-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QhoeiQDEuHpRrixhCgRkdK1C2OxjlkdbUhLOaD2sNkdY3EC4gIUSRZZ0aRvXVV+0 ZSUBd8f52K9QT1qlNkJ5OA== 0001104659-03-010906.txt : 20030521 0001104659-03-010906.hdr.sgml : 20030521 20030521130831 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-03-010906 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030520 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030521 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARLEY DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001114926 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 364396302 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-37550 FILM NUMBER: 03714103 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4150 TECHNOLOGY WAY CITY: CARSON CITY STATE: NV ZIP: 89706 BUSINESS PHONE: 7028851200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4150 TECHNOLOGY WAY CITY: CARSON CITY STATE: NV ZIP: 89706 8-K 1 j1452_8k.htm 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2003

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

333-98975

 

36-4396302

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
Number)

 

 

 

 

 

4150 Technology Way
Carson City, Nevada

 

89706

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

(702) 885-1200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 



 

Item 5.                                   Other Events

 

In connection with the issuance by Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (the “Trust”) of Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes pursuant to the Prospectus dated January 28, 2003 and the Prospectus Supplement dated May 13, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5), Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. is filing the exhibits listed below to this Current Report on Form 8-K which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 7.                                   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

 

(a)  Financial Statements:  None.

 

(b)  Pro Forma Financial Information:  None.

 

(c)  Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

 

4.15

 

Conformed copy of the Trust Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 between Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (“CFC”) and Wilmington Trust Company (the “Owner Trustee”)

 

4.16

 

Conformed copy of the Indenture dated as of May 1, 2003 between the Trust and BNY Midwest Trust Company (the “Indenture Trustee”)

 

10.22

 

Conformed copy of the Transfer and Sale Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and between Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“HDCC”) and CFC

 

10.23

 

Conformed copy of the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and among the Trust, CFC, HDCC and the Indenture Trustee

 

10.24

 

Conformed copy of the Administration Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and among the Trust, HDCC, CFC and the Indenture Trustee

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING
CORP.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Treasurer

 

May 21, 2003

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

 

4.15

 

Conformed copy of the Trust Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 between Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (“CFC”) and Wilmington Trust Company (the “Owner Trustee”)

 

4.16

 

Conformed copy of the Indenture dated as of May 1, 2003 between the Trust and BNY Midwest Trust Company (the “Indenture Trustee”)

 

10.22

 

Conformed copy of the Transfer and Sale Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and between Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“HDCC”) and CFC

 

10.23

 

Conformed copy of the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and among the Trust, CFC, HDCC and the Indenture Trustee

 

10.24

 

Conformed copy of the Administration Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and among the Trust, HDCC, CFC and the Indenture Trustee

 

 

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EX-4.15 3 j1452_ex4d15.htm EX-4.15

EXHIBIT 4.15

 

 

 

TRUST AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

as Trust Depositor,

 

and

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Owner Trustee

 

 

Dated as of May 1, 2003

 

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.

Capitalized Terms

 

Section 1.02.

Other Definitional Provisions

 

Section 1.03.

Usage of Terms

 

Section 1.04.

Section References

 

Section 1.05.

Accounting Terms

ARTICLE TWO

ORGANIZATION

 

Section 2.01.

Name

 

Section 2.02.

Office

 

Section 2.03.

Purposes and Powers

 

Section 2.04.

Appointment of Owner Trustee

 

Section 2.05.

Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate

 

Section 2.06.

Declaration of Trust

 

Section 2.07.

Liability of Trust Depositor

 

Section 2.08.

Title to Trust Property

 

Section 2.09.

Situs of Trust

 

Section 2.10.

Representations and Warranties of the Trust Depositor

 

Section 2.11.

Federal Income Tax Treatment

ARTICLE THREE

TRUST CERTIFICATE AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

 

Section 3.01.

Initial Ownership

 

Section 3.02.

The Trust Certificate

 

Section 3.03.

Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificate

 

Section 3.04.

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificate

 

Section 3.05.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificate

 

Section 3.06.

Person Deemed Owner

 

Section 3.07.

Access to List of Certificateholder’s Name and Address

 

Section 3.08.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

Section 3.09.

Trust Certificate

 

Section 3.10.

Appointment of Paying Agent

 

Section 3.11.

Ownership by Trust Depositor of Trust Certificate

ARTICLE FOUR

ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 4.01.

Prior Notice to Owner with Respect to Certain Matters

 

Section 4.02.

Action by Owner with Respect to Certain Matters

 

Section 4.03.

Action by Owner with Respect to Bankruptcy

 

Section 4.04.

Restrictions on Owner’s Power

ARTICLE FIVE

APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

 

Section 5.01.

Application of Trust Funds

 

Section 5.02.

Method of Payment

 

Section 5.03.

Accounting and Reports to the Certificateholder, Owner, the Internal Revenue Service and Others

 

Section 5.04.

Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner

ARTICLE SIX

AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 6.01.

General Authority

 

Section 6.02.

General Duties

 

Section 6.03.

Action Upon Instruction

 

Section 6.04.

No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions

 

Section 6.05.

No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions

 

Section 6.06.

Restrictions

 

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Section 6.07.

Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act Licenses

ARTICLE SEVEN

CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.

Acceptance of Trusts and Duties

 

Section 7.02.

Furnishing of Documents

 

Section 7.03.

Representations and Warranties

 

Section 7.04.

Reliance; Advice of Counsel

 

Section 7.05.

Not Acting in Individual Capacity

 

Section 7.06.

Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificate, Notes or Contracts

 

Section 7.07.

Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificate and Notes

ARTICLE EIGHT

COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 8.01.

Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses

 

Section 8.02.

Indemnification

 

Section 8.03.

Payments to the Owner Trustee

ARTICLE NINE

TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

 

Section 9.01.

Termination of Trust Agreement

ARTICLE TEN

SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES

 

Section 10.01.

Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee

 

Section 10.02.

Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee

 

Section 10.03.

Successor Owner Trustee

 

Section 10.04.

Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee

 

Section 10.05.

Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.

Supplements and Amendments

 

Section 11.02.

No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Owner

 

Section 11.03.

Limitations on Rights of Others

 

Section 11.04.

Notices

 

Section 11.05.

Severability of Provisions

 

Section 11.06.

Counterparts

 

Section 11.07.

Successors and Assigns

 

Section 11.08.

Covenants of the Trust Depositor

 

Section 11.09.

No Petition

 

Section 11.10.

No Recourse

 

Section 11.11.

Headings

 

Section 11.12.

Governing Law

 

Section 11.13.

Trust Certificate Transfer Restrictions

 

Section 11.14.

Trust Depositor Payment Obligation

 

 

[signature page follows]

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A  -  Form of Certificate of Trust

Exhibit B  -  Form of Trust Certificate

 

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TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of May 1, 2003, between HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP., a Nevada corporation, as Trust Depositor (the “Trust Depositor”), and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, in connection herewith, the Trust Depositor is willing to assume certain obligations pursuant hereto; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection herewith, the Trust Depositor is willing to purchase the Trust Depositor Certificate (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this Agreement and to assume certain obligations pursuant hereto;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.        Capitalized Terms.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever used in this Agreement the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

 

“Administration  Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Trust, the Trust Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and Harley-Davidson Credit, as administrator.

 

“Agreement” means this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Applicant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.

 

“Benefit Plan” means (i) an employee benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity.

 

“Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

“Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar” mean the register maintained and the registrar (or any successor thereto) appointed pursuant to Section 3.04.

 

“Certificateholder”  or “Holder” means with respect to a Trust Certificate the Person in whose name the Trust Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.

 

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

 

“Closing Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.

 

“Harley-Davidson Credit” means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada corporation.

 

“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.

 

“Indenture”  means the Indenture dated as of the date hereof between the Trust and BNY Midwest Trust Company.

 

“Note Depository Agreement” means the Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and DTC, as the Clearing Agency, relating to the Notes, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes, in each case issued pursuant to the Indenture.

 

“Owner” means the Holder of the Trust Certificate.

 

“Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.

 

“Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Owner Trustee at which its corporate trust business shall be administered, which initially shall be Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001 Attn: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other office at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson Credit.

 

“Paying Agent” means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10.

 

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

 

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“Record Date” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the last Business Day of the preceding calendar month.

 

“Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Trust, as Issuer, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit, as servicer, and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

“Statutory Trust Statute” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Tax Matters Partner” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.04(b) hereof.

 

“Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code.  References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.

 

“Trust” means the trust established by this Agreement.

 

“Trust Certificate” means the trust certificate evidencing the beneficial equity interest of  the Owner, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

 

“Trust Depositor” means Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. in its capacity as Trust Depositor hereunder, and its successors.

 

“Trust Estate” means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to Article Two of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and all other property of the Trust from time to time, including any rights of the Owner Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement.

 

Underwriters” shall have the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 1.02.        Other Definitional Provisions.  Capitalized terms used that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.

 

Section 1.03.        Usage of Terms.  With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered into in accordance with their

 

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respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; and the term “including” means “including without limitation”.

 

Section 1.04.        Section References.  All section references, unless otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.

 

Section 1.05.        Accounting Terms.  All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Section 2.01.        Name.  The Trust created hereby shall be known as “Harley-Davidson  Motorcycle Trust 2003-2”, in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the activities of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued.

 

Section 2.02.        Office.  The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Owner and the Trust Depositor.

 

Section 2.03.        Purposes and Powers.

 

(a)           The sole purpose of the Trust is to manage the Trust Estate and collect and disburse the periodic income therefrom for the use and benefit of the Owner, and in furtherance of such purpose to engage in the following ministerial activities:

 

(i)            to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Trust Certificate pursuant to this Agreement and to sell the Notes;

 

(ii)           with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, to purchase the Contracts, to fund the Pre-Funding Account and to pay the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay the balance to the Trust Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;

 

(iii)          to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Owner pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;

 

(iv)          to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is to be a party;

 

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(v)           to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and

 

(vi)          subject to compliance with the Transaction Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Owner and the Noteholders.

 

The Trust shall not engage in any activities other than in connection with the foregoing.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Owner Trustee to engage in any business operations or any activities other than those set forth in the introductory sentence of this Section.  Specifically, the Owner Trustee shall have no authority to engage in any business operations, or acquire any assets other than those specifically included in the Trust Estate under Section 1.01, or otherwise vary the assets held by the Trust.  Similarly, the Owner Trustee shall have no discretionary duties other than performing those ministerial acts set forth above necessary to accomplish the purpose of this Trust as set forth in the introductory sentence of this Section.

 

Section 2.04.        Appointment of Owner Trustee.  The Trust Depositor hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein, and the Owner Trustee hereby accepts such appointment.

 

Section 2.05.        Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate.  The Trust Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1,000.  The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Trust Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate.  The Trust Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 2.06.        Declaration of Trust.  The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the sole purpose of conserving the Trust Estate and collecting and disbursing the periodic income therefrom for the use and benefit of the Owner, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Transaction Documents.  It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust.  Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Statute for the sole purpose and to the extent necessary to accomplish the purpose of this Trust as set forth in the introductory sentence of Section 2.03.

 

Section 2.07.        Liability of Trust Depositor.

 

(a)           All liabilities of the Trust, to the extent not paid by a third party, are and shall be obligations of the Trust and when due and payable shall be satisfied out of the Trust Estate.

 

(b)           Except as provided in the Statutory Trust Statute, the Certificateholder shall not be personally liable for any liability of the Trust.

 

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Section 2.08.        Title to Trust Property.  Legal title to the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in an  Owner Trustee or Owner Trustees, in which case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.09.        Situs of Trust.  The Trust will be located and administered in the State of Delaware.  All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Illinois or the State of Delaware.  The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other than Delaware; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware.  Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware and payments will be made by the Trust only from Delaware.  The only office of the Trust will be at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 2.10.        Representations and Warranties of the Trust Depositor.

 

The Trust Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:

 

(i)            The Trust Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business and had at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Contracts.

 

(ii)           The Trust 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 in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications.

 

(iii)          The Trust Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Trust Depositor has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust as part of the Trust Estate and has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Trust Depositor by all necessary corporate action.

 

(iv)          The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Trust Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Trust Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties of the Trust Depositor pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents); nor violate any law or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Trust Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Trust Depositor or its properties.

 

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(v)           There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or to the Trust Depositor’s best knowledge threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Trust Depositor or its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or the Trust Certificate, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Trust Certificate or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Trust Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or the Trust Certificate or (D) involving the Trust Depositor and which might adversely affect the federal income tax or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Trust Certificate.

 

Section 2.11.        Federal Income Tax Treatment.

 

It is the intention of the Trust Depositor that the Trust be disregarded as a separate entity pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii) as in effect for periods after January 1, 1997.  The Trust Certificate constitutes the sole equity interest in the Trust and must at all times be held by either the Trust Depositor or its transferee as sole owner.  The Trust Depositor agrees not to take any action inconsistent with such intended federal income tax treatment.  Because for federal income tax purposes the Trust will be disregarded as a separate entity, Trust items of income, gain, loss and deduction for any month as determined for federal income tax purposes shall be allocated entirely to the Trust Depositor (or subsequent purchaser of the Trust Certificate) as the sole Certificateholder.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

TRUST CERTIFICATE AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

 

Section 3.01.        Initial Ownership.

 

(a)           Upon the formation of the Trust by the contribution by the Trust Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the issuance of the Trust Certificate, the Trust Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary of the Trust.  The Trust Certificate must at all times be held by either the Trust Depositor or its transferee as sole owner.

 

(b)           No transfer of the Trust Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is made in a transaction which does not require registration or qualification under the Securities Act of 1933 or qualification under any state securities or “Blue Sky” laws.  Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall effect the registration of any transfer of the Trust Certificate unless, (i) prior to such transfer the Owner Trustee shall have received a Tax Opinion, and (ii) following such transfer, there would be no more than one holder of the Trust Certificate and the holder of the Trust Certificate would not be a Foreign Person, a partnership, Subchapter S corporation or grantor trust.

 

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Section 3.02.        The Trust Certificate.  The Trust Certificate shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.  The Trust Certificate shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee and shall be deemed to have been validly issued when so executed.  The Trust Certificate bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Owner Trustee shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificate or did not hold such offices at the date of such Trust Certificate.  The Trust Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

Section 3.03.        Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificate.  The Owner Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered upon the order of the Trust Depositor, in exchange for the Contracts and the other Trust Assets, simultaneously with the sale, assignment and transfer to the Trust of the Contracts and other Trust Assets, and the constructive delivery to the Owner Trustee of the Contract Files and the other Trust Assets, a Trust Certificate duly authenticated by the Owner Trustee, evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust, and Notes issued by the Owner Trustee and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in aggregate principal amount of, in the case of (i) Class A-1 Notes, $251,000,000, (ii) Class A-2 Notes, $152,750,000 and (iii) Class B Notes, $21,250,000, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Trust Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in the form of Trust Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit B, executed by the Owner Trustee or its authenticating agent, by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Trust Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Trust Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.  Upon issuance, authorization and delivery pursuant to the terms hereof, the Trust Certificate will be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.04.        Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificate.

 

(a)           The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, a Certificate Register, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe.  The Certificate Register shall provide for the registration of the Trust Certificate and transfers and exchanges of the Trust Certificate as provided herein.  The Owner Trustee is hereby initially appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering the Trust Certificate and transfers and exchanges of the Trust Certificate as herein provided.  In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, the Owner Trustee notifies the Servicer that it is unable to act as Certificate Registrar, the Servicer shall appoint another bank or trust company, having an office or agency located in the City of Chicago, Illinois, agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Owner Trustee, to act as successor Certificate Registrar hereunder.

 

(b)           Upon surrender for registration of transfer of the Trust Certificate at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee, the new Trust Certificate having the same aggregate principal amount.

 

(c)           Every Trust Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

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(d)           No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Trust Certificate, but the Owner Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer of the Trust Certificate.

 

(e)           All Trust Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 3.05.        Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificate.  If (i) any mutilated Trust Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice that such Trust Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Owner Trustee or its authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a new Trust Certificate of like tenor and fractional undivided interest.  In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.  Any duplicate Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Certificate shall be found at any time.

 

Section 3.06.        Person Deemed Owner.  Prior to due presentation of a Trust Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate is registered as the owner of such Trust Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any of their respective agents shall be affected by any notice of the contrary.

 

Section 3.07.        Access to List of Certificateholder’s Name and Address.  The Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer and the Trust Depositor, within 15 days after receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a written request therefor from the Servicer or the Trust Depositor, the name and address of the Certificateholder as of the most recent Record Date in such form as the Servicer or the Trust Depositor may reasonably require.  The Certificateholder, by receiving and holding the Trust Certificate, agrees with the Servicer, the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee that none of the Servicer, the Trust Depositor or the Owner Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the name and address of the Certificateholder hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

 

Section 3.08.        Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Owner Trustee shall maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or offices or agency or agencies where the Trust Certificate may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the Trust Certificate and this Agreement may be served.  The Owner Trustee hereby designates the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office as its office for such purposes.  The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Trust Depositor, the Servicer and to the Certificateholder of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.

 

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Section 3.09.        Trust Certificate.  The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute, authenticate and deliver, a Trust Certificate.

 

Section 3.10.        Appointment of Paying Agent.  The Paying Agent shall make distributions to the Certificateholder pursuant to Section 5.01(a) and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee.  The Paying Agent initially shall be BNY Midwest Trust Company, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Paying Agent that is acceptable to the Owner Trustee.  Each Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Owner Trustee.  In the event that BNY Midwest Trust Company shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company).  The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver to the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Owner Trustee that, as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholder in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholder entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholder.  The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee.  The provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.01 shall apply to the Owner Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Owner Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder.  Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.

 

Section 3.11.        Ownership by Trust Depositor of Trust Certificate.  The Trust Depositor shall on the Closing Date hold the Trust Certificate.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 4.01.        Prior Notice to Owner with Respect to Certain Matters.  Subject to the provisions and limitation of Section 4.04, with respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholder in writing of the proposed action, the Indenture Trustee shall have consented to such action in the event any Notes are outstanding and the Owner shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Owner have withheld consent or provided alternative direction:

 

(a)           the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Contracts) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of the Contracts);

 

(b)           the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust Statute);

 

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(c)           the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;

 

(d)           the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially and adversely affects the interest of the Owner;

 

(e)           the amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add any provision that would not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Owner; or

 

(f)            the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar of its obligations under the Indenture or the Agreement, as applicable.

 

Section 4.02.        Action by Owner with Respect to Certain Matters.  Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04, the Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Owner, to (a) remove the Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (b) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (c) remove the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (d) except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Contracts or other Trust Assets after the termination of the Indenture, (e) initiate any claim, suit or proceeding by the Trust or compromise any claim, suit or proceeding brought by or against the Trust, (f) authorize the merger or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other statutory trust or entity (other than in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Indenture) or (g) amend the Certificate of Trust.  The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions assigned by the Owner.

 

Section 4.03.        Action by Owner with Respect to Bankruptcy.  The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in a bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the prior approval of Owner and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by such Owner of a certificate certifying that such Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.

 

Section 4.04.        Restrictions on Owner’s Power.  The Owner shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or would be contrary to the purpose of this Trust as set forth in Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.

 

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ARTICLE FIVE

 

APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS;
CERTAIN DUTIES

 

Section 5.01.        Application of Trust Funds.

 

(a)           On each Distribution Date, the Paying Agent will distribute to the Certificateholder amounts received pursuant to Section 7.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

(b)           On each Distribution Date, the Paying Agent shall send to the Certificateholder the statement or statements provided to the Owner Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

(c)           In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payment (or allocation of income) to the Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder  in accordance with this Section.  The Paying Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Owner sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings).  The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to the Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority.  If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution, the Paying Agent may in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with the paragraph (c).

 

Section 5.02.        Method of Payment.  Subject to Section 9.01(c) respecting the final payment upon retirement of the Trust Certificate, distributions required to be made to the Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date shall be made by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register.

 

Section 5.03.        Accounting and Reports to the Certificateholder, Owner, the Internal Revenue Service and Others.  The Administrator shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis and the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver to the Owner, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required to enable the Owner to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, (c) file such tax returns relating to the Trust and make such elections as from time to time may be required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statute or any rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the federal income tax treatment for the Trust as set forth in Section 2.11, (d) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law and (e) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.01(c) with respect to income or distributions to Owner.  The Owner Trustee shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Contracts.  If applicable, the Owner Trustee shall not make the election provided under Section 754 or Section 761 of the Code.

 

Section 5.04.        Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.

 

(a)           The Trust Depositor shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax returns of the Trust.

 

(b)           If subchapter K of the Code should be applicable to the Trust, the Certificateholder shall be designated the “tax matters partner” of the Trust pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

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ARTICLE SIX

 

AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 6.01.        General Authority.  Subject to the provisions and limitations of Sections 2.03 and 2.06, the Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or other agreement, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee’s execution thereof.  In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Transaction Documents.  The Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the Administrator recommends with respect to the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 6.02.        General Duties.  Subject to the provisions and limitations of Sections 2.03 and 2.06, it shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged through the Administrator) all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Owner, subject to the Transaction Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall on behalf of the Trust file and prove any claim or claims that may exist against Harley-Davidson Credit in connection with any claims paying procedure as part of an insolvency or receivership proceeding involving Harley-Davidson Credit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Transaction Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Transaction Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement.

 

Section 6.03.        Action Upon Instruction.

 

(a)           Subject to Article Four, in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents the Owner may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust.

 

(b)           The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or under any other Transaction Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any other Transaction Document or is otherwise contrary to law.

 

(c)           Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owner requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written instruction of the Owner received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person.  If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the

 

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circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owner, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.

 

(d)           In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the applicability of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owner requesting instruction and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any Person.  If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owner, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.

 

Section 6.04.        No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions.  The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with the Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against the Owner Trustee.  The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.  The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate.

 

Section 6.05.        No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions.  The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the other Transaction Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03.

 

Section 6.06.        Restrictions.  The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (i) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (ii) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would result in the Trust’s becoming taxable as a corporation for federal or state income tax purposes.  The Owner shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take actions that would violate the provisions of this Section.

 

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Section 6.07.        Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act Licenses.  The Owner Trustee shall use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of all licenses required under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents until the lien and security interest of the Indenture shall no longer be in effect in accordance with its terms.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.        Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.  The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Estate upon the terms of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any other Transaction Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct or negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee.  In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):

 

(a)           the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made by a responsible officer of the Owner Trustee;

 

(b)           the Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the Administrator or any Owner;

 

(c)           no provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder or under any Transaction Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;

 

(d)           under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Transaction Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;

 

(e)           the Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the Trust Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Estate, or for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Transaction Documents, other than the certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificate, and the Owner Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Owner, other than as expressly provided for herein or expressly agreed to in the Transaction Documents;

 

(f)            the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrator, the Trust Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer under any of the Transaction

 

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Documents or otherwise and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents that are required to be performed by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Servicer, or the Trust Depositor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and

 

(g)           the Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, at the request, order or direction of the Owner, unless such Owner have offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee therein or thereby.  The right of the Owner Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act.

 

Section 7.02.        Furnishing of Documents.  The Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Owner promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 7.03.        Representations and Warranties.  The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Trust Depositor and the Owner that:

 

(a)           It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.  It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)           It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

 

(c)           Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on the Trust Estate resulting from actions by or claims against the Owner Trustee individually which are unrelated to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 7.04.        Reliance; Advice of Counsel.

 

(a)           The Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties.  The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other

 

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governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect.  As to any fact or matter the method of determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

 

(b)           In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into by any of them, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys as shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it.   The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such persons.

