Depositor. 

Section 6.05 Amendment of Depositor’s Organizational Documents. The Depositor shall not amend its organizational documents except in accordance with the provisions thereof.

ARTICLE VII.

 

THE SERVICER

Section 7.01 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following representations upon which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of its incorporation, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, the corporate power, authority and legal right to acquire, own, and service the Receivables.

(b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the Servicer’s ability to acquire, own and service the Receivables.

(c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry out their respective terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary corporate action.

(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Servicer, enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting

 

 

	
                         
 	
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 the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity whether applied in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and the fulfillment of their respective terms shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound; or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than this Agreement and the other Basic Documents, or violate any law, order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Servicer of any court or federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or any of its properties. There shall be no breach of the representations and warranties in this paragraph resulting from any of the foregoing breaches, violations, Liens or other matters which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.

(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, against the Servicer before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securities or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents; or (iv) seeking to
adversely affect the federal income tax or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Securities.

(g) No Consents. The Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, other than (i) UCC filings and (ii) consents, licenses, approvals, registrations, authorizations or declarations which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.

Section 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer and the representations made by the Servicer under this Agreement:

(a) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the Depositor and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities 

 

 

	
                         
 	
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arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle, excluding any losses incurred in connection with the sale of any repossessed Financed Vehicles in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees, and the Securityholders, from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any of such parties with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including any sales, gross receipts, tangible or intangible personal property, privilege or license taxes (but not including any federal or other income taxes, including franchise taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the transfer of the Receivables to the Trust or the issuance and original sale of the Securities), and any costs and expenses in defending against the same.

(c) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Securityholders and any of the officers, directors, employees or agents of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through, the negligence, misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties or by failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

(d) The Servicer shall compensate and indemnify the Indenture Trustee to the extent provided in Section 6.07 of the Indenture.

For purposes of this Section, in the event of the termination of the rights and obligations of HMFC (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.03) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02, or the resignation by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer pending appointment of a successor Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.03.

Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Servicer or the termination of this Agreement, and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and reasonable expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest. The Servicer shall pay all amounts due, pursuant to this Section, with respect to the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee as set forth in Section 5.05(b)(xi).

Section 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer. The Servicer shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person, convey, transfer or lease substantially all its assets as an entirety to another Person, or permit any other Person to become the successor to the Servicer’s business unless, after such merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer, lease or succession, the successor or surviving entity shall be capable of fulfilling the duties of the Servicer contained in this Agreement. Any Person (a) into which the Servicer may 

 

 

	
                         
 	
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be merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, (c) that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Servicer or (d) succeeding to the business of the Servicer, which Person shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Servicer shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 7.03 to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to become a successor to the Servicer’s
business unless (a) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 7.01 shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such transaction) and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred, (b) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 7.03 and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (c) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that either (i) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto
have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the assets of the Trust and reciting the details of such filings or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.

Section 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. None of the Servicer or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, except as provided in this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of a breach of this Agreement or willful misfeasance or bad faith in the performance
of duties. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may conclusively rely in good faith on the written advice of counsel or on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.

Section 7.05 Delegation of Duties. The Servicer may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Basic Documents to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific duties to sub-contractors who are in the business of performing such duties; provided, however, that Servicer shall give the Rating Agencies then rating the Notes at least 10 Business Days’ written notice prior to any delegation that the Servicer reasonably believes to be of a material aspect of the Servicer’s servicing duties. The fees and expenses of any subservicer shall be as agreed
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Section 7.06 Servicer Not to Resign.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.03, the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it by this Agreement as Servicer except upon a determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable law.

(b) Notice of any determination that the performance by the Servicer of its duties hereunder is no longer permitted under applicable law shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No resignation of the Servicer shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 8.03. If no successor Servicer has been appointed within 30 days of resignation or removal, the Servicer, as the case may be, may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for such appointment.

ARTICLE VIII.

 

DEFAULT

Section 8.01 Servicer Termination Events. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence and continuance of any of the following shall constitute a “Servicer Termination Event”:

(a) Any failure by the Servicer to deposit into any Account any proceeds or payment required to be so delivered or to direct the Indenture Trustee to make the required payment from any Account under the terms of this Agreement that continues unremedied for a period of five Business days after written notice is received by the Servicer or after discovery of such failure by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer;

(b) Failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform, in any material respect, any covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement, which failure (i) materially and adversely affects the rights of the Securityholders and (ii) continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after discovery of such failure by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or after the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Servicer by any of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing not less than 50% of the Outstanding Amounts of the Controlling Class of Notes; or

(c) The occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Servicer.

provided, however, that a delay or failure of performance referred to under clauses (a) above for a period of 10 days or clause (b) above for a period of 30 days will not constitute a Servicer Termination Event if such delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.