 

Section 7.05.        Not Acting in Individual Capacity.  Except as provided in this Article Seven, in accepting the trusts hereby created, Wilmington Trust Company acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.

 

Section 7.06.        Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificate, Notes or Contracts.  The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Certificate (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee and the certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificate) shall be taken as the statements of the Trust Depositor, and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.  The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or the Trust Certificate (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee and the certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificate) or the Notes, or of any Contract or related documents.  The Owner Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Contract, or the perfection and priority of any security interest created by any Contract in any Motorcycle or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to the Certificateholder under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including, without limitation, the existence, condition and ownership of any Motorcycle; the existence and enforceability of any insurance thereon; the existence and contents of any Contract on any computer or other record thereof; the validity of the assignment of any Contract to the Trust or of any intervening assignment; the completeness of any Contract; the performance or enforcement of any Contract; the compliance by the Trust Depositor or the Servicer with any warranty or representation made under any Transaction Document or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation; or any action of the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or any subservicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 7.07.        Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificate and Notes.  The Owner Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of the Trust Certificate or Notes and

 

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may deal with the Trust Depositor, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 8.01.        Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses.  The Owner Trustee shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon between the Owner Trustee and the Trust Depositor.  Additionally, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Trust Depositor for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder.

 

Section 8.02.        Indemnification.  The Trust Depositor shall be liable as primary obligor for, and shall indemnify the Owner Trustee and its successors, assigns and servants (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions and suits, and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”) which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Owner Trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Trust Estate, the administration of the Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except only that the Trust Depositor shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an Indemnified Party from and against Expenses arising or resulting from any of the matters described in the third sentence of Section 7.01.  The indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Agreement.  In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee’s choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the approval of the Trust Depositor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 8.03.        Payments to the Owner Trustee.  Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

 

Section 9.01.        Termination of Trust Agreement.

 

(a)           This Agreement (other than Article Eight) and the Trust shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of (i) final distribution by the Owner Trustee of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Article Five and (ii) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s,

 

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living on the date hereof.  The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Owner shall not (i) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, (ii) entitle such Owner’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or Trust Estate or (iii) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.

 

(b)           Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Trust Depositor nor any Holder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.

 

(c)           Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Distribution Date upon which the Certificateholder shall surrender the Trust Certificate to the Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee by letter to the Certificateholder mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination from the Servicer given pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the Distribution Date upon or with respect to which final payment of the Trust Certificate shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificate at the office of the Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificate at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified.  The Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Owner Trustee) and the Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to the Certificateholder.  Upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificate, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholder amounts distributable on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5.01.

 

(d)           Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute.

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES

 

Section 10.01.      Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.  The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust  Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust powers; and (a) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and having (or having a parent that has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Moody’s; or (b) which the Rating Agencies have otherwise indicated in writing is an entity acceptable to act as Owner Trustee hereunder.  If such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  In case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.02.

 

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Section 10.02.      Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee.  The Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Administrator.  Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee.  If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.

 

If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Administrator, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Administrator, may remove the Owner Trustee.  If the Administrator shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee, and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.

 

Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee pursuant  to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.  The Administrator shall provide notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each Rating Agency.

 

Section 10.03.      Successor Owner Trustee.  Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Administrator, and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective, and such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee.  The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.

 

No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.

 

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Administrator shall mail notice thereof to the Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and each Rating Agency.  If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of such appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Administrator.

 

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Section 10.04.      Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.  Any corporation into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01 and, provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation to each Rating Agency.

 

Section 10.05.      Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate or any financed Motorcycle may at the time be located, the Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Administrator and Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust or any part thereof and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Administrator and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.  If the Administrator shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Owner Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment.  No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.03.

 

Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.  Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article.  Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts

 

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conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to, the Owner Trustee.  Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.

 

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

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.      Supplements and Amendments.

 

(a)           The Agreement may be amended by the Trust Depositor, and the Owner Trustee, without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that any such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.

 

(b)           This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Trust Depositor, and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Modified Required Holders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such amendment shall increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, (i) collections of payments on Contracts or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder, or (ii) eliminate the Certificateholder consent or reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holder of all outstanding Notes and the Trust Certificate.

 

(c)           Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Trust Depositor shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent, together with a copy thereof, to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and each Rating Agency.

 

(d)           Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Certificateholder.  It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholder, Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.  The manner of

 

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obtaining such consents (and any other consents of the Certificateholder provided for in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by the Certificateholder shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.

 

(e)           Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State.

 

(f)            Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects the Owner Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

Section 11.02.      No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Owner.  The Owner shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.  The Owner shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided ownership interest herein only in accordance with Articles Five and Nine.  No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of the Owner to and in their ownership interest in the Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.

 

Section 11.03.      Limitations on Rights of Others.  Except for Section 2.07, the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Trust Depositor, the Owner, the Administrator and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.07), whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

 

Section 11.04.      Notices.  All notices, demands, certificates, requests and communications hereunder (“notices”) shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon receipt when sent through the U.S. mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, or (b) one Business Day after delivery to an overnight courier, or (c) on the date personally delivered to an Authorized Officer of the party to which sent, or (d) on the date transmitted by legible telecopier transmission with a confirmation of receipt, in all cases addressed to the recipient at the address for such recipient set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to each of the other parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices shall be sent.

 

Section 11.05.      Severability of Provisions.  If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Trust Certificate or the rights of the Holder  thereof.

 

Section 11.06.      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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Section 11.07.      Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the Trust Depositor, and the Owner Trustee and their respective successors and permitted assigns and each Owner and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided.  Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by an Owner shall bind the successors and assigns of such Owner.

 

Section 11.08.      Covenants of the Trust Depositor.  In the event that any litigation with claims in excess of $1,000,000 to which the Trust Depositor is a party which shall be reasonably likely to result in a material judgment against the Trust Depositor that the Trust Depositor will not be able to satisfy shall be commenced, during the period beginning immediately following the commencement of such litigation and continuing until such litigation is dismissed or otherwise terminated (and, if such litigation has resulted in a final judgment against the Trust Depositor, such judgment has been satisfied), the Trust Depositor shall not pay any dividend to the Servicer, or make any distribution on or in respect of its capital stock to the Servicer, or repay the principal amount of any indebtedness of the Trust Depositor held by the Servicer, unless (i) after giving effect to such payment, distribution or repayment, the Trust Depositor’s liquid assets shall not be less than the amount of actual damages claimed in such litigation or (ii) the Rating Agencies shall not downgrade the then existing rating on the Certificate with respect to any such payment, distribution or repayment.  The Trust Depositor will not at any time institute against the Trust any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificate, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 11.09.      No Petition.

 

(a)           The Trust Depositor will not at any time institute against the Trust  any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificate, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

(b)           The Owner Trustee, by entering into this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Trust Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Trust Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust Depositor, or the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificate, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 11.10.      No Recourse.  The Certificateholder by accepting the Trust Certificate acknowledges that such Certificateholder’s Trust Certificate represents beneficial interests in the Trust only and does not represent interests in or obligations of the Trust Depositor, the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of the respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Trust Certificate or the other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 11.11.      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.

 

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Section 11.12.      Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Section 11.13.      Trust Certificate Transfer Restrictions.  The Trust Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of a Benefit Plan.  By accepting and holding a Trust Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan nor will it hold such Trust Certificate for the account of a Benefit Plan.  By accepting and holding a Trust Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.

 

Section 11.14.      Trust Depositor Payment Obligation.  The Trust Depositor shall be responsible for payment of the Administrator’s compensation pursuant to Section 3 of the Administration Agreement and shall reimburse the Administrator for all expenses and liabilities of the Administrator incurred thereunder.

 

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

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING
CORP.,

 

as Trust Depositor

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed  Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

Title:  Treasurer

 

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

 

as Owner Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed  Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Trust
Agreement

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2

 

This Certificate of Trust of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (the “Trust”), dated                , 2003, is being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as Owner Trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code, § 3801 et seq.).

 

1.             Name.  The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2.

 

2.             Delaware Trustee.  The name and business address of the Owner Trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware l9890.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole Owner Trustee of the Trust, has executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE

 

THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE TRUST (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND IS ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AND INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR AN INTEREST IN HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP., HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP. OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT.  THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR PLEDGED IN UNLESS THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.01 AND 3.04 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH.

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2 CERTIFICATE

 

NO.            

 

Initial Trust Certificate

 

 

Fractional Interest 100%

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. is the registered owner of  100% of the non-assessable, fully-paid, fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (the “Trust”) formed by Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Trust Depositor”).

 

The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2003 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), between Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., as Trust Depositor (the “Trust Depositor”), and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below.  To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in (i) the Trust Agreement, (ii) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Trust, Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., as depositor  (the “Trust Depositor”), Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“Harley-Davidson Credit”), as Servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”) and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) or (iii) the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Indenture”), between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee.

 

This Trust Certificate is the duly authorized Trust Certificate designated as “Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 Certificate”  (the “Trust Certificate”).  Issued under the Indenture are three classes of notes designated as “   % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1”, “   % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2” and “   % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B” (collectively, the “Notes”).  This Trust Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust

 



 

Agreement the Holder of this Trust Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.  The property of the Trust includes, among other things, (i) all the right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Initial Contracts listed on the initial List of Contracts delivered on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the Initial Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to the Initial Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (and rights under a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under any related motorcycle dealer agreements between dealers (i.e., the originators of such Contracts) and Harley-Davidson Credit, (vi) all rights of the Trust Depositor in the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account and related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to such Contracts, (vii) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under the Transfer and Sale Agreement, including but not limited to the Trust Depositor’s rights under Article V thereof, (viii) the remittances, deposits and payments made into the Trust Accounts from time to time and amounts in the Trust Accounts from time to time (and any investments of such amounts), (ix) all rights of the Trust Depositor to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Contracts and (x) all proceeds and products of the foregoing.

 

Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the fifteenth day of each month or if such day is not a Business Day the next succeeding Business Day commencing June 16, 2003 (each, a “Distribution Date”) to the person in whose name this Trust Certificate is registered as of the last Business Day immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs (each, a “Record Date”), such Certificateholder’s fractional undivided beneficial interest in the amount to be distributed to the Certificateholder on such Distribution Date.

 

The holder of this Trust Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive distributions in respect of this Trust Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders to the extent described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture.

 

It is the intent of Harley-Davidson Credit, the Servicer, the Trust Depositor, Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and the Certificateholder that, for purposes of federal income, state and local income and single business tax and any other income taxes, the Trust will be treated as a partnership and the Certificateholder (including the Trust Depositor) will be treated as partners in that partnership. The Trust Depositor and the Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Trust Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Trust Certificate for such tax purposes as partnership interests in the Trust and the Certificateholder (including the Trust Depositor) as partners in that partnership.

 

Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Certificate or  beneficial interest in a Trust Certificate, covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Trust or the Trust Depositor, or join in any institution against the Trust or the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit or the Servicer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in

 



 

connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificate, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

Distributions on this Trust Certificate will be made as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement by wire transfer or check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation or surrender of this Trust Certificate or the making of any notation hereon.  Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Trust Certificate will be made after due notice by the Owner Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Trust Certificate at the office or agency maintained for that purpose by the Owner Trustee in the City of Wilmington, Delaware.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Trust Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this Trust Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement or any other Transaction Document or be valid for any purpose.

 

THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 



 

[REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE]

 

The Trust Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an interest in the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit, as the Seller or Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.  In addition, this Trust Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries with respect to the Contracts and certain other amounts, in each case as more specifically set forth herein and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  A copy of each of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be examined by any Certificateholder upon written request during normal business hours at the principal office of the Trust Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated by the Trust Depositor.

 

The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Trust Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholder under the Trust Agreement at any time by the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Holder of the Trust Certificate and the Modified Registered Holders.  Any such consent by the Holder of this Trust Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and on all future Holder of this Trust Certificate and of any Trust Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Trust Certificate.  The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holder of any of the Trust Certificate.

 

As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Trust Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Trust Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Owner Trustee in Wilmington, Delaware, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar in Chicago, Illinois executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the new Trust Certificate of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee.  The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is the Owner Trustee.

 

The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name this Trust Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to the Certificateholder of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the deposition of all property held as part of the Trust Estate.  The Trust Depositor may at its option purchase the Trust Estate at a price specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and such purchase of the Contracts and other property of the Trust will affect early retirement of the Trust Certificate; however, such right of purchase is

 



 

exercisable only as of any Distribution Date on which the Pool Balance has declined to less than 10% of the sum of (i) the initial Pool Balance and (ii) the Pre-Funded Amount on the Closing Date.

 

The Trust Certificate may not be acquired by a Benefit Plan.  By accepting and holding this Trust Certificate, the Holder hereof by accepting a beneficial interest in this Trust Certificate, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and is not acquiring this Trust Certificate or an interest therein for the account of such an entity.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated:

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2

 

 

 

 

 

By:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

OWNER TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is the Trust Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

not in its individual capacity but solely

as Owner Trustee

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 



 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)

 

the within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

 

to transfer said Trust Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE:  Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution.

 

NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Trust Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

 


EX-4.16 4 j1452_ex4d16.htm EX-4.16

EXHIBIT 4.16

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2,

as Issuer,

 

 

and

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,

not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity

as Indenture Trustee

 

 


 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of May 1, 2003

 

 


 

$251,000,000 1.34%  Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1

 

$152,750,000 2.07%  Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2

 

$21,250,000 1.89%  Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B

 

 

 

 



 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA
Section

 

Indenture
Section

 

310(a)(1)

 

6.11

 

      (a)(2)

 

6.11

 

      (a)(3)

 

6.10

 

      (a)(4)

 

N.A.

 

      (a)(5)

 

6.11

 

      (b)

 

6.08; 6.11; 11.04

 

      (c)

 

N.A.

 

311(a)

 

6.13

 

      (b)

 

6.13

 

      (c)

 

N.A.

 

312(a)

 

7.01; 7.02

 

      (b)

 

7.02

 

      (c)

 

7.02

 

313(a)

 

7.04

 

      (b)

 

7.04

 

      (c)

 

7.04

 

      (d)

 

7.04

 

314(a)

 

7.03

 

      (b)

 

3.06

 

      (c)(1)

 

2.02; 6.02; 11.01

 

      (c)(2)

 

11.01

 

      (c)(3)

 

11.01

 

      (d)

 

11.01

 

      (e)

 

11.01

 

      (f)

 

N.A.

 

315(a)

 

6.01

 

      (b)

 

6.05

 

      (c)

 

6.01

 

      (d)

 

5.12; 6.01

 

      (e)

 

5.14

 

316(a)(1)(A)

 

5.12

 

      (a)(1)(B)

 

5.02

 

      (a)(2)

 

N.A.

 

      (b)

 

5.08

 

      (c)

 

N.A.

 

317(a)

 

5.03; 5.04

 

      (b)

 

3.03

 

318(a)

 

11.18

 

 


*           N.A. means Not Applicable

*           This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

DEFINITIONS.

SECTION 1.02.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 1.03.

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

THE NOTES

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

FORM

SECTION 2.02.

EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY

SECTION 2.03.

TEMPORARY NOTES

SECTION 2.04.

REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

SECTION 2.05.

MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN NOTES

SECTION 2.06.

PERSONS DEEMED OWNER

SECTION 2.07.

PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; DEFAULTED INTEREST

SECTION 2.08.

CANCELLATION

SECTION 2.09.

BOOK-ENTRY NOTES

SECTION 2.10.

NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY

SECTION 2.11.

DEFINITIVE NOTES

SECTION 2.12.

RELEASE OF COLLATERAL

SECTION 2.13.

TAX TREATMENT

 

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST

SECTION 3.02.

MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY

SECTION 3.03.

MONEY FOR PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

SECTION 3.04.

EXISTENCE

SECTION 3.05.

PROTECTION OF COLLATERAL

SECTION 3.06.

OPINIONS AS TO COLLATERAL

SECTION 3.07.

PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS; SERVICING OF CONTRACTS

SECTION 3.08.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

SECTION 3.09.

ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE

SECTION 3.10.

ISSUER MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

SECTION 3.11.

SUCCESSOR OR TRANSFEREE

SECTION 3.12.

NO OTHER BUSINESS

SECTION 3.13.

NO BORROWING

SECTION 3.14.

SERVICER’S OBLIGATIONS

SECTION 3.15.

GUARANTEES, LOANS ADVANCES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

SECTION 3.16.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

SECTION 3.17.

RESTRICTED PAYMENTS

SECTION 3.18.

NOTICE OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 3.19.

FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS

SECTION 3.20.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

 

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SECTION 3.21.

AMENDMENTS OF SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AND TRUST AGREEMENT

SECTION 3.22.

REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

SECTION 4.02.

APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY

SECTION 4.03.

REPAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT

SECTION 4.04.

RELEASE OF COLLATERAL

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

REMEDIES

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 5.02.

RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT

SECTION 5.03.

COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE; AUTHORITY OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 5.04.

REMEDIES

SECTION 5.05.

OPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF THE CONTRACTS

SECTION 5.06.

PRIORITIES

SECTION 5.07.

LIMITATION OF SUITS

SECTION 5.08.

UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST

SECTION 5.09.

RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 5.10.

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE

SECTION 5.11.

DELAY OR OMISSION NOT A WAIVER

SECTION 5.12.

CONTROL BY NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 5.13.

WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS

SECTION 5.14.

UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

SECTION 5.15.

WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS

SECTION 5.16.

ACTION ON NOTES

SECTION 5.17.

PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS

 

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

DUTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.02.

RIGHTS OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.03.

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.04.

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER

SECTION 6.05.

NOTICE OF DEFAULTS

SECTION 6.06.

REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS

SECTION 6.07.

COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY

SECTION 6.08.

REPLACEMENT OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.09.

SUCCESSOR INDENTURE TRUSTEE BY MERGER

SECTION 6.10.

APPOINTMENT OF CO-INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.11.

ELIGIBILITY

SECTION 6.12.

PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FINANCE ACT LICENSES

SECTION 6.13.

PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER

 

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

 

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SECTION 7.01.

ISSUER TO FURNISH INDENTURE TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 7.02.

PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION: COMMUNICATION TO NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 7.03.

REPORTS BY ISSUER

SECTION 7.04.

REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

 

 

SECTION 8.01.

COLLECTION OF MONEY

SECTION 8.02.

TRUST ACCOUNTS

SECTION 8.03.

GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ACCOUNTS

SECTION 8.04.

RELEASE OF COLLATERAL

SECTION 8.05.

OPINION OF COUNSEL

 

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 9.02.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 9.03.

EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.04.

EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SECTION 9.05.

CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 9.06.

REFERENCE IN NOTES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

 

SECTION 10.01.

REDEMPTION.

SECTION 10.02.

FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE.

SECTION 10.03.

NOTES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE

 

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

SECTION 11.01.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS, ETC

SECTION 11.02.

FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 11.03.

ACTS OF NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 11.04.

NOTICES

SECTION 11.05.

NOTICES TO NOTEHOLDERS; WAIVER

SECTION 11.06.

ALTERNATE PAYMENT AND NOTICE PROVISIONS

SECTION 11.07.

EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 11.08.

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

SECTION 11.09.

SEPARABILITY

SECTION 11.10.

BENEFITS OF INDENTURE

SECTION 11.11.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

SECTION 11.12.

GOVERNING LAW

SECTION 11.13.

COUNTERPARTS

SECTION 11.14.

RECORDING OF INDENTURE

SECTION 11.15.

TRUST OBLIGATION

SECTION 11.16.

NO PETITION

SECTION 11.17.

INSPECTION

SECTION 11.18.

CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

SECTION 11.19.

DISCLAIMER AND SUBORDINATION

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A - Reserved

Exhibit B - Form of Class A-1 Note

Exhibit C - Form of Class A-2 Note

Exhibit D - Form of Class B Note

Exhibit E - Form of Assignment

Exhibit F - Form of Note Depository Agreement

 

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INDENTURE

 

Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2003 (this “Indenture”), between Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”) and BNY Midwest Trust Company, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and not in its individual capacity.

 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer’s 1.34% Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”), 2.07% Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”) and 1.89% Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B (the “Class B Notes”) and, together with the Class A-1 Notes and the Class B Notes, the “Notes”):

 

GRANTING CLAUSE

 

The Issuer hereby grants, transfers, assigns and otherwise conveys to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, without recourse, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest (exclusive of the amount, if any, allocable to any rebatable insurance premium financed by any Contract) in, to and under: (i) the Initial Contracts and Subsequent Contracts secured by the Motorcycles (which Contracts shall be listed in the List of Contracts and Subsequent List of Contracts); (ii) certain monies due under the Initial Contracts and Subsequent Contracts on and after the Initial Cutoff Date and Subsequent Cutoff Date, respectively, including, without limitation, all payments of principal and interest with respect to any Motorcycles to which a Contract relates received on or after the Initial Cutoff Date or Subsequent Cutoff Date and all other proceeds received on or in respect of such Contracts (other than payments of principal and interest due prior to the Initial Cutoff Date or Subsequent Cutoff Date); (iii) security interests in the Motorcycles; (iv) amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account, the Reserve Fund, the Pre-Funding Account and the Interest Reserve Account, including all Eligible Investments therein and all income from the investment of funds therein and all proceeds therefrom; (v) proceeds from claims under certain insurance policies or debt cancellation agreements in respect of individual Motorcycles or obligors under the Contracts; (vi) certain rights under the Sale and Servicing Agreement; (vii) the protective security interest in certain of the above-described property granted by the Trust Depositor in favor of the Issuer; (viii) all present and future claims, demands, causes of and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing; (ix) all rights to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Contracts and (x) all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash of other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all

 



 

or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing (as each such defined term is defined in Section 1.01) (collectively, the “Collateral”).

 

The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except for the subordination of the Class B Notes provided herein and all other sums owing by the Issuer hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.

 

The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trust under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture in accordance with its terms and the terms of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01.                         Definitions.

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

Act” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).

 

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Trust Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.

 

“Administrator” means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Vice

 

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President or more senior officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).

 

“Book Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.09.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in  the city of Chicago, Illinois, Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed.

 

“Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement.

 

“Class” means all Notes whose form is identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount or owner.

 

“Class A-1 Final Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class A-1 Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

 “Class A-1 Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

“Class A-2 Final Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class A-2 Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class A-2 Notes” means the Class A-2 Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

 

“Class B Final Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class B Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class B Notes” means the Class B Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

 

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

 

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“Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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

 

Collateral” means the Collateral Granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, including all proceeds thereof.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trusts business shall be administered which office at date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders and the Issuer).

 

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

 

“Definitive Notes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.09.

 

“Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors and assigns.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Executive Officer” means, with respect to any corporation, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.

 

 “Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create and grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to this Indenture.  A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal

 

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and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

 

“Harley-Davidson Credit” means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., and its successors and assigns.

 

“Holder” or “Noteholder” or “Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency) and with respect to a Definitive Note the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any time, (i) indebtedness or liability of such Person for borrowed money whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other instruments, or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (including trade obligations); (ii) obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which should have been or should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases; (iii) current liabilities of such Person in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered by Title IV of ERISA; (iv) obligations issued for or liabilities incurred on the account of such Person; (v) obligations or liabilities of such Person arising under acceptance facilities; (vi) obligations of such Person under any guaranties, endorsements (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) and other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any Person or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss; (vii) obligations of such Person secured by any lien on property or assets of such Person, whether or not the obligations have been assumed by such Person; or (viii) obligations of such Person under any interest rate or currency exchange agreement.

 

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Indenture Securities” means the Notes.

 

“Indenture Security Holder” means a Noteholder.

 

“Indenture Trustee” means BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

 

“Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trust Depositor, the Seller and any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates, and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as

 

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an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

 

“Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

 

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Notes, the period from and including the fifteenth day of the month of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the fifteenth day of the month of such Distribution Date.

 

“Interest Rate” means the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate and the Class B Rate, as applicable.

 

“Issuer” means Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.

 

“Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.

 

“Note” means, as the context requires, a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note or a Class B Note.

 

“Note Depository Agreement” means the agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among the Issuer, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency, relating to the Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

 

“Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.04.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered to, the Indenture Trustee.  Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Indenture to an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate of any Authorized Officer of the Issuer.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be employees of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and which shall comply with

 

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any applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.

 

“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:

 

(i)                                     Notes theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;

 

(ii)                                  Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision for such notice has been made, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and

 

(iii)                               Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a protected purchaser, within the meaning of § 8-303 of the UCC;

 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.  Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

“Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes of one Class or of all Classes, as the case may be, Outstanding at the date of determination.

 

“Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or any successor trustee under the Trust Agreement.

 

“Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the Issuer to make the distributions from the Note Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.

 

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

 

“Plan” means an employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of ERISA or a plan, as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code.

 

“Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

 

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

 

“Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.

 

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, that each Rating Agency shall have been given ten days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Trust Depositor, the Servicer and the Issuer in writing that such action will not result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any Class of Notes.

 

“Rating Event” means the qualification, reduction or withdrawal by either Rating Agency of its then-current rating of any Class of Notes.

 

“Record Date” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, the close of business on the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month and, with respect to a Distribution Date, the close of business on the day immediately preceding such date.

 

“Redemption Date” means (a) in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01(a) or a payment to Noteholders pursuant to Section 10.01(b), the Distribution Date specified by the Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.01(a) or 10.01(b), as the case may be and (b) in the case of a redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 10.01(c), the Distribution Date specified in Section 7.07 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement on which the Indenture Trustee shall withdraw any amount remaining in the Pre-Funding Account and deposit the applicable amount in the Note Distribution Account.

 

“Redemption Date Amount” means (i) in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01(a), an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Interest Rate for each Class of Notes being so redeemed to but excluding the Redemption Date, or (ii) in the case of a payment made to Noteholders pursuant to Section 10.01(b), the amount on deposit in the Note Distribution Account, but not in excess of the amount specified in clause (i) above.

 

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

 

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor group of the Indenture Trustee), including any Vice President, assistant secretary or other officer or assistant officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the people who at such time shall be officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

“Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Issuer, the Trust Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer.

 

“Seller”  means Harley-Davidson Credit, in its capacity as Seller under the Transfer and Sale Agreement, and any successors and assigns.

 

“Servicer” means Harley-Davidson Credit, in its capacity as Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Servicer thereunder.

 

“Similar Law” means any foreign, federal, state or local law with provisions substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

“State” means any one of the 50 states of the United States or any of its territories, or the District of Columbia.

 

“Termination Date” means the date on which the Indenture Trustee shall have received payment and performance of all amounts and obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

“Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

 

“Trust Depositor” shall mean Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., in its capacity as trust depositor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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

 

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof and from time to time in the State of Illinois, provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority of the security interests in any collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any other jurisdiction, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority or availability of such remedy.

 

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“United States” means the United States of America.

 

(b)                                 Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 1.02.                         Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.  Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.  The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“indenture securities” means the Notes.

 

“indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.

 

Section 1.03.                         Rules of Construction.  Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)                                     a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(ii)                                  an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time;

 

(iii)                               “or” is not exclusive;

 

(iv)                              “including” means including without limitation;

 

(v)                                 words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

 

(vi)                              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; and

 

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(vii)                           the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indenture; Section and subsection references contained in this Indenture are references to Sections and subsections in or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01.                         Form.  The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the forms set forth as Exhibits to this Indenture with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes.  Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.

 

Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.  The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibits hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.02.                         Execution, Authentication and Delivery.  The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers.  The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.  Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.

 

The Indenture Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver for original issue (i) Class A-1 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $251,000,000, (ii) Class A-2 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $152,750,000 and (iii) Class B Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $21,250,000.  The aggregate principal amount of such Classes of Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed such respective amounts, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05.

 

Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.  The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be

 

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conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

Section 2.03.                         Temporary Notes.  Pending the preparation of Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

 

If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like tenor and principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes.

 

Section 2.04.                         Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.  The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Note Registrar shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes.  The Indenture Trustee shall be “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided.  Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.

 

If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the principal amounts and the amounts and number of such Notes.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.

 

At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender

 

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of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency.  Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a correspondent located in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, or by a member firm of a national securities exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.

 

No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.03 not involving any transfer.

 

Each Person that acquires a Note shall be required to represent, or in the case of a Note in book-entry form, will be deemed to represent by its acceptance of the Note, that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring the Note on behalf of or with “plan assets” (as determined under Department of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101 or otherwise) of a Plan, or any employee benefit plan subject to Similar Law, or (ii) its acquisition and holding of the Note do not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or any Similar Law.  Any transfer with respect to which the representation in clause (i) or (ii) above is not true shall be void ab initio.

 

The Notes may not be purchased with the assets of a Plan if the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Underwriters or any of their affiliates has investment or administrative discretion with respect to those Plan assets; has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment advice with respect to those Plan assets for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that the advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to those Plan assets and will be based on the particular investment needs for the Plan; or is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Plan.

 

The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Note.

 

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(i)                                     the Note Registrar and the Trustee will be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Noteholders;

 

(ii)                                  the rights of Noteholders will be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and will be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Noteholders and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants pursuant to the Depository Agreement;

 

(iii)                               whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Clearing Agency will be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Noteholders and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Trustee; and

 

(iv)                              without the consent of the Issuer and the Trustee, no such Note may be transferred by the Depository except to a successor Depository that agrees to hold such Note for the account of the Owners or except upon the election of the Owner thereof or a subsequent transferee to hold such Note in physical form.

 

Neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any responsibility to monitor or restrict the transfer of beneficial ownership in any Note an interest in which is transferable through the facilities of the Depository.

 

Section 2.05.                         Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.  If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, within the meaning of § 8-303 of the UCC, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same Class and denomination; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof.  If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a protected purchaser, within the meaning of § 8-303 of the UCC, of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person,

 

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except a protected purchaser, within the meaning of § 8-303 of the UCC, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

 

Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected therewith.

 

Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost of stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

 

Section 2.06.                         Persons Deemed Owner.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 2.07.                         Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.

 

(a)                                  Each Class of Notes shall accrue interest at the related Interest Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each Distribution Date as specified therein, subject to Section 3.01.  Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note which is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Distribution Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee and except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution Date or on the related Final Distribution Date, as the case may be (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01(a)), which shall be payable as provided below.  The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03.

 

(b)                                 The principal of each Note shall be payable on each Distribution Date to the extent provided in the form of the related Note set forth as an Exhibit hereto.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due

 

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and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated in the manner provided in Section 5.02.  All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto.  The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid.  Such notice shall be mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Trust Agreement and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.  Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02.

 

(c)                                  If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) at the applicable Interest Rate in any lawful manner.  The Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the related payment date.  The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date and, at least 15 days before any such special record date, the Issuer shall mail to the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

 

Section 2.08.                         Cancellation.  All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee.  The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee.  No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 2.09.                         Book-Entry Notes.  The Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to DTC, the initial Depository, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer.  Such Notes shall initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Noteholder will receive a Definitive Note representing such Noteholder’s interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.11.  Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to Noteholders pursuant to Section 2.11:

 

(i)                                     the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;

 

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(ii)                                  the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Noteholders;

 

(iii)                               to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall control;

 

(iv)                              the rights of Noteholders shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Noteholders and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants.  Pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.11, the Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and

 

(v)                                 whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Noteholders and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 2.10.                         Notices to Clearing Agency.  Whenever a notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Noteholders pursuant to Section 2.11, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Noteholders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to the Noteholders.

 

Section 2.11.                         Definitive Notes.  If (i)(A) the Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as described in the Note Depository Agreement, and (B) Indenture Trustee or the Administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Administrator at its option advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Modified Required Holders advise the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing Agency through the Clearing Agency Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the related Noteholders, then the Indenture Trustee shall notify all Noteholders of the related Class or Classes of Notes, through the Clearing Agency, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes of the related Class of Notes to Noteholders requesting the same.  Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency.  None of the Issuer, the Note

 

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Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of a Class, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Noteholders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders hereunder.

 

The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable if the Indenture Trustee or the Administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor Clearing Agency.  The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

 

Section 2.12.                         Release of Collateral.  Subject to Sections 4.04, 8.04 and 11.01 and the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate.

 

Section 2.13.                         Tax Treatment.  The Issuer and the purchasers of the Notes intend, and will take all actions consistent with the intention, that the Notes be treated as indebtedness which is solely secured by the Collateral for all federal, state, local, and foreign income and franchise tax purposes and that, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii) as in effect for periods after January 1, 1997, the Trust be disregarded as a separate entity from the Trust Depositor for federal income tax purposes.  The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note agree to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 3.01.                         Payment of Principal and Interest.  The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.  Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 8.02(c), the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee will cause to be deposited into the Note Distribution Account amounts allocated pursuant to Section 7.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and cause to be distributed all such amounts on a Distribution Date as deposited therein (i) for the benefit of the Class A-1 Notes, to the Class A-1 Noteholders, (ii) for the benefit of the Class A-2 Notes, to the Class A-2 Noteholders and (iii) for the benefit of the Class B Notes, to the Class B Noteholders, in each case as further specified herein.  Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.02.                         Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Issuer will maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of

 

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the Notes and this Indenture may be served.  The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes.  The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency.  If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.

 

Section 3.03.                         Money for Payments to be Held in Trust.  As provided in Section 8.02, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.02(b) shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section.

 

On or before the Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

 

The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

 

(i)                                     hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;

 

(ii)                                  give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;

 

(iii)                               at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

 

(iv)                              immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and

 

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(v)                                 comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and upon receipt of an Issuer Request shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that if such money or any portion thereof had been previously deposited by the Issuer with the Indenture Trustee for the payment of principal or interest on the Notes; and provided, further, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to or for the account of the Issuer.  The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but not have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder).

 

Section 3.04.                         Existence.  The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Collateral.

 

Section 3.05.                         Protection of Collateral.  The Issuer intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the

 

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Noteholders to be prior to all other liens in respect of the Collateral, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, a first lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Collateral.  The Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, all as prepared by the Servicer and delivered to the Issuer, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:

 

(i)                                     Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral;

 

(ii)                                  maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

 

(iii)                               perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;

 

(iv)                              enforce any of the Collateral;

 

(v)                                 preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Collateral against the claims of all persons and parties; and

 

(vi)                              pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Collateral when due.

 

The Issuer shall file the initial financing statements on Form UCC1.  The Issuer hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file all continuation statements or other instruments required to be executed pursuant to this Section and hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact for such purpose.

 

Section 3.06.                         Opinions as to Collateral.  On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to create and continue the Indenture Trustee’s first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the details of such filings or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect such security interest.

 

Section 3.07.                         Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Contracts.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any such Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Collateral or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents or such other instrument or agreement.

 

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(b)                                 The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties and obligations under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for the action or inaction of the Servicer or the Administrator.  Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.

 

(c)                                  The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Transaction Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Collateral, including but not limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.  Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Transaction Document or any provision thereof without the consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Required Holders.

 

(d)                                 If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Issuer  shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency thereof.  Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee.  As soon as a successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.

 

(e)                                  The Issuer agrees that it will not waive timely performance or observance by the Servicer or the Seller of their respective duties under the Transaction Documents if the effect thereof would adversely affect the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 3.08.                         Negative Covenants.  Until the Termination Date, the Issuer shall not:

 

(i)                                     except as expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Collateral, unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;

 

(ii)                                  claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Collateral;

 

(iii)                               (A)  permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien created by this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenant; or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or

 

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extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on a Motorcycle and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor), (C) permit the lien created by this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Collateral, or (D) amend, modify or fail to comply with the provisions of the Transaction Documents without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, except where the Transaction Documents allow for amendment or modification without the consent or approval of the Indenture Trustee;

 

(iv)                              dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part; or

 

(v)                                 change its name or state of formation.

 

Section 3.09.                         Annual Statement as to Compliance.  The Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003), an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:

 

(i)                                     a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and

 

(ii)                                  to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.

 

Section 3.10.                         Issuer May Consolidate, etc. Only on Certain Terms.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:

 

(i)                                     the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and each other Transaction Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;

 

(ii)                                  immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(iii)                               the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction;

 

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(iv)                              the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel which shall be delivered to and shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Trust, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;

 

(v)                                 any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;

 

(vi)                              the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or that no such actions will be taken) each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Three and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with; and

 

(vii)                           the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger has a net worth, immediately after such consolidation or merger, that is (A) greater than zero and (B) not less than the net worth of the Issuer immediately prior to giving effect to such consolidation or merger.

 

(b)                                 The Issuer shall not convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets, including those included in the Collateral, to any Person (except as expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents), unless:

 

(i)                                     the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and each other Transaction Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes and (D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes.

 

(ii)                                  immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(iii)                               the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction;

 

(iv)                              the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel which shall be delivered to and shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Trust, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;

 

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(v)                                 any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken;

 

(vi)                              the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or that no such actions will be taken) each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Three and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filings required by Exchange Act); and

 

(vii)                           the Issuer has a net worth, immediately after such conveyance or transfer, that is (A) greater than zero and (B) not less than the net worth of the Issuer immediately prior to giving effect to such conveyance or transfer.

 

Section 3.11.                         Successor or Transferee.

 

(a)                                  Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with same effect as if such Person has been named as the Issuer herein.

 

(b)                                 Upon a conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all the assets or properties of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee stating that the Issuer is to be so released.

 

Section 3.12.                         No Other Business.  The Issuer shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Contracts in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents and activities incidental thereto.

 

Section 3.13.                         No Borrowing.  The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any Indebtedness except for (i) the Notes and (ii) any other Indebtedness permitted by or arising under the other Transaction Documents.  The proceeds of the Notes shall be used exclusively to fund the Issuer’s purchase of the Contracts and the other assets specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to fund the Reserve Fund and to pay the transactional expenses of the Issuer.

 

Section 3.14.                         Servicer’s Obligations.  The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to comply with Article Five and Article Nine of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 3.15.                         Guarantees, Loans Advances and Other Liabilities.  Except as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuming another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so

 

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doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.

 

Section 3.16.                         Capital Expenditures.  The Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personally).

 

Section 3.17.                         Restricted Payments.  Except as permitted by the Transaction Documents, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (A) distributions to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Certificateholder as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement and (B) payments to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of the Administration Agreement.  The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 3.18.                         Notice of Events of Default.  The Issuer agrees to give the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder and an Event of Termination under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 3.19.                         Further Instruments and Acts.  Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.20.                         Compliance with Laws.  The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any other Transaction Document.

 

Section 3.21.                         Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement.  The Issuer shall not agree to any amendment to Section 11.01 of the Trust Agreement to eliminate the requirements thereunder that the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Notes consent to amendments thereto as provided therein.

 

Section 3.22.                         Removal of Administrator.  So long as any Notes are issued and outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with such removal.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 4.01.                         Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.  This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of  principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.01, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.07, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.20 and 3.21, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.02) and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when

 

(A)                              either

 

(1)                                  all Notes therefore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation;

 

(2)                                  all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation

 

(i)                                     have become due and payable, or

 

(ii)                                  will become due and payable at their respective final Distribution Dates within one year, or

 

(iii)                               are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust in an Eligible Account for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Note not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to the final scheduled Distribution Date (if Notes shall have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01(a)), as the case may be;

 

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(B)                                the Issuer has paid or performed or caused to be paid or performed all amounts and obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the Notes; and

 

(C)                                the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01(a) and, subject to Section 11.02, stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with and the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.

 

Section 4.02.                         Application of Trust Money.  All moneys deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required by law.

 

Section 4.03.                         Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.  In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

 

Section 4.04.                         Release of Collateral.  Subject to Section 11.01 and the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

REMEDIES

 

Section 5.01.                         Events of Default.  “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(i)                                     default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five days;

 

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(ii)                                  default in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable;

 

(iii)                               default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) which default has a material adverse effect on the Noteholders, or any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes, taken together as a single class, or, if there are no Class A-1 Notes or Class A-2 Notes Outstanding, by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes a written notice specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

 

(iv)                              the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Collateral 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 of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Collateral, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

 

(v)                                 the commencement by the Issuer 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 the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Collateral, or the making by the Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

 

The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee within five days after obtaining knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iii) above, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 5.02.                         Rights Upon Event of Default.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(iv) or (v) above, the Indenture Trustee or the Modified Required Holders may declare the principal

 

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amount of the Notes immediately due and payable at par.  At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article Five, provided, the Required Holders may rescind such declaration if (i) the Issuer has made all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes when the same becomes due and payable and (ii) the Issuer has paid all amounts due and payable to the Indenture Trustee.  If an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(iv) or (v) shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal amount of the Notes shall become immediately due and payable.

 

Section 5.03.                         Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee; Authority of Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer covenants that if the Notes are accelerated following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the applicable Interest Rate and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.

 

(b)                                 The Indenture Trustee following the occurrence of an Event of Default, shall have full right, power and authority to take, or defer from taking, any and all acts with respect to the administration, maintenance or disposition of the Collateral.

 

(c)                                  If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may in its discretion (except as provided in Section 5.03(d)), proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and if the Issuer fails to perform its obligations under Section 10.01(b) when and as due, the Indenture Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for specific performance of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law, provided that the Indenture Trustee shall only be entitled to take any such actions to the extent such actions (i) are taken only to enforce the Issuer’s obligations to redeem the principal amount of Notes, and (ii) are taken only against the Collateral any investments therein and any proceeds thereof.

 

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(e)                                  In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Collateral, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:

 

(i)                                     to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;

 

(ii)           unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;

 

(iii)          to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and

 

(iv)          to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;

 

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.

 

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(f)                                    Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.

 

(g)                                 All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

 

(h)                                 In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (including any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all of the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such proceedings.

 

Section 5.04.                         Remedies.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee (subject to Section 5.05) may, and shall if so directed by the Required Holders in writing:

 

(i)                                     institute Proceedings in its own name and as or on behalf of a trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes moneys adjudged due;

 

(ii)                                  institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;

 

(iii)          exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and any other remedy available to the Indenture Trustee and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the Notes; and

 

(iv)          sell the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Collateral following an Event of Default, unless (A) the Holders of 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and interest, (C) there has been an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i) or (ii) and (D) the Indenture Trustee determines that the

 

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Collateral will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee provides prior written notice to each Rating Agency and obtains the consent of the Required Holders.  In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such purpose; provided, however, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(iv) or (v), caused solely from an event described in such subparagraphs occurring with respect to the Trust Depositor, the Collateral will be liquidated by the Indenture Trustee and the Trust will be terminated 90 days after the date of such Insolvency Event, unless, before the end of such 90-day period, the related Trustee shall have received written instructions from the Required Holders, to the effect that such Required Holders disapprove of the liquidation of such Collateral and termination of such Trust.

 

Section 5.05.                         Optional Preservation of the Contracts.  Following an Event of Default and if such Event of Default has not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Collateral.  It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Collateral.  In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such purpose.

 

Section 5.06.                         Priorities.

 

(a)                                  If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Five, it shall pay out the money or property in the order and priority set forth in Section 7.05(b) or (c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

(b)                                 The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section.  At least 15 days before such record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

 

Section 5.07.                         Limitation of Suits.  No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (and in all events subject to Section 11.16 hereof):

 

(i)                                     such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

 

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(ii)                                  the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes, or, if there are no Class A-1 Notes or Class A-2 Notes Outstanding, Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

 

(iii)          such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;

 

(iv)          the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and

 

(v)                                 no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Required Holders.

 

It is understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided.

 

In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes or the Class B Notes, as the case may be, the Indenture Trustee shall act at the direction of the group of Holders of Notes with the greater Outstanding Amount of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, or Class B Notes, as the case may be; provided, however, if the Indenture Trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes representing an equal Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes or Class B Notes, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 5.08.                         Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest.  Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 5.09.                         Restoration of Rights and Remedies.  If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder,

 

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and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 5.10.                         Rights and Remedies Cumulative.  No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 5.11.                         Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.  No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default of Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.

 

Section 5.12.                         Control by Noteholders.  The Required Holders shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that:

 

(i)                                     such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

 

(ii)                                  subject to the terms of Section 5.04, any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes;

 

(iii)          if the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Collateral pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be of no force and effect; and

 

(iv)          the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

Notwithstanding the rights of Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or might materially and adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.

 

Section 5.13.                         Waiver of Past Defaults.  In the case of any waiver of an Event of Default, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.  Upon any

 

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such waiver, such Event of Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

Section 5.14.                         Undertaking for Costs.  All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to (i) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (ii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes, or, if there are no Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes Outstanding, any Noteholder or group of Noteholders holding in the aggregate 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes or (iii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

 

Section 5.15.                         Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.  The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantages of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

Section 5.16.                         Action on Notes.  The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture.  Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Collateral or upon any of the assets of the Issuer.  Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.06.

 

Section 5.17.                         Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.

 

(a)                                  Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Administrator’s expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Trust Depositor and

 

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the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Trust Depositor or the Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal of administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Trust Depositor or the Servicer of each of their obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

(b)                                 If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing, including facsimile) of the Modified Required Holders shall exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Trust Depositor or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Trust Depositor or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

Section 6.01.                         Duties of Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)                                  If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and in the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)                                 Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)                                     the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and

 

(ii)                                  in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, the Indenture Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party.

 

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(c)                                  The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)                                     this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 6.01(b);

 

(ii)                                  the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii)          the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.12.

 

(d)                                 Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

 

(e)                                  The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

 

(f)                                    Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

(g)                                 No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(h)                                 The Indenture Trustee shall have no discretionary duties other than performing those ministerial acts set forth above necessary to accomplish the purpose of this Trust as set forth in this Indenture.

 

(i)                                     Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this section and to the provisions of the TIA.

 

Section 6.02.                         Rights of Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)                                  The Indenture Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b)                                 Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate (with respect to factual matters) or an Opinion of Counsel, as applicable.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

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(c)                                  The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through Affiliates, agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.

 

(d)                                 The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

 

(e)                                  The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.

 

(f)                                    The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Indenture or in relation to this Indenture, at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Notes, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders of Notes shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured), exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture in a manner consistent with Section 6.01.

 

(g)                                 The Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless so requested by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses  or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Person making such request, or, if paid by the Indenture Trustee, shall be reimbursed by the Person making such request upon demand.

 

Section 6.03.                         Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.  The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee.  Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights.  However, the Indenture Trustee is required to comply with Section 6.11.

 

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Section 6.04.                         Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Collateral or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

Section 6.05.                         Notice of Defaults.  If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs.  Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the redemption of such Notes), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.

 

Section 6.06.                         Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders.  Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year during the term of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder such information, including without limitation, IRS Form 1099, as may be required by applicable law to enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.