 

 

	
                         
 	
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Section 8.02 Consequences of a Servicer Termination Event. If a Servicer Termination Event shall occur, the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the voting interests of the Controlling Class may, by notice given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor if given by such Noteholders), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority, power, obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer under this Agreement automatically shall pass to, be vested in and become obligations and responsibilities of the successor Servicer; provided,
however, that the successor Servicer shall have no liability with respect to any obligation that was required to be performed by the terminated Servicer prior to the date that the successor Servicer becomes the Servicer or any claim of a third party based on any alleged action or inaction of the terminated Servicer. The successor Servicer is authorized and empowered by this Agreement to execute and deliver, on behalf of the terminated Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents to show the Indenture Trustee (or the Owner Trustee if the Notes have been paid in full) as lienholder or secured party on the related certificates of title of the Financed
Vehicles or otherwise. The terminated Servicer agrees to cooperate with the successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the terminated Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the successor Servicer for administration by it of all money and property held by the Servicer with respect to the Receivables and other records relating to the Receivables, including any portion of the Receivables File held by the Servicer and a computer tape in readable form as of the most recent Business Day containing all information necessary to enable the successor Servicer to service the Receivables. The terminated Servicer shall also provide the successor Servicer access to Servicer personnel and computer records in order to facilitate the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing duties.

Section 8.03 Appointment of Successor Servicer.

(a) On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.02 or upon the resignation of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.06, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the voting interests of the Controlling Class shall appoint a successor Servicer which shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement and shall be subject to all the rights, responsibilities, restrictions, duties, liabilities and termination provisions relating to the Servicer under this Agreement, except as otherwise stated herein. The Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and such successor Servicer shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. In the event that the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders are
unable to appoint a successor within thirty (30) days of the date of the related notice of termination, the Indenture Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Servicer. If a successor Servicer is acting as Servicer hereunder, it shall be subject to termination under Section 8.02 upon the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event after its appointment as successor Servicer. The original Servicer shall pay any and all fees and expenses incurred as a result of a transfer of servicing.

 

 

	
                         
 	
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(b) The Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the voting interests of the Controlling Class shall have no liability to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor, any Noteholders, any Certificateholders or any other Person if it exercises its right to appoint a successor to the Servicer. Pending appointment pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the outgoing Servicer shall continue to act as Servicer until a successor has been appointed and accepted such appointment.

(c) Upon appointment, the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor Servicer, and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all the rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

Section 8.04 Notification to Securityholders. Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Noteholders and each Rating Agency.

Section 8.05 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the voting interests of the Controlling Class may, on behalf of all Securityholders, waive in writing any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from any of the Trust Accounts in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Termination Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto.

ARTICLE IX.

 

TERMINATION

Section 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables.

(a) On each Determination Date as of which the Pool Balance is equal to or less than 10% of the Initial Pool Balance, the Servicer shall have the option to purchase the Receivables. To exercise such option, the Servicer shall deposit to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.04 an amount equal to the aggregate Purchased Amount for the Receivables and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Receivables. The exercise of such option shall effect a redemption, in whole but not in part, of all outstanding Notes.

(b) As described in Article IX of the Trust Agreement, notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable after the Servicer has received notice thereof.

(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Trust will succeed to the rights of, and assume the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders of, the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.

 

 

	
                         
 	
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ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.01  Amendment.

(a) This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor and the Servicer, but without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that such action shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder, and the Indenture Trustee shall have received notification from each Rating Agency that such action will not result
in a reduction, withdrawal or downgrade of the then-current rating of each class of Notes.

(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Issuer, with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note or delay the Stated Maturity Date of any Note without the consent of the Holder of such Note or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes,
the Securityholders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Noteholders holding all Outstanding Notes and Certificateholders holding all outstanding Certificates.

Promptly after the execution of any amendment or consent, the Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Securityholder, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Securityholders pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 10.02(i)(A). The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

	
                         
 	
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Section 10.02  Protection of Title to Trust.

(a) The Servicer shall file such financing statements and cause to be filed such continuation statements, all in such a manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof. The Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above as soon as available following such filing.

(b) Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above insufficient within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.

(c) The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Receivables, and its principal executive office, within the United States of America.   

(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of each such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on or with respect to each such Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of each such Receivable.

(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables, the Servicer’s master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the Issuer’s interest in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.

(f) If at any time the Depositor or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.

(g) The Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents upon reasonable notice and at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable.

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name of Obligor) then held as part of the Trust, together with a reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of the Servicer’s Certificates furnished prior to such request indicating removal of Receivables from the Trust.