 

Section 6.07.                         Compensation and Indemnity.  The Issuer shall pay or shall cause the Administrator to pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.  The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Issuer shall or shall cause the Administrator to reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts.  The Issuer shall indemnify or shall cause the Administrator to indemnify the Indenture Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder.  The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Administrator shall not relieve the Issuer or the Administrator of its obligations hereunder.  The Issuer shall defend or shall cause the Administrator to defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay or shall cause the Administrator to pay the fees and expenses of such counsel.  Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

 

The Issuer’s payment obligations and indemnification to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the termination and discharge of this Indenture; provided that the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled only to compensation for its services for the period prior to the date of such resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee.  When the Indenture Trustee incurs

 

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expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(iv) or (v) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

 

Section 6.08.                         Replacement of Indenture Trustee.  The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer and the Servicer.  The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:

 

(i)                                     the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;

 

(ii)                                  a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Indenture Trustee in an involuntary case or proceeding under federal or state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, shall have entered a decree or order granting relief or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator, sequestrator (or similar official) for the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of the Indenture Trustee’s property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Indenture Trustee’s affairs, provided any such decree or order shall have continued unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days;

 

(iii)                               the Indenture Trustee commences a voluntary case under any federal or state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator, sequestrator or other similar official for the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of the Indenture Trustee’s property, or makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or takes any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

 

(iv)                              the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.  A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.  The Issuer or the successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders.  The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.

 

If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Notes may appoint or petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

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If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Indenture Trustee.  Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the retiring Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to payment or reimbursement of such amounts as such Person is entitled pursuant to Section 6.07.

 

Section 6.09.                         Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger.  If the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee; provided, that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 6.11.  The Indenture Trustee shall provide each Rating Agency prompt notice of any such transaction.

 

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Indenture Trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.

 

Section 6.10.                         Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator acting jointly shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustees, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, or separate Indenture Trustee or separate Indenture Trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Collateral, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may consider necessary or desirable.  If the Administrator shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Indenture Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment.  No co-Indenture Trustee or separate Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility of a successor Indenture Trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to

 

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Noteholders of the appointment of any co-Indenture Trustee or separate Indenture Trustee shall be required under Section 6.08.

 

(b)                                 Every separate Indenture Trustee and co-Indenture Trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

 

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

 

(ii)                                  no Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other Indenture Trustee hereunder; and

 

(iii)          the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee.

 

(c)                                  Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate Indenture Trustees and co-Indenture Trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.  Every instrument appointing any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article.  Each separate Indenture Trustee and co-Indenture Trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of co-appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee.  Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.

 

(d)                                 Any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name.  If any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor Indenture Trustee.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the

 

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appointment of any separate Indenture Trustee or co-Indenture Trustee shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligations and duties under this Indenture.

 

Section 6.11.                         Eligibility.

 

(a)                                  The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA §310(a).  The Indenture Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a financial institution organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, whose long term unsecured debt is rated at least Baa3 by Moody’s and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or shall be a member of a bank holding system the aggregate combined capital and surplus of which is $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, provided that the Indenture Trustee’s separate capital and surplus shall at all times be at least the amount required by Section 310(a)(2) of the TIA.  If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.ll, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

 

(b)                                 If a Default occurs and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee is deemed to have a “conflicting interest” (as defined in the TIA) as a result of acting as trustee for both the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Indenture Trustee for the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes and a successor Indenture Trustee for the Class B Notes so that there will be separate Indenture Trustees for the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes on the one hand, and for the Class B Notes on the other hand.  No such event shall alter the voting rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture or under any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

(c)                                  In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Indenture Trustee with respect to any Class of Notes, the Issuer, the retiring Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee with respect to such Class of Notes shall execute and deliver an indenture supplement hereto wherein the successor Indenture Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee all rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes of such Class as to which the appointment of such Indenture Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Classes of Notes, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes of each Class as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Indenture Trustee and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Indenture Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Indenture Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Indenture Trustee; and upon execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein.

 

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(d)                                 In case at any time the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.11, the Indenture Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.08.  The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA §310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA §310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA §310(b)(1) are met.

 

Section 6.12.                         Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act Licenses.  The Indenture Trustee shall use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of all licenses required under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act in connection with this Indenture and the transactions contemplated hereby until the lien and security interest of this Indenture shall no longer be in effect in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Section 6.13.                         Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.  The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b).  An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

 

Section 7.01.                         Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders.  The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (i) not more than five days after the earlier of (a) each Record Date and (b) three months after the last Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Noteholders as of such Record Date and (ii) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.

 

Section 7.02.                         Preservation of Information: Communication to Noteholders.

 

(a)                                  The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Noteholders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).  The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

(b)                                 Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.

 

(c)                                  The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

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Section 7.03.                         Reports by Issuer.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall:

 

(i)                                     file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required (if at all) to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

 

(ii)                                  file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;

 

(iii)                               supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA §313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) and by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

 

(b)                                 Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year.

 

Section 7.04.                         Reports by Indenture Trustee.  If required by TIA §313(a), within 60 days after each January 31st beginning with January 31, 2004, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA §313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA §313(a).  The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA §313(b).

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed.  The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

 

Section 8.01.                         Collection of Money.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making

 

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of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings.  Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article Five.

 

Section 8.02.                         Trust Accounts.

 

(a)                                  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, the Trust Accounts as provided in Section 5.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

(b)                                 All Available Monies with respect to each Due Period will be deposited in the Collection Account as provided in Section 5.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  On or before each Distribution Date, all amounts required to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account with respect to the preceding Due Period pursuant to Section 7.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement will be transferred from the Collection Account and/or the Reserve Account to the Note Distribution Account.

 

(c)                                  On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account to Noteholders in respect of the Notes to the extent of amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest in the order and priority set forth in Section 7.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 8.03.                         General Provisions Regarding Accounts.

 

(a)                                  So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in such Trust Accounts (other than the Reserve Fund and the Pre-Funding Account) shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to the related Trust Account.  The Issuer will not direct the Indenture Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in any of the Trust Accounts unless the security interest granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.

 

(b)                                 Subject to Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the  Trust Accounts resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable to the Indenture

 

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Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as Indenture Trustee, in accordance with their terms.

 

(c)                                  If (i) the Issuer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer and Indenture Trustee), on any Business Day or (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02 or (iii) if such Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but amounts collected or receivable from the Collateral are being applied in accordance with Section 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Trust Accounts in one or more Eligible Investments satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of the definition thereof.

 

Section 8.04.                         Release of Collateral.

 

(a)                                  Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.  No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.

 

(b)                                 The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Collateral that secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts.  The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA as so stated in the Opinion of Counsel) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01.

 

Section 8.05.                         Opinion of Counsel.  The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven days notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.04(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions for this Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Collateral.  Counsel

 

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rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 9.01.                         Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.

 

(a)                                  Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes and with prior notice to each Rating Agency, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, and the other parties hereto at any time from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(i)                                     to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien created by this Indenture, or to subject additional property to the lien created by this Indenture;

 

(ii)                                  to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Notes contained;

 

(iii)          to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;

 

(iv)          to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;

 

(v)                                 to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, in any supplemental indenture, in the Transaction Documents or in the Prospectus or to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, in any supplemental indenture, in the Transaction Documents or in the Prospectus; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;

 

(vi)          to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Indenture Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article Six;

 

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(vii)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA; and

 

(viii)        to elect into the FASIT provisions of the Code, provided an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such election will not adversely affect the Noteholders, is delivered to the Issuer and Indenture Trustee.

 

The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.

 

(b)                                 The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes and with prior notice to each Rating Agency, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder.

 

Section 9.02.                         Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders.  The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, with the consent of the Required Holders, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:

 

(i)                                     change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate thereon or the Redemption Date Amount with respect thereto, change the provisions of this Indenture relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Collateral to payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article Five, to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the  Redemption Date);

 

(ii)                                  reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;

 

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(iii)          modify or alter the provisions of the second proviso to the definition of the term “Outstanding”;

 

(iv)          reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to direct the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.04 or amend the provisions of this Article which specify the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to amend this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents;

 

(v)           modify any provision of this Section except to increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional provisions of this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby; or

 

(vi)          permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien created by this Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the lien created by this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security provided by the lien created by this Indenture.

 

The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive upon the Holders of the Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder.  The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.

 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

Promptly after the execution by the parties hereto of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.  Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

Section 9.03.                         Execution of Supplemental Indentures.  In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.  The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 9.04.                         Effect of Supplemental Indenture.  Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes

 

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affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the parties hereto and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Section 9.05.                         Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.  Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 9.06.                         Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.  Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

Section 10.01.                  Redemption.

 

(a)                                  In the event that the Seller pursuant to Section 7.10 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement purchases the corpus of the Trust, the Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, on the Distribution Date on which such repurchase occurs, for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal, and accrued interest on the Notes; provided, however, that the Issuer has available funds sufficient to pay such amounts.  Seller, the Servicer or the Issuer shall furnish each Rating Agency notice of such redemption.  If the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 10.01(a), the Servicer or the Issuer shall furnish notice of such election to the Indenture Trustee not later than 20 days prior to the Redemption Date and the Issuer shall deposit with the Indenture Trustee in the Note Distribution Account the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed whereupon all such Notes shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with Section 10.02 to each Holder of the Notes.

 

(b)                                 In the event that the assets of the Trust are sold pursuant to Section 5.03(b) of this Indenture, the proceeds of such sale shall be distributed as provided in Section 5.06.  If amounts are to be paid to Noteholders pursuant to this Section 10.01(b), the Servicer or the Issuer shall, to the extent practicable, furnish notice of such event to the Indenture Trustee not later than 20 days prior to the Redemption Date whereupon all such amounts shall be payable on the Redemption Date.

 

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(c)                                  If (x) the Pre-Funded Amount has not been reduced to zero on the Distribution Date on which the Funding Period ends (or, if the funding Period does not end on a Distribution Date, on the first Distribution Date following the end of the Funding Period) or (y) the Pre-Funded Amount has been reduced to $150,000 or less on any Distribution Date, in either case after giving effect to any reductions in the Pre-Funded Amount on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, one or more classes of Notes then outstanding will be redeemed, in whole or in part, as described in Section 7.07(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, in a principal amount described therein.

 

Section 10.02.                  Form of Redemption Notice.

 

(a)                                  Notice of redemption under Section 10.01(a) shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than five days prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes, as of the close of business on the Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(i)                                     the Redemption Date;

 

(ii)                                  the Redemption Date Amount; and

 

(iii)          the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Date Amount (which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02).

 

Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.  Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.

 

(b)                                 Prior notice of redemption under Section 10.01(b) or 10.01(c) is not required to be given to Noteholders.

 

Section 10.03.                  Notes Payable on Redemption Date.  The Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption (if any) as required by Section 10.02, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption Date Amount and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Date Amount) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Date Amount for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption Date Amount.

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.                  Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.

 

(a)                                  Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, and (iii) (if required by the TIA as so stated in the Opinion of Counsel) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section and TIA §314(c), except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.  No additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(i)                                     a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(ii)                                  a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(iii)                               a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(iv)                              a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

(b)                                 (i)                                     Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for authentication and delivery of the Notes or the release of any property subject to the lien created by this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of the signer thereof such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.

 

(ii)                                  Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to  the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the named matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the property to be so deposited and of all other such property made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of

 

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the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any property so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.

 

(iii)                               Other than with respect to any release described in clause (A) or (B) of Section 11.01(b)(v), whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien created by this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the security created by this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.

 

(iv)                              Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all other property or securities (other than property described in clauses (A) or (B) of Section 11.01(b)(v)) released from the lien created by this Indenture since the commencement of the then current fiscal year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the then Outstanding Amount of the Notes.

 

(v)                                 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may, without compliance with the other provisions of this Section, (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of the Contracts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents, and (B) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents, so long as the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee every six months, commencing October 15, 2003, an Officer’s Certificate stating that all the dispositions of Collateral described in clauses (A) or (B) that occurred during the preceding six calendar months were in the ordinary course of the Issuer’s business and that the proceeds thereof were applied in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 11.02.                  Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.  In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Person as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or given an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that

 

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the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.  Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Seller or the Issuer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

 

Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report.  The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article Six.

 

Section 11.03.                  Acts of Noteholders.

 

(a)                                  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

(b)                                 The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)                                  The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

 

(d)                                 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done,

 

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omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

Section 11.04.                  Notices.  All notices, demands, certificates, requests and communications hereunder (“notices”) shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon receipt when sent through the U.S. mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, or (b) one Business Day after delivery to an overnight courier, or (c) on the date personally delivered to an Authorized Officer of the party to which sent, or (d) on the date transmitted by legible telecopier transmission with a confirmation of receipt, in all cases addressed to the recipient at the address specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement for such recipient.  Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to each of the other parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices shall be sent.

 

Section 11.05.                  Notices to Noteholders; Waiver.  Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.

 

In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event of Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 11.06.                  Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.  Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any Holder of a Note providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or notices.  The Issuer will furnish to the

 

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Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.

 

Section 11.07.                  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.  The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 11.08.                  Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.  All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-Indenture Trustees and agents.

 

Section 11.09.                  Separability.  In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.10.                  Benefits of Indenture.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Noteholders, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Collateral, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 11.11.                  Legal Holidays.  In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.

 

Section 11.12.                  Governing Law.  THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Section 11.13.                  Counterparts.  This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 11.14.                  Recording of Indenture.  If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

 

Section 11.15.                  Trust Obligation.  No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on

 

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the Notes or under Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficiary interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.  For all purposes of this Indenture, 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 Article Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust Agreement.

 

Section 11.16.                  No Petition.  The parties hereto, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 11.17.                  Inspection.  The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer’s officers, employees and independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested, the Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.

 

Section 11.18.                  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.  If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

 

The provisions of TIA §§310 through 317 that impose duties on any person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.

 

Section 11.19.                  Disclaimer and Subordination.  Each Noteholder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that such Note represents a debt obligation of the Trust Depositor

 

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only and does not represent an interest in any assets (other than the Trust Assets) of the Trust Depositor (including by virtue of any deficiency claim in respect of obligations not paid or otherwise satisfied from the Trust Assets and proceeds thereof).  In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, each Noteholder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no right, title or interest in or to any assets (or interests therein) (other than Trust Assets) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Trust Depositor to another securitization trust (i.e., other than the Issuer) or other Person or Persons in connection therewith (whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of a Lien) (“Other Assets”).  To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentences of this Section 11.19, any Noteholder either (i) asserts an interest in or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, whether asserted against or through the Trust Depositor or any other Person owned by the Trust Depositor, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of any applicable insolvency laws or otherwise (including without limitation by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the federal Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), and whether deemed asserted against or through the Trust Depositor or any other Person owned by the Trust Depositor, then each Noteholder by accepting a Note further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and shall be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of all obligations and liabilities of the Trust Depositor which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization 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 distribution or application under applicable law, including any applicable insolvency laws, and whether asserted against the Trust Depositor or any other Person owned by the Depositor), including, without limitation, the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities.  This subordination agreement shall be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.  Each Noteholder further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 11.19 and that the terms and provisions of this Section 11.19 may be enforced by an action for specific performance.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE
TRUST 2003-2

 

 

 

By:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in
its individual capacity but solely on behalf of
the Issuer as Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

Title:

 

 



 

STATE OF ILLINOIS

)

 

 

)

SS

COUNTY OF COOK

)

 

 

 

On

 

[insert date]

 

 

 

before me,

 

[Insert name and title of notary]

 

 

 

personally appeared                                                                  ,

 

 

o

personally known to me, or

 

 

o

proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument,

 

and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ties), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which such person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

 

 

Signature

 

[Seal]

 

 



 

STATE OF DELAWARE

)

 

 

)

SS

COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE

)

 

 

 

On

 

[insert date]

 

 

 

before me,

 

[Insert name and title of notary]

 

 

 

personally appeared                                                                  ,

 

 

o

personally known to me, or

 

 

o

proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument,

 

and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ties), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which such person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

 

 

Signature

 

[Seal]

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

[RESERVED]

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CLASS A-1 NOTE

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE  ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES.

 

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

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2

 

   % HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES,

CLASS A-1

 

REGISTERED

 

$  

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.          

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [        ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of              ($     ) payable on the earlier of the Distribution Date occurring in January 2008 (the “Class A-1 Final Distribution Date”) and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained in Section 3.01 of the Indenture.  Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from the most recent Distribution Date on which interest

 

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has been paid to but excluding such Distribution  Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from the Closing Date.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

 

The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

 

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

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by an Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth below.

 

Date:

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE

 

TRUST 2003-2

 

 

 

By:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
on behalf of the Issuer as Owner
Trustee, under the Trust Agreement

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF CLASS A-1 NOTE]

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its    % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.  The Class A-1 Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture.  All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

 

The Class A-1 Notes and the other Classes of Notes described in the Indenture (collectively, the “Notes”) are and will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture subject to the priorities of allocations as to interest and principal payments as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Principal of the Class A-1 Notes will be payable on the earlier of the Class A-1 Final Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, selected pursuant to the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes shall be due and payable on the date following the occurrence of an Event of Default on which the maturity of the Notes shall have been accelerated in the manner provided in the Indenture.  All principal payments on the Class A-1 Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class A-1 Noteholders entitled thereto.

 

Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution Date shall be made by wire transfer to the account of the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee.  Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment.  Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) affected by any payments made on any Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon.  If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed within five days of such Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture

 

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Trustee or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in the City of Chicago, Illinois.

 

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-1 Rate to the extent lawful.

 

As provided in the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed pursuant to Section 10.01(a) of the Indenture, in whole, but not in part, at the option of the Seller, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the Closing Date.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution which is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (STAMP) or similar signature guarantee program, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new program, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Each Noteholder by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture and such Note that such Noteholder will not at any time institute against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States federal or state

 

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bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the Transaction Documents.

 

The Issuer has entered into the Indenture, and this Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness secured by the Collateral and that the Issuer will be disregarded as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii).  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Modified Required Holders.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Noteholders representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Noteholders, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Noteholder  (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holders and upon all future Noteholders  and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.  The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Noteholders issued thereunder.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

 

This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CLASS A-2 NOTE

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE  ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES.

 

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

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2

 

   % HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS

A-2

 

REGISTERED

 

$  

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.                 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [           ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of              ($          ) payable on the earlier of the Distribution Date occurring in February 2011 (the “Class A-2 Final Distribution Date”) and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.  No payments of principal of the Class A-2 Notes shall be made until the principal on the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full.

 

The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained in Section 3.01 of the Indenture.  Interest on this Note will

 

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accrue for each Distribution Date from the most recent Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet been paid, from the Closing Date.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

 

The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

 

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

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by an Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth below.

 

Date:

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE

 

TRUST 2003-2

 

 

 

By:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
on behalf of the Issuer as Owner
Trustee, under the Trust Agreement

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF CLASS A-2 NOTE]

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its    % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.  The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture.  All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

 

The Class A-2 Notes and the other Classes of Notes described in the Indenture (collectively, the “Notes”) are and will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture subject to the priorities of allocations as to interest and principal payments as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Principal of the Class A-2 Notes will be payable on the earlier of the Class A-2 Final Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01(a) or 10.01(b) of the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which following the occurrence of an Event of Default on which the maturity of the Notes shall have been accelerated in the manner provided in the Indenture.  All principal payments on the Class A-2 Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class A-2 Noteholders entitled thereto.

 

Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution Date shall be made by wire transfer to the account of the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date, except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee.  Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment.  Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) affected by any payments made on any Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon.  If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed within five days of such Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal Corporate Trust

 

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Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in the City of Chicago, Illinois.

 

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-2 Rate to the extent lawful.

 

As provided in the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed pursuant to Section 10.01(a) of the Indenture, in whole, but not in part, at the option of the Seller, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the Closing Date.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution which is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (STAMP) or similar signature guarantee program, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new program, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Class A-2 Notes of authorized denomination and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or  a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture and such Note that such Noteholder will not at any time institute against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States federal or state

 

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bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the Transaction Documents.

 

The Issuer has entered into the Indenture, and this Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness secured by the Collateral and that the Issuer will be disregarded as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii).  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the consent of the Modified Required Holders.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holders and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.  The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

 

This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF CLASS B NOTE

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE  ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES.

 

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

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2

 

   % HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS

B

 

REGISTERED

 

$  

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.                 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [           ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of              ($          ) payable on the earlier of the Distribution Date occurring in February 2011 (the “Class B Final Distribution Date”) and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained in Section 3.01 of the Indenture.  Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from the most recent Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such Distribution Date or, if no interest has yet been paid,

 

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from the Closing Date.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

 

The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

 

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

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by an Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth below.

 

Date:

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE

 

TRUST 2003-2

 

 

 

By:

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
on behalf of the Issuer as Owner
Trustee, under the Trust Agreement

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF CLASS B NOTE]

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its    % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract, Class B (the “Class B Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.  The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture.  All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

 

The Class B Notes and the other Classes of Notes described in the Indenture (collectively, the “Notes”) are and will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture subject to the priorities of allocations as to interest and principal payments as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Principal of the Class B Notes will be payable on the earlier of the Class B Final Distribution Date and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01(a) or 10.01(b) of the Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class B Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which following the occurrence of an Event of Default on which the maturity of the Notes shall have been accelerated in the manner provided in the Indenture.  All principal payments on the Class B Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class B Noteholders entitled thereto.

 

Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution Date shall be made by wire transfer to the account of the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date, except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee.  Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment.  Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) affected by any payments made on any Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon.  If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed within five days of such Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in the City of Chicago, Illinois.

 

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The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class B Rate to the extent lawful.

 

As provided in the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed pursuant to Section 10.01(a) of the Indenture, in whole, but not in part, at the option of the Seller, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the Closing Date.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution which is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (STAMP) or similar signature guarantee program, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new program, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and thereupon one or more new Class B Notes of authorized denomination and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or  a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their individual capacities, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture and such Note that such Noteholder will not at any time institute against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Trust Depositor or the Issuer of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the Transaction Documents.

 

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The Issuer has entered into the Indenture, and this Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness secured by the Collateral and that the Issuer will be disregarded as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii).  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the consent of the Modified Required Holders.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holders and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.  The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

 

This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)

 

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

 

to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

 

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

 

 

 

Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible
guarantor institution which is a participant in
the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion
Program (STAMP) or similar signature
guarantee program.

 

 

 

 

 

Notice:  The signature(s) on this assignment
must correspond with the name(s) as it
appears on the face of the within Note in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

 

 

 

(Authorized Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF NOTE DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT

 

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EX-10.22 5 j1452_ex10d22.htm EX-10.22

EXHIBIT 10.22

 

 

 

 

TRANSFER AND SALE AGREEMENT

 

 

by and between

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,

as Seller

 

 

and

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

 

 

as Purchaser

 

 

Dated as of May 1, 2003

 

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I  DEFINITION

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

GENERAL

 

 

ARTICLE II TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS; ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

CLOSING

SECTION 2.02.

CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING

SECTION 2.03.

ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT

SECTION 2.04.

SUBSEQUENT CONTRACTS

 

 

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING SELLER

SECTION 3.02.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING EACH CONTRACT

SECTION 3.03.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE CONTRACTS IN THE AGGREGATE

SECTION 3.04.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE CONTRACT FILES

 

 

ARTICLE IV PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

CUSTODY OF CONTRACTS

SECTION 4.02.

FILING

SECTION 4.03.

NAME CHANGE OR RELOCATION

SECTION 4.04.

COSTS AND EXPENSES

SECTION 4.05

SALE TREATMENT

SECTION 4.06

SEPARATENESS FROM TRUST DEPOSITOR

SECTION 4.07

PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

 

 

ARTICLE V REMEDIES UPON MISREPRESENTATION

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

REPURCHASES OF CONTRACTS FOR BREACH OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 5.02.

SELLER’S REPURCHASE OPTION

 

 

ARTICLE VI INDEMNITIES

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

SELLER INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 6.02.

LIABILITIES TO OBLIGORS

SECTION 6.03.

TAX INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 6.04.

OPERATION OF INDEMNITIES

 

 

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRUST

SECTION 7.02.

MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION

SECTION 7.03.

TERMINATION

SECTION 7.04.

ASSIGNMENT OR DELEGATION BY SELLER

SECTION 7.05.

AMENDMENT

SECTION 7.06.

NOTICES

SECTION 7.07.

MERGER AND INTEGRATION

SECTION 7.08.

HEADINGS

SECTION 7.09.

GOVERNING LAW

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A                      Form of Assignment

Exhibit B                       Form of Officer’s Certificate

Exhibit C                       Form of Subsequent Purchase Agreement

 

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THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of May 1, 2003, is made by and between Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada corporation, as seller hereunder (together with its successors and assigns “Harley-Davidson Credit” or “Seller”), and Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (together with its successors and assigns “Trust Depositor”), as purchaser hereunder.

 

WHEREAS, in the regular course of its business, Seller purchases and services (i) motorcycle conditional sales contracts from Harley-Davidson motorcycle retailers and (ii) motorcycle promissory note and security agreements from Eaglemark Savings Bank, each of which contracts provides for installment payment obligations by or on behalf of the retailer’s customer/purchaser and grants a security interest in the related motorcycle in order to secure such obligations;

 

WHEREAS, Seller and Trust Depositor wish to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which Trust Depositor will acquire from time to time the “Contract Assets,” as hereinafter defined; and

 

WHEREAS, Trust Depositor intends concurrently with its purchases from time to time of Contract Assets hereunder to convey all right, title and interest in such Contract Assets to Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (the “Trust”) pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 by and among Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit, as Servicer, the Trust, as issuer (the “Issuer”) and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), executed concurrently herewith;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, Seller and Trust Depositor agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.        General.  Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble above) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

 

TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS; ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT

 

Section 2.01.        Closing.  Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to Trust Depositor, in consideration of Trust Depositor’s payment of $309,124,002.80 in cash as the purchase price therefor, (i) all the right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Initial Contracts

 



 

listed on the initial List of Contracts in effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the Initial Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to the Initial Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of Seller under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (including a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights of Seller in the Lockbox, Lockbox Account and related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to the Contracts, (vi) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Seller under any motorcycle dealer agreements between the dealers (i.e. originators of the Contracts) and the Seller, (vii) all rights of Seller to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Contracts and (viii) all proceeds and products of the foregoing (items (i) - (viii), together with the additional assets referred to in Section 2.04 below which may be transferred from time to time in respect of Subsequent Contracts, being collectively referred to herein as the “Contract Assets”).  Although Seller and Trust Depositor agree that any such transfer is intended to be a sale of ownership in the Contract Assets, rather than the mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing, in the event such transfer is deemed to be of a mere security interest to secure indebtedness, Seller shall be deemed to have granted Trust Depositor a perfected first priority security interest in such Contract Assets and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.  If such transfer is deemed to be the mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing, Trust Depositor may, to secure Trust Depositor’s own borrowing under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (to the extent that the transfer of the Contract Assets thereunder is deemed to be a mere granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing) repledge and reassign (i) all or a portion of the Contract Assets pledged to Trust Depositor and not released from the security interest of this Agreement at the time of such pledge and assignment, and (ii) all proceeds thereof.  Such repledge and reassignment may be made by Trust Depositor with or without a repledge and reassignment by Trust Depositor of its rights under this Agreement, and without further notice to or acknowledgment from Seller.  Seller waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all claims, causes of action and remedies, whether legal or equitable (including any right of setoff), against Trust Depositor or any assignee of Trust Depositor relating to such action by Trust Depositor in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 2.02.        Conditions to the Closing.  On or before the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Trust Depositor each of the documents, certificates and other items as follows:

 

(a)           The initial List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President of Seller together with an Assignment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

(b)           A certificate of an officer of Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

 

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(c)           An opinion of counsel for Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

(d)           A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to Trust Depositor and the Issuer and the Trustees and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample of the Initial Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and identifying those Initial Contracts which do not so conform.

 

(e)           Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of Seller or of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Seller approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder, certified in each case by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Seller.

 

(f)            Officially certified recent evidence of due incorporation and good standing of Seller under the laws of Nevada.

 

(g)           Evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Nevada of a UCC financing statement naming Seller as debtor, naming Trust Depositor as assignor secured party and the Owner Trust as secured party, and listing the Contract Assets as collateral as well as evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Delaware of a UCC financing statement naming the Issuer as debtor, naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party, and listing the Contract Assets as collateral.

 

(h)           An Officer’s Certificate from Seller certifying that the Seller, on or prior to the Closing Date, has indicated in its computer files, in accordance with its customary standards, policies and procedures, that the Contracts have been conveyed to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(i)            The documents, certificates and other items described in Section 2.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the extent not already described above.

 

Section 2.03.        Assignment of Agreement.  Trust Depositor has the right to assign its interest under this Agreement to the Issuer as may be required to effect the purposes of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, without further notice to, or consent of, Seller, and the Issuer shall succeed to such of the rights of Trust Depositor hereunder as shall be so assigned.  Seller acknowledges that, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, Trust Depositor will assign all of its right, title and interest in and to the Contract Assets and its right to exercise the remedies created by Section 5.01 hereof for breaches of representations and warranties of Seller contained in Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04 hereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders.  Seller agrees that, upon such assignment to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, such representations will run to and be for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may enforce directly without joinder of Trust Depositor, the obligations of Seller set forth herein.

 

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Section 2.04.        Subsequent Contracts.  (a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below and in the related Subsequent Purchase Agreement, Seller hereby agrees to sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to Trust Depositor, in consideration of Trust Depositor’s payment on the related Subsequent Transfer Date of the purchase price therefor (as set forth in the related Subsequent Purchase Agreement), and Trust Depositor hereby agrees to purchase, (i) all the right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Subsequent Contracts listed on the related Subsequent List of Contracts (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to such Subsequent Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of Seller under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (including a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Subsequent Contract , an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Subsequent Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights of Seller in the Lockbox, Lockbox Account and related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to the Subsequent Contracts, (vi) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Seller under any motorcycle dealer agreements between the dealers (i.e. originators of such Subsequent Contracts) and the Seller, (vii) all rights of Seller to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Subsequent Contracts and (viii) all proceeds and products of the foregoing (items (i) - (viii), upon consummation of any above-described purchase, becoming part of the “Contract Assets”).  Seller agrees, subject to the terms and conditions herein applicable to transfers of Subsequent Contracts, to sell an aggregate Principal Balance of Subsequent Contracts at or prior to the end of the Funding Period equal to the Pre-Funded Amount on the Closing Date.

 

(b)           Seller shall transfer to Trust Depositor, and Trust Depositor shall purchase, the Subsequent Contracts and related assets to be transferred on any Subsequent Transfer Date only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date:

 

(i)            The Seller shall have provided the Trustees, the Underwriters and the Rating Agencies with a timely Addition Notice and shall have provided any information reasonably requested by any of the foregoing with respect to the Subsequent Contracts;

 

(ii)           the Funding Period shall not have terminated;

 

(iii)          the Seller shall have delivered to the Trust Depositor a duly executed Purchase Agreement and Assignment in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Subsequent Purchase Agreement”), which shall include a Subsequent List of Contracts listing the Subsequent Contracts being purchased;

 

(iv)          as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, neither the Seller nor the Trust Depositor was insolvent nor will either of them have been made insolvent by such transfer nor is either of them aware of any pending insolvency;

 

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(v)           each Rating Agency shall have notified the Trust Depositor and the Trustees in writing that following such transfer, and the transfer immediately thereafter of the Subsequent Contracts to the Trust, the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes will be rated in the highest rating category by such Rating Agency and the Class B Notes will be rated at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s and “A1” by Moody’s;

 

(vi)          such addition will not result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer or the Noteholders as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to be delivered by the Seller to the Issuer, the Trustees, and the Underwriters;

 

(vii)         the Seller shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies and to the Underwriters one or more opinions of counsel with respect to the transfer of the Subsequent Contracts substantially in the form of the opinions of counsel delivered to such Persons on the Closing Date;

 

(viii)        the Seller shall have taken any action necessary to maintain the first perfected ownership interest of the Trust in the Trust Corpus and the first perfected security interest of the Trust Depositor in the Contract Assets, the Trust in the Trust Corpus and the Indenture Trustee in the Reserve Fund Deposits; and

 

(ix)           no selection procedures believed by the Seller to be adverse to the interests of the Noteholders shall have been utilized in selecting the Subsequent Contracts.

 

(c)           Seller agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with any request for the conveyance of Subsequent Contracts, whether or not such conveyance is actually consummated.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Seller makes the following representations and warranties, on which Trust Depositor will rely in purchasing the initial Contract Assets on the Closing Date (and any Subsequent Contracts on the related Subsequent Transfer Date) and concurrently reconveying the same to the Trust, and on which the Trust and the Noteholders will rely under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Such representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Contracts to the Trust and the pledge of the Contracts to the Indenture Trustee.  The repurchase obligation of Seller set forth in Section 5.01 below and in Section 7.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement constitutes the sole remedy available for a breach of a representation or warranty of Seller set forth in Section 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.01.        Representations and Warranties Regarding Seller.  Seller represents and warrants, as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the

 

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case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           Organization and Good Standing.  Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged.  Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller or Trust Depositor.  Seller is properly licensed in each jurisdiction to the extent required by the laws of such jurisdiction to service the Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

(b)           Authorization; Binding Obligation.  Seller has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c)           No Consent Required.  Seller is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party.

 

(d)           No Violations.  Seller’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Seller, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which Seller is a party or by which Seller or any of Seller’s properties may be bound.

 

(e)           Litigation.  No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of Seller threatened, against Seller or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party which, if adversely determined, would in the opinion of Seller have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or other) of Seller or the transactions

 

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contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party.

 

(f)            State of Incorporation; Name; No Changes.  Seller’s state of incorporation is the State of Nevada.  Seller’s exact legal name is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.  Seller has not changed its name whether by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, by reorganization or otherwise, and has not changed its state of incorporation, within the four months preceding the Closing Date.

 

(g)           Operations.  Approximately 5.0% of the aggregate principal balance of contracts financed from time to time by the Seller are secured by motorcycles manufactured by Buell.

 

(h)           Solvency.  The Seller, after giving effect to the conveyances made by it hereunder, is Solvent.

 

Section 3.02.        Representations and Warranties Regarding Each Contract.  Seller represents and warrants as to each Contract as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           List of Contracts.  The information set forth in the List of Contracts (or Subsequent List of Contracts, in the case of Subsequent Contracts) is true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the Initial Cutoff Date or applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date, as the case may be.

 

(b)           Payments.  As of the Initial Cutoff Date or applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date, as the case may be, the most recent scheduled payment with respect to any Contract either had been made or was not delinquent for more than 30 days.  To the best of Seller’s knowledge, all payments made on each Contract were made by the respective Obligor.

 

(c)           No Waivers.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts), the terms of the Contracts have not been waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by instruments or documents included in the related Contract File.

 

(d)           Binding Obligation.  Each Contract is a legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor thereunder and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, moratorium, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(e)           No Defenses.  No Contract is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the operation of any of the

 

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terms of such Contract or the exercise of any right thereunder will not render the Contract unenforceable in whole or in part or subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.

 

(f)            Insurance.  As of the origination date of each Contract (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), the related Motorcycle securing each Contract is covered by physical damage insurance (i) in an amount not less than the value of the Motorcycle at the time of origination of the Contract, (ii) naming Seller as a loss payee and (iii) insuring against loss and damage due to fire, theft, transportation, collision and other risks covered by comprehensive coverage, and all premiums due on such insurance have been paid in full from the date of the Contract’s origination.

 

(g)           Origination.  Either (i) Contracts were originated by a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealer in the regular course of its business which dealer had all necessary licenses and permits to originate the Contracts in the state where such dealer was located, was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and has been purchased by Seller in the regular course of its business, or (ii) Contracts were originated by Eaglemark Savings Bank in the regular course of its business which had all necessary licenses and permits to originate the Contracts in the state where it was located, was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and has been purchased by Seller in the regular course of its business.  Each Contract was sold by such motorcycle dealer or Eaglemark Savings Bank, as the case may be, to the Seller without any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such motorcycle dealer or Eaglemark Savings Bank.

 

(h)           Lawful Assignment.  No Contract was originated in or is subject to the laws of any jurisdiction whose laws would make the sale, transfer and assignment of the Contract under this Agreement or under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the pledge of the Contract under the Indenture unlawful, void or voidable.

 

(i)            Compliance with Law.  None of the Contracts, the origination of the Contracts by the dealers or Eaglemark Savings Bank, the purchase of the Contracts by the Seller, the sale of the Contracts by the Seller to the Trust Depositor or by the Trust Depositor to the Trust, or any combination of the foregoing, violated at the time of origination or as of the Closing Date or as of any Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable, any requirement of any federal, state or local law and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, motor vehicle installment loan and equal credit opportunity laws, applicable to the Contracts and the sale of Motorcycles.  Seller shall, for at least the period of this Agreement, maintain in its possession, available for the Trust Depositor’s and the Trustees’  inspection, and shall deliver to Trust Depositor or  the Trustee  upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements.

 

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(j)            Contract in Force.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no Contract has been satisfied or subordinated in whole or in part or rescinded, and the related Motorcycle securing any Contract has not been released from the lien of the Contract in whole or in part.

 

(k)           Valid Security Interest.  Each Contract creates a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in favor of Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank (as the case may be) in the Motorcycle covered thereby, and such security interest has been assigned by Eaglemark Savings Bank to Seller (where applicable) and by Seller to the Trust Depositor.  The original certificate of title, certificate of lien or other notification or evidence (the “Lien Certificate”) issued by the body responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of title or evidence relating to, motor vehicles and liens thereon (the “Registrar of Titles”) of the applicable state shows Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank (as the case may be) as original secured party under each Contract as the holder of a first priority security interest in such Motorcycle.  With respect to each Contract for which a written Lien Certificate is provided and has not yet been returned from the Registrar of Titles, the Seller has received written evidence that such Lien Certificate showing Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank as lienholder has been applied for.  Eaglemark Savings Bank’s security interest has been validly assigned by Eaglemark Savings Bank to Seller.  Seller’s security interest has been validly assigned by the Seller to the Trust Depositor and by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer and Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.  Immediately after the sale, each Contract will be secured by an enforceable and perfected first priority security interest in the Motorcycle in favor of the Trust as secured party, which security interest is prior to all other liens upon and security interests in such Motorcycle which now exist or may hereafter arise or be created (except, as to priority, for any lien for taxes, labor, materials or of any state law enforcement agency affecting a Motorcycle).

 

(1)           Capacity of Parties.  All parties to any Contract had capacity to execute such Contract and all other documents related thereto and to grant the security interest purported to be granted thereby.

 

(m)          Good Title.  Each Contract was purchased by Seller for value and taken into possession prior to the Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts) in the ordinary course of its business, without knowledge that the Contract was subject to a security interest.  No Contract has been sold, assigned or pledged to any person other than Trust Depositor and the Trustee as the transferee of Trust Depositor, and prior to the transfer of the Contract to Trust Depositor, Seller had good and marketable title to each Contract free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, loan, pledge, charge, claim or security interest and was the sole owner thereof and had full right to transfer the Contract to Trust Depositor and to permit Trust Depositor to transfer the same to the Issuer and the Owner Trustee, and, as of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), the Issuer and the Owner Trustee will have a first priority perfected security interest therein.

 

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(n)           No Defaults.  As of the Initial Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration existed with respect to any Contract and no event had occurred which, with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute such a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under such Contract.  Seller has not waived any such default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration, and Seller has not granted any extension of payment terms on any Contract.  As of the Initial Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no Motorcycle had been repossessed.

 

(o)           No Liens.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts) there are, to the best of Seller’s knowledge, no liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or materials affecting the Motorcycle securing any Contract which are or may be liens prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Contract.

 

(p)           Installments.  Each Contract has a fixed Contract Rate and provides for monthly payments of principal and interest which, if timely made, would fully amortize the loan on a simple-interest basis over its term.

 

(q)           Enforceability.  Each Contract contains customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security.

 

(r)            One Original.  Each Contract is evidenced by only one original executed Contract, which original has been delivered to the Issuer and the Owner Trustee or its designee on or before the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts).

 

(s)           No Government Contracts.  No Obligor is the United States government or an agency, authority, instrumentality or other political subdivision of the United States government.

 

(t)            Lockbox Bank.  The Lockbox Bank is the only institution holding any Lockbox Account for receipt of payments from Obligors, and all Obligors, and only such Obligors, have been instructed to make payments to the Lockbox Account, and no person claiming through or under Seller has any claim or interest in the Lockbox Account other than the Lockbox Bank; provided, however, that other “Trusts” (as defined in the Lockbox Agreement) shall have an interest in certain other collections therein not related to the Contracts.

 

(u)           Obligor Bankruptcy.  At the Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no Obligor was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding within the one year preceding such Cutoff Date.

 

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(v)           Chattel Paper.  The Contracts constitute tangible chattel paper within the meaning of the UCC.

 

(w)          No Impairment.  Neither the Seller nor the Trust Depositor has done anything to convey any right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments due under the Contract or otherwise to impair the rights of the Trust in any Contract or the proceeds thereof.

 

(x)            Contract Not Assumable.  No Contract is assumable by another Person in a manner which would release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor’s obligations to the Trust Depositor with respect to such Contract.

 

Section 3.03.        Representations and Warranties Regarding the Contracts in the Aggregate.  Seller represents and warrants, as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Contracts, and, if applicable, as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           Amounts.  The sum of the aggregate Principal Balances payable by Obligors under the Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), plus the Pre-Funded Amount as of such date, equals the sum of the principal balance of  the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes  and the Class B Notes on the Closing Date or the related Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable.

 

(b)           Characteristics.  The Initial Contracts have the following characteristics: (i) all the Contracts are secured by Motorcycles; (ii) no Initial Contract has a remaining maturity of more than 84 months; and (iii) the final scheduled payment on the Initial Contract with the latest maturity is due no later than May 2010.  Approximately 75.72% of the Principal Balance of the Initial Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of new Motorcycles and approximately 24.28% is attributable to loans for purchases of used Motorcycles.  No Initial Contract was originated after the Initial Cutoff Date.  No Initial Contract has a Contract Rate less than 5.48%.  The first scheduled payment date of the Contracts (including any Subsequent Contracts) is due no later than August 2003.  Approximately 0.02% of the Principal Balance of the Initial Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of Motorcycles not manufactured by Harley-Davidson or Buell.

 

(c)           Marking Records.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), Seller has caused the Computer Disk relating to the Contracts sold hereunder and concurrently reconveyed by Trust Depositor to the Trust and pledged by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee to be clearly and unambiguously marked to indicate that such Contracts constitute part of the Trust, are owned by the Trust and constitute security for the Notes.

 

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(d)           No Adverse Selection.  No selection procedures adverse to Noteholders have been employed in selecting the Contracts.

 

(e)           True Sale.  The transaction contemplated by this Agreement constitutes a valid sale, transfer and assignment from Seller to Trust Depositor and from Trust Depositor to the Trust of all of Seller’s right, title and interest in the Contract Assets as of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable.

 

(f)            All Filings Made.  All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected lien on, or ownership interest in, the Contracts and the proceeds thereof and the rest of the Trust Corpus have been made, taken or performed.

 

(g)           Delta Loans.  No more than 11.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the end of the Funding Period is attributable to Delta Loans.

 

Section 3.04.        Representations and Warranties Regarding the Contract Files.  Seller represents and warrants as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           Possession.  Immediately prior to the Closing Date or any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Servicer will have possession of each original Contract and the related complete Contract File, and there are and there will be no custodial agreements relating to the same in effect.  Each of such documents which is required to be signed by the Obligor has been signed by the Obligor in the appropriate spaces.  All blanks on any form have been properly filled in and each form has otherwise been correctly prepared.  The complete Contract File for each Contract currently is in the possession of the Servicer.

 

(b)           Bulk Transfer Laws.  The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Contracts and the Contract Files by Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any Subsequent Purchase Agreement and by Trust Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement is not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

 

Section 4.01.        Custody of Contracts.  The contents of each Contract File shall be held in the custody of the Servicer for the benefit of the Trust as the owner thereof in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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Section 4.02.        Filing.  On or prior to the Closing Date and each Subsequent Transfer Date, Seller shall cause the UCC financing statement(s) referred to in Section 2.02(g) hereof and in Section 2.02(g) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement to be filed and from time to time Seller shall take and cause to be taken such actions and execute such documents as are necessary or desirable or as Trust Depositor or the Trust may reasonably request to perfect and protect the Trust Depositor’s and the Trust’s ownership interest in the Contract Assets against all other persons, including, without limitation, the filing of financing statements, amendments thereto and continuation statements, the execution of transfer instruments and the making of notations on or taking possession of all records or documents of title.  The Seller authorizes the Trust Depositor to file financing statements describing the Contract Assets as collateral.

 

Section 4.03.        Name Change or Relocation.  (a) During the term of this Agreement, Seller shall not change its name, identity or structure or state of incorporation without first giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice to Trust Depositor and to the Trustees.

 

(b)           If any change in Seller’s name, identity or structure or other action would make any financing or continuation statement or notice of ownership interest or lien filed under this Agreement seriously misleading within the meaning of applicable provisions of the UCC or any title statute, Seller, no later than five days after the effective date of such change, shall file such amendments as may be required to preserve and protect the Trust Depositor’s and the Trust’s interests in the Contract Assets and proceeds thereof.  In addition, Seller shall not change its state of incorporation unless it has first taken such action as is advisable or necessary to preserve and protect the Trust Depositor’s and the Trusts’ interest in the Contract Assets.  Promptly after taking any of the foregoing actions, Seller shall deliver to Trust Depositor and the Trustees an opinion of counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements or amendments necessary to preserve and protect the interests of the Trustees in the Contract Assets have been filed, and reciting the details of such filing.

 

Section 4.04.        Costs and Expenses.  Seller agrees to pay all reasonable costs and disbursements in connection with the perfection and the maintenance of perfection, as against all third parties, of (i) Trust Depositor’s and the Trustees’ right, title and interest in and to the Contract Assets (including, without limitation, the security interest in the Motorcycles related thereto) and (ii) the security interests provided for in the Indenture.

 

Section 4.05         Sale Treatment.  Each of Seller and Trust Depositor shall treat the transfer of Contract Assets made hereunder (including in respect of Subsequent Contracts) for all purposes (including tax and financial accounting purposes) as a sale and purchase on all of its relevant books, records, financial statements and other applicable documents.

 

Section 4.06         Separateness from Trust Depositor.  The Seller agrees to take or refrain from taking or engaging in with respect to the Trust Depositor each of the actions or activities specified in the “substantive consolidation” opinion of Winston & Strawn (or in any related certificate of Seller) delivered on the Closing Date, upon which the conclusions expressed therein are based.

 

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Section 4.07         Protection of Security Interests.  The Seller agrees to deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date (or Subsequent Transfer Date, as the case may be), and in any event within 60 days thereof, certifying that the Seller’s compliance officer has reviewed the original of each Initial Contract and each related Contract File, that each Initial Contract and related Contract File conforms in all material respects with the initial List of Contracts and each such Contract File is complete, that each document required be an original, and that the face of each original Initial Contract has been stamped with the following notation:

 

“This Contract/Note is subject to a security interest granted to Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2.  A UCC1 financing statement covering this Contract/Note has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.  Such lien will be released only in connection with appropriate filings in such offices.  Consequently, potential purchasers of this Contract/Note must refer to such filings to determine whether such lien has been released.”