(i) Upon request, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:

(i) promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements have been filed that are necessary to fully preserve and protect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest; and

(ii) within 90 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than three months after the Cutoff Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements have been filed that are necessary to fully preserve and protect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.

(j) Restrictions on Liens. The Servicer shall not (i) create, incur or suffer to exist, or agree to create, incur or suffer to exist, or consent to or permit in the future (upon the occurrence of a contingency or otherwise) the creation, incurrence or existence of any Lien on or restriction on transferability of any Receivable except for the Lien of the Indenture and the restrictions on transferability imposed by this Agreement or (ii) file any UCC financing statements in any jurisdiction that names HMFC, the Servicer or the Depositor as a debtor, and any Person other than the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer as a secured party, or sign any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file any such financing statement with respect to the Receivables or the related property.

Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (A) or (B) above shall specify any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the following year to preserve and protect such interest.

Section 10.03  Notices. All demands, notices, communications and instructions upon or to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Rating Agency under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, faxed and followed by first class mail, or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested (or with respect to any Rating Agency, electronically delivered), and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Depositor, to 10550 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley, California  92708, Attention: Vice President and Secretary, with a copy to General Counsel; (b) in the case

 

	
                         
 	
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of the Servicer and HMFC, to 10550 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley, California  92708, Attention:  Vice President, Finance; (c)  in the case of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (as defined in the Trust Agreement); (d) in the case of Moody’s, to 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention:  ABS Monitoring Department; (e) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office (as defined in the Indenture); (f) in the case of Standard & Poor’s, via electronic delivery to Servicer_reports@sandp.com or at the following address: 55 Water Street (40th Floor), New York, New York 10041, Attention:  ABS Surveillance Department; and (g) in the case of Fitch, to One State Street Plaza, New York, New York  10004; or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.

Section 10.04  Assignment by the Depositor or the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Sections 6.04 and 7.03 herein and as provided in the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Depositor or the Servicer.

Section 10.05  Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

Section 10.06  Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 10.07  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 10.08  Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 10.09  GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

Section 10.10  Assignment by Issuer. The Depositor hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and interest

 

	
                         
 	
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of the Issuer in, to and under the Receivables or the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.

Section 10.11  Nonpetition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall not, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuer or the Depositor, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer or the Depositor to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer or the Depositor under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the Depositor or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or the Depositor.

Section 10.12  Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed by [                  ] not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall [                  ] in its individual capacity or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee of the Issuer have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer in accordance with the priorities set forth herein. For all
purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been accepted by [                  ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall [                  ] have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer in accordance with the priorities set forth herein.

 

	
                         
 	
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
                         
 	
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EXHIBIT A

Representations and Warranties of Hyundai Motor Finance Company

Under Section 3.02 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement

Terms used in this Exhibit A shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of [                   ], 200[  ] (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), between Hyundai Motor Finance Company as Seller (the “Seller”) and Hyundai ABS Funding Corporation as depositor (the “Depositor”). Terms not defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants as follows to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

(i)  Organization and Good Standing. The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted.

(ii) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the Seller’s ability to acquire, own and service the Receivables.

(iii)  Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and to carry out their respective terms; the Seller had at all relevant times, and has, full power, authority and legal right to sell, transfer and assign the property sold, transferred and assigned to the Depositor hereby and has duly authorized such sale, transfer and assignment to the Depositor by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party have been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.

(iv)  No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party and the fulfillment of their respective terms do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Seller, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than this

 

	
                         
 	
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Agreement), or violate any law or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties. There shall be no breach of the representations and warranties in this paragraph resulting from any of the foregoing breaches, violations, Liens or other matters which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.

(v)  No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Seller’s knowledge, threatened against the Seller before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which the Seller is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which the Seller is a party or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which the
Seller is a party.

(vi)  Valid Sale, Binding Obligation. This Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party, when duly executed and delivered by the other parties hereto and thereto, shall constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).

(vii)  Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of the Seller is located at 10550 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley, California 92708.

(viii)  No Consents. The Seller is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval, registration, authorization, or declaration of or with any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity, or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party that has not already been obtained, other than (i) UCC filings and (ii) consents, licenses, approvals, registrations, authorizations or declarations which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.

 

	
                         
 	
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(ix)  Ordinary Course. The transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party are in the ordinary course of the Seller’s business.

(x)  Solvency. The Seller is not insolvent, nor will the Seller be made insolvent by the transfer of the Receivables, nor does the Seller contemplate any pending insolvency.

(xi)  Creditors. The Seller represents and warrants that it did not sell the Receivables to the Depositor with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.

(xii)  No Notice. The Seller represents and warrants that it acquired title to the Receivables in good faith, without notice of any adverse claim.

(xiii)  Bulk Transfer. The Seller represents and warrants that the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to the bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(b) The Seller makes the following representations and warranties with respect to the Receivables, on which the Depositor relies in accepting the Receivables and in transferring the Receivables to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and on which the Issuer relies in pledging the same to the Indenture Trustee. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or as of the Cutoff Date as applicable, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Depositor, the subsequent sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables by the Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the pledge of the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

(i)  Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (A) was originated in the United States of America by a Dealer located in the United States of America for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer’s business and satisfied the Seller’s Credit and Collection Policy as of the date of origination of the related Receivable, is payable in United States dollars, has been fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, has been purchased by the Seller from such Dealer under an existing Dealer Agreement and has been validly assigned by such Dealer to the Seller, (B) has created or shall create a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of the Seller in the Financed Vehicle, which security interest is
assignable by the Seller to the Depositor, by the Depositor to the Issuer, and by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee, (C) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security, (D) provides for fixed level monthly payments (provided that the payment in the last month of the term of the Receivable may be insignificantly different 

 

	
                         
 	
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from the level payments) that fully amortize the Amount Financed by maturity and yield interest at the APR, (E) amortizes using the simple interest method and (F) has an Obligor which is not an affiliate of HMFC, is not a government or governmental subdivision or agency and is not shown on the Servicer’s records as a debtor in a pending bankruptcy proceeding.

(ii) Compliance with Law. Each Receivable and the sale of the related Financed Vehicle complied at the time it was originated or made, and at the time of execution of this Agreement complies, in all material respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, rulings and regulations thereunder, including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations “B” and “Z”, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, state adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer
Credit Code, and other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws.

(iii) Binding Obligation. Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor thereon, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except (A) as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (B) as such Receivable may be modified by the application after the Transfer Date of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

(iv) No Government Obligor. No Receivable is due from the United States of America or any State or any agency, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof.

(v) Obligor Bankruptcy. According to the records of the Seller, as of the Cutoff Date, no Obligor is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.

(vi) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the close of business on the Cutoff Date.

(vii) Marking Records. By the Closing Date, the Seller will have caused its computer and accounting records relating to each Receivable to be clearly and unambiguously marked to show that the Receivables have been sold to the Depositor by the Seller and transferred and assigned by the Depositor to the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and pledged by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

	
                         
 	
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(viii) Computer Tape. The computer tape regarding the Receivables made available by the Seller to the Depositor is complete and accurate in all respects as of the Transfer Date.

(ix) No Adverse Selection. No selection procedures believed by the Seller to be adverse to the Noteholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables.

(x) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes chattel paper within the meaning of the UCC as in effect in the state of origination.

(xi) One Original. There is only one executed original of each Receivable.

(xii) Receivables in Force. No Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor has any Financed Vehicle been released from the Lien of the related Receivable in whole or in part. None of the terms of any Receivable has been waived, altered or modified in any respect since its origination, except by instruments or documents identified in the related Receivable File.

(xiii) Lawful Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction the laws of which would make unlawful, void or voidable the sale, transfer and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the pledge of such Receivable under the Indenture.

(xiv) Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfers and assignments herein contemplated constitute sales of the Receivables from the Seller to the Depositor and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables not be part of the debtor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. No Receivable, other than the Receivables identified in the Reconveyance Documents, has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Seller to any Person other than to the Depositor or pursuant to this Agreement (or by the Depositor to any other Person other than to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement). Except with respect to the Liens under the Conduit Documents (which such Liens shall
be released in accordance with provisions of the Reconveyance Documents), immediately prior to the transfers and assignments herein contemplated, the Seller has good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens, and, immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Depositor shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and, immediately upon the transfer thereof from the Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and, immediately upon the pledge thereof from the Issuer to the 

 

	
                         
 	
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Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall have a first priority perfected security interest in each Receivable.

(xv) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Immediately prior to its sale, assignment and transfer to the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement, each Receivable shall be secured by a validly perfected first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party, or all necessary and appropriate actions have been commenced that will result in the valid perfection of a first priority security interest in such Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party.

(xvi) All Filings Made. All filings (including UCC filings, except for UCC releases required to be filed in accordance with the Reconveyance Documents) required to be made in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a first perfected ownership interest in the Receivables and the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Receivables have been made.

(xvii) No Defenses. No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim, dispute or defense, including the defense of usury, whether arising out of transactions concerning the Receivable or otherwise, and the operation of any terms of the Receivable or the exercise by the Seller or the Obligor of any right under the Receivable will not render the Receivable unenforceable in whole or in part, and no such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim, dispute or defense, including the defense of usury, has been asserted with respect thereto.

(xviii) No Default. As of the Cutoff Date, the Servicer’s accounting records did not disclose that there was any default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable (other than payment delinquencies of not more than 30 days), or that any condition exists or event has occurred and is continuing that with notice, the lapse of time or both would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable, and there has been no waiver of any of the foregoing.