 

ARTICLE V

 

REMEDIES UPON MISREPRESENTATION

 

Section 5.01.        Repurchases of Contracts for Breach of Representations and Warranties.  Seller hereby agrees, for the benefit of the Trustees and the Trust Depositor, that it shall repurchase a Contract including any Subsequent Contracts (together with all related Contract Assets), at its Repurchase Price, not later than two Business Days prior to the first Determination Date after Seller becomes aware, or should have become aware, or receives written notice from Trust Depositor, either of the Trustees or the Servicer of any breach of a representation or warranty of Seller set forth in Article III of this Agreement that materially adversely affects Trust Depositor’s or the Trust’s interest in such Contract (without regard to the benefits of the Reserve Fund) and which breach has not been cured; provided, however, that with respect to any Contract incorrectly described on the List of Contracts with respect to unpaid Principal Balance which Seller would otherwise be required to repurchase pursuant to this Section 5.01 and Section 7.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, Seller may, in lieu of repurchasing such Contract, deposit in the Collection Account not later than two Business Days prior to such Determination Date cash in an amount sufficient to cure such deficiency or discrepancy; and provided further that with respect to a breach of a representation or warranty relating to the Contracts in the aggregate and not to any particular Contract, Seller may select Contracts (without adverse selection) to repurchase such that had such Contracts not been reconveyed by Trust Depositor and included as part of the Trust there would have been no breach of such representation or warranty; provided further that the failure to maintain perfection of the security interest in the Motorcycle securing a Contract in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall be deemed to be a breach materially and adversely affecting the Trust’s interest in the Contracts or in the related Contract Assets.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of Seller under this Section 5.01 and under Section 7.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall not terminate upon a Service Transfer pursuant to Article VIII of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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Section 5.02.        Seller’s Repurchase Option.  On written notice to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 20 days prior to a Distribution Date, provided the Pool Balance is then less than 10% of the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the Closing Date, Seller may (but is not required to) repurchase from the Trust on that Distribution Date all outstanding Contracts (and related Contract Assets) at a price equal to the outstanding principal balance of the Notes on the previous Distribution Date plus the Note Interest Distributable Amount for the current Distribution Date as well as any unreimbursed Service Advances and the accrued and unpaid Monthly Servicing Fee and Indenture Trustee Fee to the date of such repurchase.  Such price will be deposited in the Collection Account not later than one Business Day before such Distribution Date, against the Trustees’ release of the Contracts and Contract Files as described in Section 7.10 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNITIES

 

Section 6.01.        Seller Indemnification.  Seller will defend and indemnify Trust Depositor, the Trust, the Trustees, any agents of the Trustees and the Noteholders against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, joint or several, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation arising out of or resulting from (i) this Agreement or the use, ownership or operation of any Motorcycle by Seller or the Servicer or any Affiliate of either, (ii) any representation or warranty or covenant made by Seller in this Agreement being untrue or incorrect (subject to the second sentence of the preamble to Article III of this Agreement above), and (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus or in any amendment thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement was made in conformity with information furnished to Trust Depositor by Seller specifically for use therein.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of Seller under this Section 6.01 shall not terminate upon a Service Transfer pursuant to Article VIII of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall survive any termination of that agreement or this Agreement.

 

Section 6.02.        Liabilities to Obligors.  No obligation or liability to any Obligor under any of the Contracts is intended to be assumed by the Trustees, the Trust or the Noteholders under or as a result of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 6.03.        Tax Indemnification.  Seller agrees to pay, and to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust Depositor, the Trust, the Trustees or the Noteholders from, any taxes which may at any time be asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the transfer of the Contracts to Trust Depositor hereunder and the concurrent reconveyance to the Trust and the further pledge by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, personal property, privilege or license taxes (but not including any federal, state or other taxes arising out of the creation of the Trust and the issuance of the Notes) and costs, expenses and reasonable counsel fees in defending against the same,

 

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whether arising by reason of the acts to be performed by Seller under this Agreement or the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or imposed against the Trust, a Noteholder or otherwise.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of Seller under this Section 6.03 shall not terminate upon a Service Transfer pursuant to Article VIII of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.04.        Operation of Indemnities.  Indemnification under this Article VI shall include, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation.  If Seller has made any indemnity payments to Trust Depositor or the Trustees pursuant to this Article VI and Trust Depositor or the Trustees thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, Trust Depositor or the Trustees will repay such amounts collected to Seller, except that any payments received by Trust Depositor or the Trustees from an insurance provider as a result of the events under which the Seller’s indemnity payments arose shall be repaid prior to any repayment of the Seller’s indemnity payment.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.01.        Prohibited Transactions with Respect to the Trust.  Seller shall not:

 

(a)           Provide credit to any Noteholder for the purpose of enabling such Noteholder to purchase Notes;

 

(b)           Purchase any Notes in an agency or trustee capacity; or

 

(c)           Except in its capacity as Servicer as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, lend any money to the Trust.

 

Section 7.02.        Merger or Consolidation.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.02, Seller will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a Nevada corporation, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement and of any of the Contracts and to perform its duties under this Agreement.

 

(b)           Any person into which Seller may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation  or other entity resulting from such merger or consolidation to which Seller is a party, or any person succeeding to the business of Seller, shall be the successor to Seller hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

(c)           Upon the merger or consolidation of the Seller as described in this Section 7.02, the Seller shall provide Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s notice of such merger or consolidation within thirty (30) days after completion of the same.

 

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Section 7.03.        Termination.  This Agreement shall terminate (after distribution of any Note Distributable Amount due pursuant to Section 7.05  of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) on the Distribution Date on which the principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes,  Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes is reduced to zero; provided, that Seller’s representations and warranties and indemnities by Seller shall survive termination.

 

Section 7.04.        Assignment or Delegation by Seller.  Except as specifically authorized hereunder, Seller may not convey and assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations hereunder absent the prior written consent of Trust Depositor and the Trustees, and any attempt to do so without such consent shall be void.

 

Section 7.05.        Amendment.  (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by Seller and Trust Depositor, with notice to the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of the Trustees or any of the Noteholders, to correct manifest error, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein or therein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein, therein or in the Prospectus, as the case may be, or to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or the Prospectus; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an opinion of Counsel for Seller acceptable to the Trustees, adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder.

 

(b)           This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by Seller and Trust Depositor, with the consent of the Modified Required Holders, 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 Indenture Trustee for the benefit of Noteholders; provided, however, that no such amendment or waiver shall (a) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Contracts or distributions which are required to be made on any Note or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all Notes then outstanding.

 

(c)           Promptly after the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to this Section 7.05, Trust Depositor shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment and a copy of such amendment to each Trustee and each Rating Agency.

 

(d)           It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders under this Section 7.05 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.  The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Trustees may prescribe.

 

(e)           Upon the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to this Section 7.05, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such amendment or consent shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes, and every holder of Notes theretofore or thereafter issued hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

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Section 7.06.        Notices.  All notices, demands, certificates, requests and communications hereunder (“notices”) shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon receipt when sent through the U.S. mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, or (b) one Business Day after delivery to an overnight courier, or (c) on the date personally delivered to an Authorized Officer of the party to which sent, or (d) on the date transmitted by legible telecopier transmission with a confirmation of receipt, in all cases addressed to the recipient at the address for such recipient set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to each of the other parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices shall be sent.

 

All communications and notices pursuant hereto to Noteholders shall be in writing and delivered or mailed at the address shown in the Note Register.

 

Section 7.07.        Merger and Integration.  Except as specifically stated otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings, written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement.  This Agreement may not be modified, amended, waived, or supplemented except as provided herein.

 

Section 7.08.        Headings.  The headings herein are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.

 

Section 7.09.        Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Illinois.

 

Section 7.10.        No Bankruptcy Petition.  The Seller covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all amounts owing in respect of all outstanding Securities, as well as any other amounts distributable or payable from the Trust Estate, together with any other amounts owing in respect of obligations of the Trust Depositor, it will not institute against, or solicit or join in or cooperate with or encourage any Person to institute against, the Trust Depositor or the Trust, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceedings under the laws of the United State or any State of the United States.  This Section 7.10 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

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

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

Signature Page to Transfer and
Sale Agreement

 



 

Exhibit A

Transfer and Sale

Agreement

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

In accordance with the Transfer and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of May 1, 2003 made by and between the undersigned, as seller thereunder (“Seller”), and Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (“Trust Depositor”), as purchaser thereunder, the undersigned does hereby sell, transfer, convey and assign, set over and otherwise convey to Trust Depositor (i) all the right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Initial Contracts listed on the initial List of Contracts in effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the Initial Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to the Initial Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of Seller under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (including a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights of Seller in the Lockbox, Lockbox Account and related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to the Contracts, (vi) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Seller under any motorcycle dealer agreements between the dealers (i.e. originators of the Contracts) and the Seller, (vii) all rights of Seller to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Contracts and (viii) all proceeds and products of the foregoing

 

This Assignment is made pursuant to and in reliance upon the representation and warranties on the part of the undersigned contained in Article III of the Agreement and no others.

 

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 made by and among the undersigned, as servicer, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2, as issuer, and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as indenture trustee.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be duly executed this      day of May, 2003.

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

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Exhibit B

Transfer and Sale

Agreement

 

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

 

(See Exhibit C to the Sale and Servicing Agreement)

 

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Exhibit C

Transfer and Sale

Agreement

 

FORM OF SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of                     ,           , by and among Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Trust Depositor”), and Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a  Nevada corporation (the “Seller”), pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement referred to below.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Trust Depositor and the Seller are parties to the Transfer and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Transfer and Sale Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Seller wishes to sell the Subsequent Contracts to the Trust Depositor, and the Trust Depositor wishes to purchase the same, for the purchase price set forth in Section 3 below; and

 

WHEREAS, the Seller has timely delivered an Addition Notice related to such conveyance as required in the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2003 among the Seller (in the capacity of Servicer thereunder), the Issuer as defined therein, the Trust Depositor and the Indenture Trustee as defined therein (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Trust Depositor and the Seller hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.              Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

 

“Subsequent Cutoff Date” shall mean, with respect to the Subsequent Contracts transferred hereby, [                  ].

 

“Subsequent Contracts” shall mean, for purposes of this Agreement, the Subsequent Contracts listed in the Subsequent List of Contracts attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

“Subsequent Transfer Date” shall mean, with respect to the Subsequent Contracts transferred hereby, [                  ].

 

Section 2.              Subsequent List of Contracts.  The Subsequent List of Contracts attached hereto as Exhibit A is a supplement to the initial List of Contracts attached as Exhibit H to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  The Contracts listed in the Subsequent List of Contracts

 

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constitute the Subsequent Contracts to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement on the subsequent Transfer Date.

 

Section 3.              Transfer of Subsequent Contracts.  Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.04(b) of the Transfer and Sale Agreement and this Agreement, Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to Trust Depositor, in consideration of Trust Depositor’s payment of $[            ] as the purchase price therefor, (i) all the right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Subsequent Contracts listed on the related Subsequent List of Contracts (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to such Subsequent Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of Seller under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (including a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Subsequent Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Subsequent Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Subsequent Contract Files, (v) all rights of Seller in the Lockbox, Lockbox Account and related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to the Subsequent Contracts, (vi) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Seller under any motorcycle dealer agreements between the dealers (i.e. originators of such Subsequent Contracts) and the Seller, (vii) all rights of Seller to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Subsequent Contracts and (viii) all proceeds and products of the foregoing.  It is the intention of the Seller and the Trust Depositor that the transfer contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Subsequent Contracts from the Seller to the Trust Depositor, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any Liens, and that the Subsequent Contracts shall not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against Seller under any bankruptcy or similar law.

 

Section 4.              Representations and Warranties of the Seller.  (a) Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trust Depositor that the representations and warranties of Seller in Section 3.01 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement are true and correct as of the Subsequent Transfer Date.

 

(b)           Seller hereby repeats and remakes with respect to the Subsequent Contracts as of the Subsequent Transfer Date (i) the representations and warranties of Seller in Sections 3.02, 3.03 and 3.04 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement, except that, with respect to subsection (b) of Section 3.03, (A) approximately          % of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of new Motorcycles and approximately     % is attributable to loans for purchases of used Motorcycles, and (B) no Contract was originated after the Subsequent Cutoff Date, as well as (ii) covenants to provide the certificate required by Section 2.02(h) (solely with respect to the Subsequent Contracts).

 

(c)           Seller hereby represents and warrants that (a) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Contracts listed on the Subsequent List of Contracts and conveyed to the Trust

 

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Depositor pursuant to this Agreement is $[                     ] as of the Subsequent Cutoff Date, and (b) the conditions set forth in Section 2.04(b) of the Transfer and Sale Agreement have been satisfied as of the Subsequent Transfer Date.

 

Section 5.              Ratification of Agreement.  As supplemented by this Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and, as so supplemented by this Agreement, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

Section 6.              Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (and by different parties in separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 7.              Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

 

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

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 


EX-10.23 6 j1452_ex10d23.htm EX-10.23

EXHIBIT 10.23

 

 

 

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

 

among

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2,

as Issuer,

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

as Trust Depositor,

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,

as Servicer

 

 

and

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,

as Indenture Trustee

 

 

Dated as of May 1, 2003

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01.

Definitions

Section 1.02.

Usage of Terms

Section 1.03.

Section References

Section 1.04.

Calculations

Section 1.05.

Accounting Terms

ARTICLE TWO

ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST; TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS

Section 2.01.

Closing

Section 2.02.

Conditions to the Closing

Section 2.03.

Conveyance of Subsequent Contracts

ARTICLE THREE

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 3.01.

Representations and Warranties Regarding the Trust Depositor

Section 3.02.

Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer

ARTICLE FOUR

PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

Section 4.01.

Custody of Contracts

Section 4.02.

Filing

Section 4.03.

Name Change or Relocation

Section 4.04.

Costs and Expenses

ARTICLE FIVE

SERVICING OF CONTRACTS

Section 5.01.

Responsibility for Contract Administration

Section 5.02.

Standard of Care

Section 5.03.

Records

Section 5.04.

Inspection

Section 5.05.

Trust Accounts

Section 5.06.

Enforcement

Section 5.07.

Trustees to Cooperate

Section 5.08.

Costs and Expenses

Section 5.09.

Maintenance of Security Interests in Motorcycles

Section 5.10.

Successor Servicer/Lockbox Agreements

Section 5.11.

Separate Entity Existence

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUST DEPOSITOR

Section 6.01.

Covenants of the Trust Depositor

Section 6.02.

Liability of Trust Depositor; Indemnities

Section 6.03.

Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Trust Depositor; Certain Limitations

Section 6.04.

Limitation on Liability of Trust Depositor and Others

Section 6.05.

Trust Depositor Not to Resign

ARTICLE SEVEN

DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE FUND

Section 7.01.

Monthly Distributions

Section 7.02.

Fees

Section 7.03.

Advances; Realization of Carrying Charge

Section 7.04.

Interest Reserve Account

Section 7.05.

Distributions; Priorities

Section 7.06.

Reserve Fund

Section 7.07.

Establishment of Pre-Funding Account

Section 7.08.

Reacquisition of Contracts for Breach of Representations and Warranties

Section 7.09.

Reassignment of Reacquired Contracts

Section 7.10.

Seller’s Reacquisition Option

ARTICLE EIGHT

EVENTS OF TERMINATION; SERVICE TRANSFER

 

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Section 8.01.

Events of Termination

Section 8.02.

Waiver of Servicer Default

Section 8.03.

Service Transfer

Section 8.04.

Successor Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor Servicer

Section 8.05.

Notification to Securityholders

Section 8.06.

Effect of Transfer

Section 8.07.

Database File

Section 8.08.

Successor Servicer Indemnification

Section 8.09.

Responsibilities of the Successor Servicer

Section 8.10.

Limitation of Liability of Servicer

Section 8.11.

Merger or Consolidation of Servicer

Section 8.12.

Servicer Not to Resign

Section 8.13.

Appointment of Subservicer

ARTICLE NINE

REPORTS

Section 9.01.

Monthly Reports

Section 9.02.

Officer’s Certificate

Section 9.03.

Other Data

Section 9.04.

Annual Report of Accountants

Section 9.05.

Annual Statement of Compliance from Servicer

Section 9.06.

Monthly Reports to Noteholders

ARTICLE TEN

TERMINATION

Section 10.01.

Sale of Trust Assets

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01.

Amendment

Section 11.02.

Protection of Title to Trust

Section 11.03.

Governing Law

Section 11.04.

Notices

Section 11.05.

Severability of Provisions

Section 11.06.

Assignment

Section 11.07.

Third Party Beneficiaries

Section 11.08.

Counterparts

Section 11.09.

Headings

Section 11.10.

No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and Subordination

Section 11.11.

Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

Form of Assignment

Exhibit B

Form of Closing Certificate of Trust Depositor

Exhibit C

Form of Closing Certificate of Seller/Servicer

Exhibit D

Form of Opinion of Counsel for Trust Depositor regarding general corporate matters (including perfection opinion)

Exhibit E

Form of Opinion of Counsel for Trust Depositor regarding the “true sale” nature of the transaction

Exhibit F

Form of Opinion of Counsel for Trust Depositor regarding non-consolidation

Exhibit G

Form of Certificate Regarding Reacquired Contracts

Exhibit H

List of Contracts

Exhibit I

Form of Monthly Report to Noteholders and the Certificateholder

Exhibit J

Seller’s Representations and Warranties

Exhibit K

Lockbox Bank and Lockbox Account

Exhibit L

Form of Contract Stamp

Exhibit M

Form of Subsequent Transfer Agreement

 

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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of May 1, 2003, among Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (together with its successors and assigns, the “Issuer” or the “Trust”), Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (together with its successor and assigns, the “Trust Depositor”), BNY Midwest Trust Company (solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee together with its successors and assigns, the “Indenture Trustee”) and Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (solely in its capacity as Servicer together with its successor and assigns, “Harley-Davidson Credit” or the “Servicer”).

 

WHEREAS the Issuer desires to acquire from the Trust Depositor an initial and subsequent pool of fixed-rate, simple interest motorcycle conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security agreements relating to Harley-Davidson and Buell motorcycles and motorcycles not manufactured by Harley-Davidson or Buell (collectively, the “Contracts”) originated by Harley-Davidson Credit and subsequently sold by Harley-Davidson Credit to the Trust Depositor;

 

WHEREAS the Trust Depositor is willing to transfer and assign the Contracts to the Issuer pursuant to the terms hereof; and

 

WHEREAS the Servicer is willing to service the Contracts pursuant to the terms hereof;

 

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

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

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:

 

“Addition Notice” means, with respect to any transfer of Subsequent Contracts to the Issuer  pursuant to Section 2.03 and the Trust Depositor’s corresponding prior purchase of such Contracts from the Seller, a notice, which shall be given at least 10 days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date, identifying the aggregate Principal Balance of the Subsequent Contracts to be transferred.

 

“Advance” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the amounts, if any, deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.03.

 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person controlling or controlled by, or under common control with, such specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership

 

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of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” or “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Aggregate Principal Balance” will equal the sum of the Principal Balances of each outstanding Contract and the Pre-Funded Amount, if any.  At the time of initial issuance of the Securities, the initial aggregate principal amount of the Securities will equal the initial Pool Balance plus the initial Pre-Funded Amount.

 

“Aggregate Principal Balance Decline” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the amount by which the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the Due Period relating to the Distribution Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date (or as of the Cutoff Date in the case of the first Distribution Date) exceeds the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the Due Period relating to such Distribution Date.

 

“Agreement”  means this Sale and Servicing Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Available Monies” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Available Interest and the Available Principal for such Distribution Date.

 

“Available Interest” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the total (without duplication) of the following amounts received by the Servicer on or in respect of the Contracts during the related Due Period: (i) all amounts received in respect of interest on the Contracts, (ii) the interest component of all Net Liquidation Proceeds, (iii) the interest component of the aggregate of the Reacquisition Prices for Contracts reacquired by the Trust Depositor pursuant to Section 7.08, (iv) all Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03, (v) the interest component of all amounts paid by the Trust Depositor in connection with an optional reacquisition of the Contracts pursuant to Section 7.10, (vi) all amounts received in respect of Carrying Charges transferred from the Interest Reserve Account pursuant to Section 7.03, and (vii) all amounts received in respect of interest, dividends, gains, income and earnings on investment of funds in the Trust Accounts as contemplated in Section 5.05(d).

 

“Available Principal” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the total (without duplication) of the following amounts received by the Servicer on or in respect of the Contracts during the related Due Period: (i) all amounts received in respect of principal on the Contracts, (ii) the principal component of all Net Liquidation Proceeds, (iii) the principal component of the aggregate of the Reacquisition Prices for Contracts reacquired by the Trust Depositor pursuant to Section 7.08, and (iv) the principal component of all amounts paid by the Trust Depositor in connection with an optional reacquisition of the Contracts pursuant to Section 7.10.

 

“Average Delinquency Ratio” means, for any Distribution Date, the arithmetic average of the Delinquency Ratios for such Distribution Date and the two immediately preceding Distribution Dates.

 

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“Average Loss Ratio” means, for any Distribution Date, the arithmetic average of the Loss Ratios for such Distribution Date and the two immediately preceding Distribution Dates.

 

“Base Prospectus” means the Prospectus dated January 28, 2003 relating to the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trusts.

 

“Buell” means Buell Motorcycle Company.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or another day on which banking institutions in the city of Chicago, Illinois, Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive order, or governmental decree to be closed.

 

“Calculation Day” means the last day of each calendar month.

 

“Carrying Charges” means the sum of (i) the product of (x) the weighted average of the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate and the Class B Rate and (y) the undisbursed funds (excluding investment earnings) in the Pre-Funding Account (as of the last day of the related Due Period) and (ii) the Indenture Trustee Fee for the related Distribution Date, minus (iii) the amount of any investment earnings on funds in the Pre-Funding Account which was transferred to the Interest Reserve Account, as well as interest earnings on amounts in the Interest Reserve Account.

 

“Certificate” means the Trust Certificate (as such term is defined in the Trust Agreement), representing 100% of the beneficial equity interest in the Trust and issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

 

“Certificate Register” shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.

 

“Certificateholder” shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.

 

“Class” means all Notes whose form is identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount or owner.

 

“Class A Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the Class A Note Percentage of the Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

Class A Note Percentage” means, (i) for each Distribution Date to but excluding the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, 95.00%; (ii) for the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, such percentage which represents the fraction of the Principal Distributable Amount necessary to reduce the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes to zero; and (iii) for each Distribution Date thereafter, 0%.

 

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“Class A Note Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, as of the close of any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class A Note Principal Distributable Amount with respect to the immediately preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of principal for the Class A Notes that is actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such preceding Distribution Date.

 

“Class A Note Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date and the Class A Note Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the immediately preceding Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Class A Note Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes; and provided, further, that the Class A Note Principal Distributable Amount (i) on the Class A-1 Final Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary (after giving effect to other amounts to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account for payment on the Class A-1 Notes on such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes to zero, and (ii) on the Class A-2 Final Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary (after giving effect to other amounts to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account for payment on the Class A-2 Notes on such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes to zero.

 

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

 

“Class A-1 Final Distribution Date” means the January 2008 Distribution Date.

 

“Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered in the Note Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.

 

“Class A-1 Rate” means 1.34% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).

 

“Class A-2 Final Distribution Date” means the February 2011 Distribution Date.

 

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

 

“Class A-2 Rate” means 2.07% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).