(xix) Insurance. The Seller, in accordance with its customary procedures, has determined at the origination of the Receivable that the Obligor had obtained physical damage insurance covering the related Finance Vehicle at that time and, under the terms of each Receivable, the Obligor is required to maintain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle and to name the Seller as a loss payee.

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(xxi) Certain Characteristics of the Receivables. As of the applicable Cutoff Date, (A) each Receivable had an original maturity of not less than [12] or more than [72] months and (B) no Receivable was more than [30] days past due as of the Cutoff Date.

(xxii) No Foreign Obligor. All of the Receivables were originated in the United States of America.

(xxiii) No Extensions. The number or timing of scheduled payments has not been changed on any Receivable on or before the Cutoff Date, except as reflected on the computer tape delivered in connection with the sale of the Receivables.

(xxiv) [Reserved]

(xxv) [Reserved]

(xxvi) No Fleet Sales. No Receivable has been included in a “fleet” sale (i.e., a sale to any single Obligor of more than five Financed Vehicles).

(xxvii) Receivable Files. The Servicer has in its possession all original copies of documents or instruments that constitute or evidence the Receivables. The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person other than the Depositor, except for such Liens as have been released on or before the Closing Date. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in favor of the Depositor in connection herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as provided in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, will violate the rights of the Depositor.”

(xxviii) No Fraud or Misrepresentation. Each Receivable was originated by a Dealer and was sold by the Dealer to the Seller, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, without fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Dealer in either case.

(xxix) Receivables Not Assumable. No Receivable is assumable by another person in a manner which would release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor’s obligations to the Seller with respect to such Receivable.

(xxx) No Impairment. The Seller has not done anything to convey any right to any person that would result in such person having a right to payments due under a Receivable or otherwise to impair the rights of the Depositor in any Receivable or the proceeds thereof.

 

	
                         
 	
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(xxxi) [Reserved].

(xxxii) No Corporate Obligor. All of the Receivables are due from Obligors who are natural persons.

(xxxiii) No Liens. According to the Servicer’s records as of the Cutoff Date, no liens or claims have been filed for work, labor, or materials relating to a Financed Vehicle that are prior to, or equal or coordinate with the security interest in the Financed Vehicles granted by the related Receivable.

(xxxiv) [Reserved].

(xxxv) APR. No Receivable has an APR of less than [          ]% and the weighted average coupon on the pool of Receivables is at least [          ]%.

(xxxvi) Remaining Term. Each Receivable has a remaining term of at least [4] months and no more than [72] months.

(xxxvii) Original Term. The weighted average original term for the Receivables is at least [            ] months.

(xxxviii) Remaining Balance. Each Receivable has a remaining balance of at least $[               ] and not greater than $[                ].

(xxxix) New Vehicles. At least [             ]% of the aggregate principal balance of the Receivables is secured by Financed Vehicles which were new at the date of origination.

(xl) [Reserved].

(xli) No Repossessions. No Financed Vehicle has been repossessed on or prior to the applicable Cutoff Date.

(xlii) [Reserved].

(xliii) [Reserved].

(xliv) Dealer Agreements. Each Dealer from whom the Seller purchases Receivables has entered into a Dealer Agreement with the Seller providing for the sale of Receivables from time to time by such Dealer to the Seller.

(xlv) Receivable Obligations. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no notice to or consent from any Obligor is necessary to effect the acquisition of the Receivables by the Issuer.

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(xlvii) Computer Tape. The computer tape from which the selection of the Receivables being acquired on the Closing Date was made available to the accountants that are providing a comfort letter to the Noteholders in connection with the numerical information regarding the Receivables and the Notes.

(xlviii) No Future Disbursement. At the time each Receivable was acquired from the Dealer, the Amount Financed was fully disbursed. There is no requirement for future advances of principal thereunder, and, other than in connection with Dealer participations, all fees and expenses in connection with the origination of such Receivable have been paid.

(xlix) [Reserved].

(l) [Reserved].

(li) [Reserved].

(lii) [Reserved].

(liii) [Reserved].

(liv) No Consumer Leases. No Receivable constitutes a “consumer lease” under either (a) the UCC as in effect in the jurisdiction whose law governs the Receivable or (b) the Consumer Leasing Act, 15 USC 1667.

(lv) Balance as of Cutoff Date. The aggregate principal balance of the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date is equal to $[              ].

 

 

	
                         
 	
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EXHIBIT B

Form of Record Date Statement

See attached. 