 

“Class B Final Distribution Date” means the February 2011 Distribution Date.

 

“Class B Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered in the Note Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.

 

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“Class B Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the Class B Note Percentage of the Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

Class B Note Percentage” means, (i) for each Distribution Date to but excluding the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, 5.00%; and (ii) for the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, that percentage that equals 100% minus the Class A Note Percentage for such Distribution Date; and (iii) 100% thereafter.

 

“Class B Note Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, as of the close of any Distribution Date, the excess of the Class B Note Principal Distributable Amount with respect to the immediately preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of principal for the Class B Notes that is actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such preceding Distribution Date.

 

“Class B Note Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class B Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date and the Class B Note Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the immediately preceding Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Class B Note Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the outstanding principal amount of the Class B Notes; and provided, further, that the Class B Note Principal Distributable Amount on the Class B Final Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary (after giving effect to other amounts to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account for payment on the Class B Notes on such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class B Notes to zero.

 

“Class B Rate” means 1.89% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).

 

“Clearing Agency” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

“Closing Date” means May 20, 2003.

 

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

 

“Collateral” shall have the meaning specified in the “granting clause” of the Indenture.

 

“Collection Account” means a trust account as described in Section 5.05 maintained in the name of the Indenture Trustee and which shall be an Eligible Account.

 

“Computer Disk” means the computer disk generated by the Servicer which provides information relating to the Contracts and which was used by the Seller in selecting the Contracts sold to the Trust Depositor pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement (and any Subsequent Purchase Agreement) by the Trust Depositor in selecting the Contracts transferred to the Trust

 

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pursuant to this Agreement (and any Subsequent Transfer Agreement), and includes the master file and the history file as well as servicing information with respect to the Contracts.

 

“Contract Assets” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.01 (and 2.03, as applicable in the case of Subsequent Contracts) of the Transfer and Sale Agreement.

 

“Contract File” means, as to each Contract, (a) the original copy of the Contract, including the executed conditional sales contract or promissory note and security agreement or other evidence of the obligation of the Obligor, (b) the original title certificate to the Motorcycle and, where applicable, the certificate of lien recordation, or, if such title certificate has not yet been issued, an application for such title certificate, or other appropriate evidence of a security interest in the covered Motorcycle; (c) the assignments of the Contract; (d) the original copy of any agreement(s) modifying the Contract including, without limitation, any extension agreement(s) and (e) documents evidencing the existence of physical damage insurance covering such Motorcycle.

 

“Contract Rate” means, as to any Contract, the annual rate of interest specified in the Contract.

 

“Contracts”  means the motorcycle conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security agreements described in the List of Contracts and constituting part of the Trust Corpus (as such list may be supplemented from time to time to reflect transfers of Subsequent Contracts), and includes, without limitation, all related security interests and any and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the Initial Cutoff Date or, with respect to any Subsequent Contracts, any related Subsequent Cutoff Date, but excluding any rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto prior to the Initial Cutoff Date, or with respect to any Subsequent Contracts, any related Subsequent Cutoff Date.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at the address set forth in Section 11.04.

 

“Cram Down Loss” means, with respect to a Contract, if a court of appropriate jurisdiction in an insolvency proceeding shall have issued an order reducing the Principal Balance of such Contract, the amount of such reduction (with a “Cram Down Loss”  being deemed to have occurred on the date of issuance of such order).

 

“Cumulative Loss Ratio” means, as of any Distribution Date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) computed by the Servicer by dividing (i) the aggregate Net Liquidation Losses for all Contracts since the related Cutoff Date through the end of the related Due Period by (ii)  the sum of (A) the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date plus (B) the Principal Balance of any Subsequent Contracts as of the related Subsequent Cutoff Date plus (C) the Pre-Funded Amount.

 

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“Cutoff Date” means either or both (as the context may require) the Initial Cutoff Date and any Subsequent Cutoff Date.

 

Defaulted Contract” means a Contract with respect to which there has occurred one or more of the following: (i) all or some portion of any payment under the Contract is 120 days or more delinquent, (ii) repossession (and expiration of any redemption period) of a Motorcycle securing a Contract or (iii) the Servicer has determined in good faith that an Obligor is not likely to resume payment under a Contract.

 

“Delinquency Amount” means, as of any Distribution Date, the Principal Balance of all Contracts that were delinquent 60 days or more as of the end of the related Due Period (including Contracts in respect of which the related Motorcycles have been repossessed and are still inventory).

 

“Delinquent Interest” means, for each Contract and each Determination Date as to which the full payment due in the related Due Period has not been paid before the 30th day after the scheduled payment dated therefor (any such payment being “delinquent” for purposes of this definition), all interest accrued on such Contract from the Due Date in the Due Period one month prior to the Due Period in which the payment is delinquent.

 

“Delinquency Ratio” means, for any Distribution Date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (a) the Delinquency Amount during the immediately preceding Due Period by (b) the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due Period.

 

“Delta Loan” means a loan made by the Seller pursuant to the program designated as the Delta Program.

 

Determination Date” means the fourth Business Day following the conclusion of a Due Period during the term of this Agreement.

 

“Distribution Date” means the fifteenth day of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement, or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, with the first such Distribution Date hereunder being June 16, 2003.

 

“Due Date” means, with respect to any Contract, the day of the month on which each scheduled payment of principal and interest is due on such Contract, exclusive of days of grace.

 

“Due Period” means a calendar month during the term of this Agreement, and the Due Period related to a Determination Date or Distribution Date shall be the calendar month immediately preceding such date; provided, however, that with respect to the Initial Determination Date or Initial Distribution Date, the Due Period shall be the period from the Initial Cutoff Date to and including May 31, 2003.

 

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“Eligible Account” means a segregated direct deposit account maintained with the Indenture Trustee, acting in its fiduciary capacity, or a depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any of the States thereof, or the District of Columbia, having a certificate of deposit, short-term deposit or commercial paper rating of at least A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 by Moody’s.

 

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

 

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

 

(b)           demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term 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) thereof shall have a credit rating from the Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby;

 

(c)           commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from the Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby;

 

(d)           investments in money market funds having a rating from the Rating Agency in the highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for which the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);

 

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

 

(f)            repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed as to timely payment 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).

 

“Event of Termination” means an event specified in Section 8.01.

 

“Excess Amounts” shall mean Available Monies after distributions made in accordance with Section 7.05.

 

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“Final Distribution Date” means the Class A-1 Final Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Distribution Date or the Class B Final Distribution Date, as the case may be.

 

“Funding Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the first to occur of (a) the Distribution Date on which the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account (after giving effect to any transfers therefrom in connection with the transfer of Subsequent Contracts to the Trust on such Distribution Date) is less than $150,000, (b) the date on which an Event of Termination occurs, (c) the date on which an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Trust Depositor and (d) the close of business on the date which is 90 days from and including the Closing Date.

 

“Harley-Davidson Financial” means Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“Holder” means, with respect to a (i) Certificate, the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register and (ii) Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

“Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

 

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

 

“Indenture Trustee Fee” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, one-twelfth of the product of .002% and the sum of (i) the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due Period and (ii) the Pre-Funded Amount as of the beginning of such period; provided, however, in no event shall such fee be less than $200.00 per month.

 

“Independent” when used with respect to any specified Person, means such a Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer, (ii) is not a director, officer or employee of any Affiliate of the Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer, (iii) is not a person related to any officer or director of the Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates, (iv) is not a holder (directly or indirectly) of more than 10% of any voting securities of Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates, and (v) is not connected with the Issuer, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

 

“Initial Class A-1 Note Balance” means $251,000,000.

 

“Initial Class A-2 Note Balance” means $152,750,000.

 

“Initial Class B Note Balance” means $21,250,000.

 

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“Initial Contracts” means those Contracts conveyed to the Trust on the Closing Date.

 

“Initial Cutoff Date” means as of the close of business on May 6, 2003.

 

“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (i) the entry of a decree or order for relief by a court or regulatory authority having jurisdiction in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or any other present or future, federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or other 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 the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; (ii) the commencement of an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereinafter in effect, or another present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law and such case is not dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereinafter in effect, or any other present or future federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of an 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 corporate action by such Person in furtherance of any the foregoing.

 

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the period from and including the fifteenth day of the month of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the fifteenth day of the month of such Distribution Date.

 

“Interest Rate” means the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate or the Class B Rate, as applicable.

 

“Interest Reserve Account” means the account designated as the Interest Reserve Account in, and which is established and maintained pursuant to, Section 7.04 hereof.

 

“Interest Reserve Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the amount on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account on such date, and as of the Closing Date shall be $241,276.36.

 

“Investment Earnings” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the investment earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on amounts on deposit in the Trust Accounts, other than the Pre-Funding Account, to be deposited into the Collection Account on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5.05(b).

 

“Issuer” means the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2.

 

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“Late Payment Penalty Fees” means any late payment fees paid by Obligors on Contracts after all sums received have been allocated first to regular installments due or overdue and all such installments are then paid in full.

 

“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 Contract by operation of law.

 

“Liquidated Contract” means a Contract with respect to which there has occurred one or more of the following: (i) 90 days have elapsed following the date of repossession (and expiration of any redemption period) with respect to the Motorcycle securing such Contract, (ii) the receipt of proceeds by the Servicer from the sale of a repossessed Motorcycle securing a Contract, (iii) the Servicer has determined in good faith that all amounts expected to be recovered have been received with respect to such Contract, or (iv) all or any portion of any payment is delinquent 150 days or more.

 

“List of Contracts” means the list identifying each Contract constituting part of the Trust Corpus, which list shall consist of the initial List of Contracts reflecting the Initial Contracts transferred to the Trust on the Closing Date, together with any Subsequent List of Contracts reflecting the Subsequent Contracts transferred to the Trust on the related Subsequent Transfer Date, and which list (a) identifies each Contract and (b) sets forth as to each Contract (i) the Principal Balance as of the applicable Cutoff Date, (ii) the amount of monthly payments due from the Obligor, (iii) the Contract Rate and (iv) the maturity date, and which list (as in effect on the Closing Date) is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit H.

 

“Lockbox” means the Lockbox maintained by the Lockbox Bank identified on Exhibit K hereto.

 

“Lockbox Account” means the account maintained with the Lockbox Bank and identified on Exhibit K hereto.

 

“Lockbox Agreement” means the Fifth Amended and Restated Lockbox Administration Agreement dated as of November 1, 2000 by and among the Lockbox Bank, Servicer, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., The Bank of New York (successor-in-interest to the corporate trust business of Harris Trust and Savings Bank), BNY Midwest Trust Company and Bank One, National Association, with respect to the Lockbox Account, unless such agreement shall be terminated in accordance with its terms, in which event “Lockbox Agreement” shall mean such other agreement, in form and substance acceptable to the above-described parties.

 

“Lockbox Bank” means the financial institution maintaining the Lockbox Account and identified on Exhibit K hereto or any successor thereto.

 

“Loss Ratio” means, for any Distribution Date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) derived by dividing (x) Net Liquidation Losses for all Contracts that became Liquidated

 

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Contracts during the immediately preceding Due Period multiplied by twelve by (y) the outstanding Principal Balances of all Contracts as of the beginning of the Due Period.

 

“Mandatory Redemption” means the prepayment, in part, made to the Noteholders without premium made on the Distribution Date on or immediately following the last day of the Funding Period in the event that any amount remains on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account after giving effect to the acquisition of all Subsequent Contracts, including any such acquisition on such date.

 

“Mandatory Redemption Subaccount” means the subaccount of the Note Distribution Account into which deposits from the Pre-Funding Account for any Mandatory Redemption are made.

 

“Modified Required Holders” means (i) prior to the payment in full of the Class A Notes outstanding, Class A-1 Noteholders and/or Class A-2 Noteholders evidencing at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes and (ii) from and after the payment in full of the Class A Notes outstanding, Class B Noteholders evidencing at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes.

 

“Monthly Report” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.06.

 

“Monthly Servicing Fee” means, as to any Distribution Date, one-twelfth of the product of 1% and the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date of June 16, 2003, as of the Initial Cutoff Date.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.

 

“Motorcycle” means a motorcycle manufactured by Harley-Davidson, Inc. (or in certain limited instances Buell or certain other manufacturers) securing a Contract.

 

“Net Liquidation Losses” means, as of any Distribution Date, with respect to all Liquidated Contracts on an aggregate basis, the amount, if any, by which (a) the outstanding Principal Balance of all Liquidated Contracts plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Contract Rate to the date on which such Liquidated Contracts became Liquidated Contracts exceeds (b) the Net Liquidation Proceeds for such Liquidated Contracts.

 

“Net Liquidation Proceeds” means, as to any Liquidated Contract, the proceeds realized on the sale or other disposition of the related Motorcycle, including proceeds realized on the repurchase of such Motorcycle by the originating dealer for breach of warranties, and the proceeds of any insurance relating to such Motorcycle, after payment of all reasonable expenses incurred thereby, together, in all instances, with the expected or actual proceeds of any recourse rights relating to such Contract as well as any post-disposition proceeds or other amounts in respect of a Liquidated Contract received by the Servicer.

 

“Note Depository Agreement” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

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“Note Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Note Principal Distributable Amount and the Note Interest Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

“Note Distribution Account” means the account established and maintained as such pursuant to Section 5.05.

 

“Note Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the sum of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for such Class for the immediately preceding Distribution Date plus any outstanding Note Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in respect of interest that is actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account with respect to such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, plus, interest on such excess to the extent permitted by applicable law, at the related Interest Rate for the related Interest Period.

 

“Note Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the sum of the Note Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and the Note Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class of Notes with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

“Note Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Notes, interest accrued from and including the fifteenth day of the month of the preceding calendar month to, but excluding, the fifteenth day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, interest accrued from and including the Closing Date to but excluding such Distribution Date) at the related Interest Rate for such Class of Notes on the outstanding principal amount of the Notes of such Class on the immediately preceding Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Noteholders of such Class on or prior to such preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the original principal amount of such Class of Notes).

 

“Note Pool Factor” means with the respect to any Class of Notes as of the close of business on any Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Class of Notes (after giving effect to any reductions thereof to be made on such Distribution Date) divided by the original outstanding principal amount of such Class of Notes.

 

“Note Principal Carryover Shortfall” means the Class A Note Principal Carryover Shortfall and the Class B Note Principal Carryover Shortfall.

 

“Note Principal Distributable Amount” means the Class A Note Principal Distributable Amount and the Class B Note Principal Distributable Amount.

 

“Note Register” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes, in each case as executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture.

 

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“Obligee” means the Person to whom an Obligor is indebted under a Contract.

 

“Obligor” means a Motorcycle buyer or other person who owes payments under a Contract.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of any Person delivering such certificate and delivered to the Person to whom such certificate is required to be delivered, including any certificate delivered under any of the Transaction Documents required to be executed by a Servicing Officer.  In the case of an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer, at least one of the signing officers must be a Servicing Officer.  Unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officers’ Certificate of the Servicer.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Trust Depositor or the Servicer) acceptable to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be.

 

“Owner Trustee” means the Person acting, not in its individual capacity, but solely  as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.

 

“Paying Agent” means as described in Section 1.01 of  the Indenture and Section 3.10 of the Trust Agreement.

 

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

 

“Pool Balance” means as of any date, the Principal Balance of Contracts as of the close of business on such date.

 

“Pre-Funded Amount” means as of any date, the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account at the close of business on such date.

 

“Pre-Funding Account” means the account designated as the Pre-Funding Account in, and which is established and maintained pursuant to Section 7.07.

 

“Principal Balance” means (a) with respect to any Contract as of any date, an amount equal to the unpaid principal balance of such Contract as of the close of business on the Initial Cutoff Date or related Subsequent Cutoff Date, as applicable, reduced by the sum of (x) all payments received by the Servicer as of such date allocable to principal and (y) any Cram Down Loss in respect of such Contract; provided, however, that (i) if (x) a Contract is reacquired by the Seller pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement and Section 7.08 hereof

 

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because of a breach of representation or warranty, or if (y) the Seller gives notice of its intent to reacquire the Contracts in connection with an optional termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement and Section 7.10 hereof, in each case the Principal Balance of such Contract or Contracts shall be deemed as of the related Determination Date to be zero for the Due Period in which such event occurs and for each Due Period thereafter and (ii) from and after the Due Period in which a Contract becomes a Liquidated Contract, the Principal Balance of such Contract shall be deemed to be zero; and (b) where the context requires, the aggregate of the Principal Balances described in clause (a) for all such Contracts.

 

“Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the Aggregate Principal Balance Decline for such Distribution Date.

 

“Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus together with the Supplement.

 

“Qualified Eligible Investments” means Eligible Investments acquired by the Indenture Trustee in its name and in its capacity as Indenture Trustee, which are held by the Indenture Trustee in the Pre-Funding Account, the Interest Reserve Account or the Reserve Fund and with respect to which (a) the Indenture Trustee has noted its interest therein on its books and records, and (b) the Indenture Trustee has purchased such investments for value without notice of any adverse claim thereto (and, if such investments are securities or other financial assets or interests therein, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC as enacted in Illinois, without acting in collusion with a securities intermediary in violating such securities intermediary’s obligations to entitlement holders in such assets, under Section 8-504 of such UCC, to maintain a sufficient quantity of such assets in favor of such entitlement holders), and (c) either (i) such investments are in the possession, or are under the control, of the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) such investments, (A) if certificated securities and in bearer form, have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee, or in registered form, have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee and either registered by the issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee or endorsed by effective endorsement to the Indenture Trustee or in blank; (B) if uncertificated securities, the ownership of which has been registered to the Indenture Trustee on the books of the issuer thereof (or another person, other than a securities intermediary, either becomes the registered owner of the uncertified security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or, having previously become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture Trustee); or (C) if securities entitlements (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC as enacted in Illinois) representing interests in securities or other financial assets (or interests therein) held by a securities intermediary (within the meaning of said Section 8-102), a securities intermediary indicates by book entry that a security or other financial asset has been credited to the Indenture Trustee’s securities account with such securities intermediary.  Any such Qualified Eligible Investment may be purchased by or through the Indenture Trustee or any of its affiliates.

 

“Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, so long as such Persons maintain a rating on the Notes; and if either Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s no longer maintains a rating on the Notes, such other nationally recognized statistical rating organization selected by the Trust Depositor.

 

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Reacquisition Price” means, with respect to a Contract to be reacquired hereunder as of the last day of any Due Period an amount equal to (a) the Principal Balance of such Contract as of such day, plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest at the Contract Rate on such Contract through the end of such Due Period.

 

“Record Date” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the day immediately preceding such date.

 

Reimbursement Amount” has the meaning assigned in Section 7.03 hereof.

 

“Required Holders” means (i) prior to the payment in full of the Class A Notes outstanding, Class A-1 Noteholders and Class A-2 Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes and (ii) from and after the payment in full of the Class A Notes outstanding, Class B Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes.

 

“Reserve Fund” means the Reserve Fund established and maintained pursuant to Section 7.06 hereof.

 

“Reserve Fund Initial Deposit” means $3,091,240.03.

 

“Reserve Fund Deposits” means all moneys deposited in the Reserve Fund from time to time including, but not limited to, the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit as well as any monies deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.05(a), all investments and reinvestments thereof, earnings thereon, and proceeds of the foregoing, whether now or hereafter existing.

 

“Reserve Fund Trigger Event” means the occurrence with respect to any Distribution Date (i) the Average Delinquency Ratio for such Distribution Date is equal to or greater than (a) 2.50% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (b) 3.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the first anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second anniversary of the Closing Date, or (c) 3.50% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the second anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the third anniversary of the Closing Date or (d) 4.00% with respect to any Distribution Date occurring after the third anniversary of the Closing Date; (ii) the Average Loss Ratio for such Distribution Date is equal to or greater than (a) 3.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second anniversary of the Closing Date or (b) 2.75% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs following the second anniversary of the Closing Date;  or (iii) the Cumulative Loss Ratio for such Distribution Date is equal to or greater than (a) 1.25% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (b) 2.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the first anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (c) 2.50% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the second

 

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anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the third anniversary of the Closing Date, or (d) 2.75% with respect to any Distribution Date occurring after the third anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

A Reserve Fund Trigger Event shall be deemed to have terminated with respect to a Distribution Date if no Reserve Fund Trigger Event shall exist with respect to three consecutive Distribution Dates (inclusive of the respective Distribution Date).

 

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in its Corporate Trust Administration Department (or any similar group of a successor Owner Trustee) and with respect to the Indenture Trustee, the chairman and any vice chairman of the board of directors, the president, the chairman and vice chairman of any executive committee of the board of directors, every vice president, assistant vice president, the secretary, every assistant secretary, cashier or any assistant cashier, controller or assistant controller, the treasurer, every assistant treasurer, every trust officer, assistant trust officer and every other authorized officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom a corporate trust matter is referred because of knowledge of, familiarity with, and authority to act with respect to a particular matter.

 

“Securities” means the Notes, or any of them.

 

“Securityholders” means the Holders of the Notes.

 

“Seller” means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada corporation, or its successor, in its capacity as Seller of Contract Assets under the Transfer and Sale Agreement and any Subsequent Purchase Agreement.

 

“Servicer” means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada corporation, or its successor, until any Service Transfer hereunder and thereafter means the Successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Article VIII below with respect to the duties and obligations required of the Servicer under this Agreement.

 

“Service Transfer” has the meaning assigned in Section 8.03(a).

 

“Servicing Fee” means, on any Determination Date, the sum of (a) the Monthly Servicing Fee payable on the related Distribution Date, (b) Late Payment Penalty Fees received by the Servicer during the related Due Period, and (c) extension fees received by the Servicer during the related Due Period.

 

“Servicing Officer” means any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of Contracts whose name appears on a list of servicing officers appearing in an Officer’s Certificate furnished to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

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“Shortfall” means, with respect to a Distribution Date, the excess (if any), of the sum of the amounts payable pursuant to clauses (v) through (viii) of Section 7.05 over Available Monies for such Distribution Date minus the amounts payable pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 7.05 on such Distribution Date.

 

“Solvent” means, as to any Person at any time, that (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital.

 

“Specified Reserve Fund Balance” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the greater of:

 

(a)           2.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts in the Trust as of the last day of the related Due Period; provided, however, in the event a Reserve Fund Trigger Event occurs and is continuing for three consecutive Distribution Dates (inclusive of the respective Distribution Date), the Specified Reserve Fund Balance shall be equal to 6.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts in the Trust as of the last day of the immediately preceding Due Period; and

 

(b)           1.00% of the aggregate of the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, Initial Class A-2 Note Balance and Initial Class B Note Balance;

 

provided, however, in no event shall the Specified Reserve Fund Balance be greater than the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Securities.  As of any Distribution Date, the amount of funds actually on deposit in the Reserve Fund may, in certain circumstances, be less than the Specified Reserve Fund Balance

 

“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or any successor thereto.

 

“Subsequent Contracts” means all Contracts transferred to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.03.

 

“Subsequent Cutoff Date” means the date specified as such for Subsequent Contracts in the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement.

 

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“Subsequent List of Contracts” means a list, in the form of the initial List of Contracts delivered on the Closing Date, but listing each Subsequent Contract transferred to the Trust pursuant to the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement.

 

“Subsequent Purchase Agreement” means, with respect to any Subsequent Contracts, the agreement between the Seller and the Trust Depositor pursuant to which the Seller will transfer the Subsequent Contracts to the Trust Depositor, the form of which is attached to the Transfer and Sale Agreement as Exhibit C.

 

“Subsequent Reserve Fund Amount” means the amount on each Subsequent Transfer Date equal to 1.00% of the aggregate balance of the Subsequent Contracts conveyed to the Trust.