 

	
                         
 	
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EXHIBIT C

Form of Servicer’s Certificate

Collection Period: ________________

Distribution Date: ________________

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 200[ ]-[ ]

The undersigned certifies that he is an officer of Hyundai Motor Finance Company, a California corporation (“HMFC”) and that as such he is duly authorized to execute and deliver this certificate on behalf of HMFC pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated [    ], 200[ ] among Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 200[ ]-[ ], as Issuer, Hyundai ABS Funding Corporation, as Depositor, HMFC, as Seller and Servicer and [                        ], as Indenture Trustee (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) (all capitalized terms used herein without definition have the respective meanings specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement) and further certifies that:

1. The Servicer’s report for the period from _________ to _________ attached to this certificate is complete and accurate and contains all information required by Section 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and

2. As of _____________, no Servicer Termination Events have occurred.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have fixed hereunto my signature this ___ day of ___________.

 

	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                        HYUNDAI MOTOR FINANCE COMPANY,

            as Servicer
 
	 	 	 
	
                          
 	
                         
 	
                        By: 
 	
                          
 
	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                        Name:
 
	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                        Title:
 

 

	
                         
 	
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SCHEDULE A

Schedule of Receivables

[Delivered to the Trust at Closing]

 

	
                         
 	
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SCHEDULE B

Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount

With respect to any Payment Date, the “Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount” is the amount specified below:

 

	
                        Payment Date
 	
                         
 	
                        Yield Supplement 
 Overcollateralization 
 Amount
 
	
                        Closing Date
 	
                         
 	
                         
 
	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 

 

 

	
                         
 	
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APPENDIX A

REGULATION AB REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

PART I

DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.01. As used in this Appendix A, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined); unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Appendix A that are defined in the Agreement to which this Appendix A is attached shall have the same meanings herein as in the Agreement:

“Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

“Securities Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

PART II

COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB

Section 2.01. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.

Each of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of Part II of this Appendix A is to facilitate compliance by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee with the provisions of Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission. 

Neither the Issuer nor the Seller shall exercise its right to request delivery of information, reports or other performance under these provisions for purposes other than compliance with Regulation AB. Each of the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise. Each of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee hereby agrees to reasonably comply with all reasonable requests made by any of the other parties hereto (including any of its assignees or designees), as the case may be, in good faith for delivery of such information or reports, including, without limitation, any Servicer
compliance statements and reports (solely with respect to the Servicer), and assessments of compliance and attestation, as may be required under the then-current interpretations of Regulation AB. The servicing criteria to be addressed in the 

 

	
                         
 	
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Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance and attestation shall be set forth on Schedule I attached hereto and such assessments of compliance and attestations shall be provided by March 15th and shall only be required for years in which a 10-K is required to be filed.

 

 

	
                         
 	
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SCHEDULE I

Servicing Criteria To Be Addressed In Assessment Of Compliance

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee, shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria”:

 

	
                        Reference
 	
                         
 	
                        Criteria
 
	

       
 	
                         
 	

      Cash Collection and Administration
 
	
                        1122(d)(2)(ii)
 	
                         
 	
                        Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.

             
 
	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                        Investor Remittances and Reporting
 
	
                        1122(d)(3)(ii)
 	
                         
 	
                        Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.*

             
 
	
                        1122(d)(3)(iii)
 	
                         
 	
                        Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

             
 
	
                        1122(d)(3)(iv)
 	
                         
 	
                        Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.
 

	
                        *
 	
                        Solely with respect to remittances.
 

 

	
                         
 	
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.16

               FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Amendment")
is entered into as of the 30th day of April, 2007 by and among the banks that
are or may from time to time become parties hereto (individually a "Bank" and
collectively, the "Banks"), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association (in its individual capacity, "LaSalle"), as agent ("Agent")
for the Banks, and SIGMATRON INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower").

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Agent, the Banks and Borrower are parties to that certain Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of August 25, 1999 (the "Original Agreement"), as
amended by that certain Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
August 31, 2000, that certain Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of February 1, 2001, that certain Forbearance
Agreement and Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 31,
2001, that certain Forbearance Agreement and Fourth Amendment to Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of July 31, 2001, that certain Fifth Amendment to
Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 30, 2001, that certain Sixth
Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 22, 2002, that
certain Seventh Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 16,
2002, that certain Eighth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
February 19, 2004, that certain Ninth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of March 11, 2005, that certain Tenth Amendment to Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of July 14, 2005, that certain Eleventh Amendment to Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of September 12, 2005, that certain Twelfth
Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 31, 2006, that certain
Thirteenth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 20, 2006
and that certain Fourteenth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
January __, 2007 (the Original Agreement and all of the foregoing amendments are
collectively referred to as the "Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Banks have agreed to further amend the
Agreement to modify certain provisions of the Agreement as set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements herein contained and for the purposes of setting forth the terms and
conditions of this Amendment, the parties, intending to be bound, hereby agree
as follows:

     1. Incorporation of the Agreement. All capitalized terms which are not
defined hereunder shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Agreement,
and the Agreement, to the extent not inconsistent with this Amendment, is
incorporated herein by this reference as though the same were set forth in its
entirety. To the extent any terms and provisions of the Agreement are
inconsistent with the amendments set forth in Paragraph 2 below, such terms and
provisions shall be deemed superseded hereby. Except as specifically set forth
herein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and its provisions
shall be binding on the parties hereto.

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     2. Amendment of the Agreement.

          (a) The definition of the terms "Leverage Ratio" "Maturity Date",
"Revolving Loan Borrowing Base" and "Revolving Note" appearing in Paragraph 1.1
of the Agreement are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

          "Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) total
Liabilities to (ii) Tangible Net Worth, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

          Maturity Date" means (i) September 30, 2009 with respect to all
     Revolving Loans and (ii) June 30, 2011 with respect to the Term Loan.

          "Revolving Loan Borrowing Base" means, as at any date of determination
     thereof, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount then available
     under the Revolving Credit Commitment and (ii) an amount equal to the sum
     of (A) eighty-five percent (85%) of the net amount of Eligible Accounts
     Receivable outstanding at such date and (B) fifty percent (50%) (the
     "Inventory Advance Rate") of Eligible Inventory at such date; provided,
     however, that the aggregate amount of advances for Eligible Inventory under
     the Revolving Credit Commitment shall not exceed $16,000,000 at any time.

          "Revolving Note" means that certain Substitute Revolving Note dated as
     of April 30, 2007 payable by Borrower to LaSalle Bank National Association
     in the maximum principal amount of $32,000,000, as may be amended,
     modified, substituted or restated from time to time, together with all
     renewals and exchanges therefore.

          (b) Paragraph 2.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read as follows:

          2.1 Revolving Credit Commitment. On the terms and subject to the
     conditions set forth in this Agreement, Bank agrees to make revolving
     credit available and Letters of Credit available to Borrower from time to
     time prior to the Termination Date with respect to Revolving Loans in such
     aggregate amounts as Borrower may from time to time request but in no event
     exceeding the maximum principal amount available of Thirty-Two Million
     Dollars ($32,000,000) in the aggregate (the "Revolving Credit Commitment");
     provided, however, that in no event shall the Revolving Credit Commitment
     at any one time exceed the Revolving Loan Borrowing Base nor shall
     outstanding Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Credit Commitment
     at any time exceed the Letter of Credit Limit. The Revolving Credit
     Commitment shall be available to Borrower by means of Revolving Loans, it
     being understood that Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit may be repaid
     and used again during the period from the date hereof to and including the
     Termination Date with respect to Revolving Loans, at which time the
     Revolving Credit Commitment shall expire. The Revolving Credit may be
     prepaid at any time without premium or penalty.

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          (c) Paragraphs 11.2(f)(ii), (iv) and (v) of the Agreement are hereby
amended and restated to read as follows:

          (ii) Maintain an Interest Coverage Ratio, tested quarterly at the end
     of each fiscal quarter on a year to date basis, of at least 2.25:1.0.

          (iv) Maintain a Leverage Ratio, tested quarterly at the end of each
     fiscal quarter on a year to date basis, of not more than 2.15:1.00.

          (v) Not permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures to exceed
     (i) $4,700,000 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007 and (ii) $3,250,000
     for each fiscal year ended thereafter (in each case, excluding any Capital
     Expenditures associated with Borrower's plant located in China).

          (d) Exhibit A to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated with
Exhibit A attached hereto.

     3. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set
forth in the Agreement and all covenants set forth in the Agreement shall be
deemed remade and affirmed as of the date hereof by Borrower, except any and all
references to the Agreement in such representations, warranties and covenants
shall be deemed to include this Amendment. Borrower hereby expressly reaffirms,
reinstates and assumes (on the same basis as set forth in the Agreement) all of
the obligations and liabilities to the Agent as set forth in the Agreement and
this Amendment, and agrees to be bound by and abide by and operate and perform
under and pursuant to and comply fully with all of the terms, conditions,
provisions, agreements, representations, undertakings, warranties, guarantees,
indemnities, grants of security interest and covenants contained in the
Agreement. Borrower also acknowledges and reaffirms that the Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment, is in full force and effect and that no defenses
exist as of the date of this Amendment to Borrower's full compliance with the
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. Borrower hereby acknowledges that the
security interests granted in the Agreement constitute a valid continuing first
Lien in and to the Collateral. Except as set forth herein, no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and no event has occurred and is continuing
which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute
such an Event of Default under the Agreement.

     4. Delivery of Documents/Information. Prior to entering into this
Amendment, Agent shall have received from the Borrower the following fully
executed documents, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Bank,
and all of the transactions contemplated by each such document shall have been
consummated or each condition contemplated by each such document shall have been
satisfied:

          (a) this Amendment;

          (b) a Substitute Revolving Note in favor of LaSalle Bank; and

          (c) such other document and certificates as Agent may request.

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     5. Reference to the Effect on the Agreement.

          (a) References. Upon the date of this Amendment and on and after the
date hereof, each reference in the Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder,"
"hereof," "herein" or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the
Agreement, as amended hereby.

          (b) Ratification. As specifically modified above, the Agreement and
all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in
connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby
ratified and confirmed.

     6. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. Borrower hereby
represents and warrants to Agent and the Banks as of the date hereof as follows:

          (a) The execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance
by Borrower of its obligations hereunder are within Borrower's powers and
authority, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do
not and will not contravene or conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws of Borrower.

          (b) The Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) and the Other
Agreements constitute legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable in
accordance with their terms by Agent and the Banks against Borrower, and
Borrower expressly reaffirms each of its obligations under the Agreement (as
amended by this Amendment) and each of the Other Agreements, including, without
limitation, Borrower's Liabilities. Borrower further expressly acknowledges and
agrees that Agent has a valid, duly perfected, first priority and fully
enforceable security interest in and lien against each item of Collateral except
as otherwise set forth in the Agreement. Borrower agrees that it shall not
dispute the validity or enforceability of the Agreement (as it was stated before
and after this Amendment) or any of the Other Agreements or any of its
respective obligations thereunder, or the validity, priority, enforceability or
extent of Agent's security interest in or lien against any item of Collateral,
in any judicial, administrative or other proceeding;

          (c) No consent, order, qualification, validation, license, approval or
authorization of, or filing, recording, registration or declaration with, or
other action in respect of, any governmental body, authority, bureau or agency
or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of,
this Amendment; and

          (d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment by
Borrower does not and will not violate any law, governmental regulation,
judgment, order or decree applicable to Borrower and does not and will not
violate the provisions of, or constitute a default or any event of default
under, or result in the creation of any security interest or lien upon any
property of Borrower pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, instrument, contract,
agreement or other undertaking to which Borrower is a party or is subject or by
which Borrower or any of its real or personal property may be bound.

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     7. Releases; Indemnities.

          (a) In further consideration of the Banks' execution of this
Amendment, Borrower, and on behalf of its successors, assigns, subsidiaries and
Affiliates, hereby forever releases Agent and each Bank and their respective
successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, Affiliates, officers, employees
directors, agents and attorneys (collectively, the "Releasees") from any and all
debts, claims, demands, liabilities, responsibilities, disputes, causes,
damages, actions and causes of action (whether at law or in equity) and
obligations of every nature whatsoever, whether liquidated or unliquidated,
known or unknown, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent (collectively,
"Claims"), that Borrower may have against the Releasees which arise from or
relate to any actions which the Releasees may have taken or omitted to take
prior to the date this Amendment was executed, including without limitation with
respect to Borrower's Liabilities, any Collateral, the Agreement, any Other
Agreement and any third parties liable in whole or in part for Borrower's
Liabilities. This provision shall survive and continue in full force and effect
whether or not Borrower shall satisfy all other provisions of this Amendment,
the Other Agreements or the Agreement, including payment in full of Borrower's
Liabilities.

          (b) Borrower hereby agrees that its obligation to indemnify and hold
the Releasees harmless as set forth in Paragraph 7(a) of this Amendment shall
include an obligation to indemnify and hold the Releasees harmless with respect
to any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
incurred by the Releasees, or any of them, whether direct, indirect or
consequential, as a result of or arising from or relating to any proceeding by,
or on behalf of, any Person, including, without limitation, officers, directors,
agents, trustees, creditors, partners or shareholders of Borrower, whether
threatened or initiated, asserting any claim for legal or equitable remedy under
any statute, regulation or common law principle arising from or in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, performance,
administration and enforcement of this Amendment or any other document executed
in connection herewith. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the payment in
full of the Borrower's Liabilities and the termination of this Amendment, the
Agreement and the Other Agreements.

     8. Fees and Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs, fees and
expenses of or incurred by the Agent in connection with the evaluation,
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other
instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the
transactions described herein (including the filing or recording thereof),
including, but not limited to, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for
the Agent, search fees and taxes payable in connection with this Amendment and
any future amendments to the Agreement.

     9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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       (FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE)

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Fifteenth
Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                        SIGMATRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                        By: /s/ Linda K. Blake
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Its: Chief Financial Officer

                                        LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        for itself and as Agent

                                        By: /s/ Christopher C. O'Hara
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Its: Senior Vice President

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