 

“Subsequent Transfer Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 2.03(b) hereof.

 

“Subsequent Transfer Date” means any date during the Funding Period on which Subsequent Contracts are transferred to the Trust.

 

“Successor Servicer” means a servicer described in Section 8.03(b).

 

“Supplement” means the Prospectus Supplement dated May 13, 2003.

 

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, any Subsequent Transfer Agreement and any Subsequent Purchase Agreement.

 

“Transfer and Sale Agreement” means the Transfer and Sale Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between the Seller and the Trust Depositor, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Trust” means the trust created by the Trust Agreement, comprised of the Trust Corpus.

 

“Trust Accounts” means, collectively, the Collection Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Fund, or any of them.

 

“Trust Account Property” means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, physical property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), including the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit, and all proceeds of the foregoing.

 

“Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2003, between the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

 

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“Trust Corpus” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a) hereof (and in Section 2.03(a) hereof in respect of Subsequent Contracts and related assets transferred to the Trust pursuant to Subsequent Transfer Agreements).

 

“Trust Depositor” has the meaning assigned such term in the preamble hereunder or any successor thereto.

 

“Trust Estate” shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.

 

“Trustees” means the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.

 

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof and from time to time in the State of Illinois, provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority of the security interests in any collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any other jurisdiction, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority or availability of such remedy.

 

“Uncollectible Advance” means with respect to any Determination Date and any Contract, the amount, if any, advanced by the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03  which the Servicer has as of such Determination Date determined in good faith will not be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from insurance policies on the related Motorcycle, the related Obligor or out of Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Contract.  The determination by the Servicer that it has made an Uncollectible Advance, or, that any Advance proposed to be made would be an Uncollectible Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustees.

 

“Underwriters” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

 

“United States” means the United States of America.

 

“Vice President” of any Person means any vice president of such Person, whether or not designated by a number or words before or after the title “Vice President” who is a duly elected officer of such Person.

 

“WTC” means Wilmington Trust Company, in its individual capacity.

 

Section 1.02.        Usage of Terms.  With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered

 

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into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; and the term “including” means “including without limitation.”

 

Section 1.03.        Section References.  All section references, unless otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.

 

Section 1.04.        Calculations.  Except as otherwise provided herein, all interest rate and basis point calculations hereunder will be made on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and will be carried out to at least three decimal places.

 

Section 1.05.        Accounting Terms.  All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS

 

Section 2.01.        Closing.  (a)  On the Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust by execution of an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, without recourse other than as expressly provided herein, (i) all the right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Initial Contracts listed on the initial List of Contracts delivered on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the Initial Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to the Initial Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (and rights under a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under any related motorcycle dealer agreements between dealers (i.e., the originators of such Contracts) and the Seller, (vi) all rights of the Trust Depositor in the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account and the related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to such Contracts, (vii) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under the Transfer and Sale Agreement, including but not limited to the Trust Depositor’s rights under Article V thereof, (viii) the remittances, deposits and payments made into the Trust Accounts from time to time and amounts in the Trust Accounts from time to time (and any investments of such amounts), (ix) all rights of the Trust Depositor to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Contracts and (x) all proceeds and products of the foregoing (the property in clauses (i)-(x) above, being the “Trust Corpus”).  Although the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee agree

 

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that such transfer is intended to be a transfer of ownership of the Trust Corpus, rather than the granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing, and that the Trust Corpus shall not be property of the Trust Depositor, in the event such transfer is deemed to be of a mere security interest to secure a borrowing, the Trust Depositor shall be deemed to have granted the Trust a perfected first priority security interest in such Trust Corpus and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.

 

Section 2.02.        Conditions to the Closing.  On or before the Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following documents to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:

 

(a)           The initial List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President of the Trust Depositor, together with an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

(b)           A certificate of an officer of the Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Transfer and Sale Agreement and of an officer of the Trust Depositor substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

 

(c)           Opinions of counsel for the Seller and the Trust Depositor substantially in the form of Exhibits D, E and F hereto (and including as an addressee thereof each Rating Agency).

 

(d)           A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to the Seller and the Underwriters and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample of the Initial Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and which identifies those Initial Contracts which do not conform.

 

(e)           Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the Seller/Servicer and the Trust Depositor or of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of each of the Seller/Servicer and the Trust Depositor approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which any of them is a party, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, certified in each case by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Seller/Servicer and the Trust Depositor.

 

(f)            Officially certified, recent evidence of due incorporation and good standing of each of the Seller and the Trust Depositor under the laws of Nevada.

 

(g)           Evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Nevada of a UCC financing statement naming the Seller, as debtor, naming the Trust Depositor as assignor secured party (and the Trust as secured party) and identifying the Contract Assets as collateral; and evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Nevada of a UCC financing statement naming the Trust Depositor, as debtor, naming the Trust as assignor

 

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secured party (and the Indenture Trustee as secured party) and identifying the Trust Corpus as collateral; and evidence of proper filing with the appropriate office in Delaware of a UCC financing statement naming the Trust, as debtor, and naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and identifying the Collateral as collateral.

 

(h)           An Officer’s Certificate listing the Servicer’s Servicing Officers.

 

(i)            Evidence of deposit in the Collection Account of all funds received with respect to the Initial Contracts on or after the Initial Cutoff Date to the Closing Date, together with an Officer’s Certificate from the Trust Depositor to the effect that such amount is correct.

 

(j)            The Officer’s Certificate of the Seller specified in Section 2.02(h) of the Transfer and Sale Agreement.

 

(k)           Evidence of deposit in the Reserve Fund of the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit by the Owner Trustee.

 

(l)            A fully executed Transfer and Sale Agreement.

 

(m)          A fully executed Trust Agreement.

 

(n)           A fully executed Administration Agreement.

 

(o)           A fully executed Indenture.

 

Section 2.03.        Conveyance of Subsequent Contracts.  (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below, the Trust Depositor, shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust, without recourse other than as expressly provided herein and therein, (i) all the right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Subsequent Contracts listed on the Subsequent List of Contracts (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to such Subsequent Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (including a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Subsequent Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Subsequent Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under any related motorcycle dealer agreements between dealers (i.e., the originators of such Subsequent Contracts) and the Seller, (vi) all rights of the Trust Depositor in the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account and the related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to such Subsequent Contracts, (vii) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under the Transfer and Sale Agreement related to such Subsequent Contracts (to the extent not already conveyed under Section 2.01(a)), including but not limited to the Trust Depositor’s related rights under Article V thereof, as well as all rights,

 

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but not the obligations, of the Trust Depositor under the Subsequent Purchase Agreement related to such Subsequent Contracts, (viii) the remittances, deposits and payments made into the Trust Accounts from time to time and amounts in the Trust Accounts from time to time related to such Subsequent Contracts (to the extent not already conveyed under Section 2.01(a)) (and any investments of such amounts), (ix) all rights of the Trust Depositor to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Subsequent Contracts and (x) all proceeds and products of the foregoing (the property in clauses (i)-(x) above, upon such transfer, becoming part of the “Trust Corpus”).  Although the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee agree that such transfer is intended to be a transfer of ownership, rather than the granting of a security interest to secure a borrowing, and that the Trust Corpus following such transfer shall not be property of the Trust Depositor, in the event such transfer is deemed to be of a mere security interest to secure a borrowing, the Trust Depositor shall be deemed to have granted the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Trust a perfected first priority security interest in such Trust Corpus and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.

 

(b)           The Trust Depositor shall transfer to the Trust the Subsequent Contracts and the other property and rights related thereto described in paragraph (a) above only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:

 

(i)            The Trust Depositor shall have provided the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Underwriters and the Rating Agencies with a timely Addition Notice and shall have provided any information reasonably requested by any of the foregoing with respect to the Subsequent Contracts;

 

(ii)           the Funding Period shall not have terminated;

 

(iii)          the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee a duly executed written assignment (including an acceptance by the Owner Trustee) in substantially the form of Exhibit M hereto (the “Subsequent Transfer Agreement”), which shall include a Subsequent List of Contracts listing the Subsequent Contracts;

 

(iv)          the Trust Depositor shall have deposited or caused to be deposited in the Collection Account all collections received with respect to the Subsequent Contracts on or after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date;

 

(v)           as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, neither the Seller nor the Trust Depositor was insolvent nor will either of them have been made insolvent by such transfer nor is either of them aware of any pending insolvency;

 

(vi)          the applicable Subsequent Reserve Fund Amount for such Subsequent Transfer Date shall have been deposited by the Indenture Trustee from the Pre-Funding Account to the Reserve Fund;

 

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(vii)         each Rating Agency shall have notified the Trust Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that following such transfer the Class A-1 Notes and Class A-2 Notes will be rated in the highest rating category by such Rating Agency and the Class B Notes will be rated at least its rating as of the Closing Date by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s;

 

(viii)        such addition will not result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Trust or the Certificateholder as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to be delivered by the Trust Depositor to the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Underwriters;

 

(ix)           the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each condition precedent specified in this paragraph (b);

 

(x)            the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies and the Underwriters one or more opinions of counsel with respect to the transfer of the Subsequent Contracts substantially in the form of the opinions of counsel delivered to such Persons on the Closing Date;

 

(xi)           no selection procedures believed by the Trust Depositor to be adverse to the interests of the Noteholders shall have been utilized in selecting the Subsequent Contracts;

 

(xii)          the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies evidence that (A) the weighted average annual percentage rate of the Contracts collectively, following the transfer of the Subsequent Contracts, is not less than 10.30% and (B) that the weighted average calculated remaining term to maturity of the Contracts collectively, following the transfer of the Subsequent Contracts, does not exceed 76 months;

 

(xiii)         the Trust Depositor shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies, a report with respect to certain agreed-upon procedures relating to the Subsequent Contracts being transferred, confirming that procedures were performed substantially similar to such procedures as were performed in connection with the transfer of the Initial Contracts;

 

(xiv)        each of the representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement with respect to the Subsequent Contracts shall be true and correct as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date, and the Seller shall have performed all obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or prior to such Subsequent Transfer Date;

 

(xv)         the Seller shall, at its own expense, on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date indicate in its Computer Disk that the Subsequent Contracts identified on the Subsequent List of Contracts in the Subsequent Transfer Agreement have been

 

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transferred to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and the Transfer and Sale Agreement; and

 

(xvi)        the Seller shall have taken any action required to maintain the first perfected ownership interest of the Issuer in the Trust Estate and the first perfected security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral.

 

(c)           The Trust Depositor covenants to transfer (at or prior to the end of the Funding Period) to the Trust pursuant thereto Subsequent Contracts with an aggregate Principal Balance equal to $115,875,997.20; provided, however, that in complying with such covenant, the Trust Depositor agrees to make no more than one separate transfer of Subsequent Contracts per monthly period (as measured by the corresponding Distribution Dates).  In the event that the Trust Depositor shall fail to deliver and transfer to the Trust any or all of such Subsequent Receivables by the date on which the Funding Period ends and the Pre-Funded Amount is greater than $150,000 on such date, the Trust Depositor shall cause to be deposited into the Collection Account the amount then on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account; provided, however, that the foregoing shall be the sole remedy of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders with respect to a failure of the Trust Depositor to comply with such covenant.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Seller under the Transfer and Sale Agreement has made, and upon execution of each Subsequent Purchase Agreement is deemed to remake, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit J hereto and has consented to the assignment by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer of the Trust Depositor’s rights with respect thereto.  Such representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of the Subsequent Contracts, but shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Contracts to the Trust.  Pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the Trust Depositor has assigned, transferred and conveyed to the Issuer as part of the Trust Corpus its rights under the Transfer and Sale Agreement, including without limitation, the representations and warranties of the Seller therein as set forth in Exhibit J attached hereto, together with all rights of the Trust Depositor with respect to any breach thereof including any right to require the Seller to reacquire any Contract in accordance with the Transfer and Sale Agreement.  It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth or referred to in this Section shall survive delivery of the Contract Files to the Owner Trustee or any custodian.

 

The Trust Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee that it has entered into the Transfer and Sale Agreement with the Seller, that the Seller has made the representations and warranties in the Transfer and Sale Agreement as set forth in Exhibit J hereto, that such representations and warranties run to and are for the benefit of the

 

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Trust Depositor, and that pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement the Trust Depositor has transferred and assigned to the Trust all rights of the Trust Depositor to cause the Seller under the Transfer and Sale Agreement to reacquire Contracts in the event of a breach of such representations and warranties.

 

Section 3.01.        Representations and Warranties Regarding the Trust Depositor.  By its execution of this Agreement and each Subsequent Transfer Agreement, the Trust Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders that:

 

(a)           Assumption of Seller’s Representations and Warranties.     The representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit J are true and correct.

 

(b)           Organization and Good Standing.  The Trust Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged.  The Trust Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Trust Depositor or the Trust.

 

(c)           Authorization; Valid Sale; Binding Obligations.  The Trust Depositor has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and to create the Trust and cause it to make, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to cause the Trust to be created.  This Agreement and the related Subsequent Transfer Agreement, if any, shall effect a valid transfer and assignment of the Trust Corpus, enforceable against the Trust Depositor and creditors of and purchasers from the Trust Depositor.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Trust Depositor is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust Depositor enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(d)           No Consent Required.  The Trust Depositor is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

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(e)           No Violations.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Trust Depositor, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body or administrative agency having jurisdiction over the Trust Depositor or any of its properties or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Trust Depositor, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Trust Depositor is a party or by which the Trust Depositor or any of the Trust Depositor’s properties may be bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, preference, equity or encumbrance of any kind upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement, other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(f)            Litigation.  No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of the Trust Depositor threatened, against the Trust Depositor or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the Notes (1) which, if adversely determined, would in the opinion of the Trust Depositor have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Trust Depositor or the Trust or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which the Trust Depositor is a party or (2) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Certificate or Notes.

 

(g)           State of Incorporation; Name; No Changes.  The Trust Depositor’s state of incorporation is the State of Nevada.  The Trust Depositor’s exact legal name is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.  The Trust Depositor has not changed its name, whether by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, by reorganization or otherwise, and has not changed the location of its place of business, within the four months preceding the Closing Date.

 

(h)           Solvency.  The Trust Depositor, after giving effect to the conveyances made by it hereunder, is Solvent.

 

Such representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of the Subsequent Contracts, but shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Contracts to the Trust.

 

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Section 3.02.        Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer.  The Servicer represents and warrants to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders that:

 

(a)           Organization and Good Standing.  The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged.  The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Servicer or the Trust.  The Servicer is properly licensed in each jurisdiction to the extent required by the laws of such jurisdiction to service the Contracts in accordance with the terms hereof other than such licenses the failure to obtain would not have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Servicer or on the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder..

 

(b)           Authorization; Binding Obligations.  The Servicer has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c)           No Consent Required.  The Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party.

 

(d)           No Violations.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party by the Servicer will not violate any provisions of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body or administrative agency having jurisdiction over the Servicer or any of its properties or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Servicer is a party or by which the Servicer or any of the Servicer’s properties may be bound, or result in the creation of or imposition of any security interest, lien, pledge, preference, equity or encumbrance of any

 

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kind upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement, other than this Agreement.

 

(e)           Litigation.  No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement, any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party which, if adversely determined, would in the opinion of the Servicer have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Servicer or the Trust or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

 

Section 4.01.        Custody of Contracts.  (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4.01, the contents of each Contract File shall be held in the custody of the Servicer for the benefit of, and as agent for, the Trust as the owner thereof.

 

(b)           The Servicer agrees to maintain the related Contract Files at its offices where they are currently maintained, or at such other offices of the Servicer in the State of Nevada as shall from time to time be identified to the Trustees  by written notice.  The Servicer may temporarily move individual Contract Files or any portion thereof without notice as necessary to conduct collection and other servicing activities in accordance with its customary practices and procedures; provided, however, that the Servicer will take all action necessary to maintain the perfection of the Trust’s interest in the Contracts and the proceeds thereof.  It is intended that by the Servicer’s agreement pursuant to Section 4.01(a) above and this Section 4.01(b) the Trustees  shall be deemed to have possession of the Contract Files for purposes of Section 9-313 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State in which the Contract Files are located.

 

(c)           As custodian, the Servicer shall have the following powers and perform the following duties:

 

(i)            hold the Contract Files on behalf of the Trust, maintain accurate records pertaining to each Contract to enable it to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, maintain a current inventory thereof and certify to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee  annually that it continues to maintain possession of such Contract Files;

 

(ii)           implement policies and procedures in writing and signed by a Servicing Officer with respect to persons authorized to have access to the Contract Files on the Servicer’s premises and the receipting for Contract Files taken from their storage area by an employee of the Servicer for purposes of servicing or any other purposes;

 

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(iii)          attend to all details in connection with maintaining custody of the Contract Files on behalf of the Trust;

 

(iv)          at all times maintain the original of the fully executed Contract and store such original Contract in a fireproof vault;

 

(v)           stamp each Contract on both the first and the signature page (if different) as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date (or Subsequent Transfer Date, as the case may be), and in any event within 60 days thereof, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L; and

 

(vi)          as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date (or Subsequent Transfer Date, as the case may be), and in any event within 60 days thereof, deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee certifying that as of a date no earlier than the Closing Date (or Subsequent Transfer Date, as the case may be) it has conducted an inventory of the Contract Files (which in the case of Subsequent Contracts, need be only of the Contract Files related to such Subsequent Contracts) and that there exists a Contract File for each Contract and stating all exceptions to such statement, if any.

 

(d)                                 In performing its duties under this Section 4.01, the Servicer agrees to act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and care that it exercises with respect to similar contracts for the installment purchase of consumer goods owned and/or serviced by it, and in any event with no less degree of skill and care than would be exercised by a prudent servicer of motorcycle conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security agreements.  The Servicer shall promptly report to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee any failure by it to hold the Contract Files as herein provided and shall promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure.  In acting as custodian of the Contract Files, the Servicer further agrees not to assert any legal or beneficial ownership interest in the Contracts or the Contract Files, except as provided in Section 5.06.  The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Noteholders, the Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments, costs, or expenses of any kind whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Noteholders, the Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as the result of any act or omission by the Servicer relating to the maintenance and custody of the Contract Files; provided, however, that the Servicer will not be liable for any portion of any such amount resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Noteholder, Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.  The Trustees shall have no duty to monitor or otherwise oversee the Servicer’s performance as custodian hereunder.

 

Section 4.02.        Filing.  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer shall cause the UCC financing statement(s) referred to in Section 2.02(g) hereof to be filed and from time to time the Servicer shall take and cause to be taken such actions and execute such documents as are necessary or desirable or as the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee may reasonably request

 

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to perfect and protect the Trust’s first priority perfected interest in the Trust Corpus against all other persons, including, without limitation, the filing of financing statements, amendments thereto and continuation statements, the execution of transfer instruments and the making of notations on or taking possession of all records or documents of title.

 

Section 4.03.        Name Change or Relocation.  (a) During the term of this Agreement, neither the Seller nor the Trust Depositor shall change its name, identity or structure or change its state of incorporation without first giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(b)           If any change in either the Seller’s or the Trust Depositor’s name, identity or structure or other action would make any financing or continuation statement or notice of lien filed under this Agreement seriously misleading within the meaning of applicable provisions of the UCC or any title statute, the Servicer, no later than five days after the effective date of such change, shall file such amendments as may be required to preserve and protect the Trust’s interests in the Trust Corpus and the proceeds thereof.  In addition, neither the Seller nor the Trust Depositor shall change its state of incorporation unless it has first taken such action as is advisable or necessary to preserve and protect the Trust’s interest in the Trust Corpus.  Promptly after taking any of the foregoing actions, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements or amendments necessary to preserve and protect the interests of the Trust in the Trust Corpus and the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral have been filed, and reciting the details of such filing.

 

Section 4.04.        Costs and Expenses.  The Servicer agrees to pay all reasonable costs and disbursements in connection with the perfection and the maintenance of perfection, as against all third parties, of the Trust’s right, title and interest in and to the Contracts (including, without limitation, the security interest in the Motorcycles granted thereby).

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

SERVICING OF CONTRACTS

 

Section 5.01.        Responsibility for Contract Administration.  The Servicer will have the sole obligation to manage, administer, service and make collections on the Contracts and perform or cause to be performed all contractual and customary undertakings of the holder of the Contracts to the Obligor.  The Owner Trustee, at the written request of a Servicing Officer, shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney or other documents necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Owner Trustee to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.  The Servicer is hereby appointed the servicer hereunder until such time as any Service Transfer may be effected under Article VIII.

 

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skill and care consistent with the skill and care that the Servicer exercises with respect to similar contracts serviced by the Servicer, and, in any event no less degree of skill and care than would be exercised by a prudent servicer of motorcycle conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security agreements; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not release or waive the right to collect the unpaid balance of any Contract except that with respect to a Contract that has become a Defaulted Contract, the Servicer, consistent with its collection policies, may release or waive the right to collect the unpaid balance of such Defaulted Contract in an effort to maximize collections thereon.

 

Section 5.03.        Records.  The Servicer shall, during the period it is servicer hereunder, maintain such books of account and other records as will enable the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to determine the status of each Contract.

 

Section 5.04.        Inspection.  (a) At all times during the term hereof, the Servicer shall afford the Owner Trustee and  the Indenture Trustee and their respective authorized agents reasonable access during normal business hours to the Servicer’s records relating to the Contracts and will cause its personnel to assist in any examination of such records by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or such authorized agents and allow copies of the same to be made.  The examination referred to in this Section will be conducted in a manner which does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer’s normal operations or customer or employee relations.  Without otherwise limiting the scope of the examination the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may, using generally accepted audit procedures, verify the status of each Contract and review the Computer Disk and records relating thereto for conformity to Monthly Reports prepared pursuant to Article IX and compliance with the standards represented to exist as to each Contract in this Agreement.

 

(b)           At all times during the term hereof, the Servicer shall keep available a copy of the List of Contracts at its principal executive office for inspection by the Trustees.

 

Section 5.05.        Trust Accounts.  (a) On or before the Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall establish the Collection Account, Note Distribution Account, Pre-Funding Account and Reserve Fund, each with and in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders.  The Indenture Trustee is hereby required to ensure that each of the Trust Accounts is established and maintained as an Eligible Account.

 

(b)           The Indenture Trustee shall deposit (or the Servicer shall deposit, with respect to payments by or on behalf of the Obligors received directly by the Servicer), without deposit into any intervening account, into the Collection Account as promptly as practical (but in any case not later than the second Business Day following the receipt thereof):

 

(i)            With respect to principal and interest on the Contracts received on or after the Initial Cutoff Date or Subsequent Cutoff Date, as applicable (which for the purpose of this paragraph (b)(i) shall include those monies in the Lockbox Account allocable to

 

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principal and interest on the Contracts), all such amounts received by the Owner Trustee or Servicer;

 

(ii)           All Net Liquidation Proceeds related to the Contracts;

 

(iii)          The aggregate of the Reacquisition Prices for Contracts reacquired by the Trust Depositor as described in Section 7.08;

 

(iv)          All Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03(a);

 

(v)           All amounts paid by the Trust Depositor in connection with an optional reacquisition of the Contracts described in Section 7.10;

 

(vi)          All amounts realized in respect of Carrying Charges transferred from the Interest Reserve Account as contemplated in Section 7.03(b); and

 

(vii)         All amounts received in respect of interest, dividends, gains, income and earnings on investments of funds in the Trust Accounts (except the Reserve Fund and the Pre-Funding Account) as contemplated herein.

 

(c)           The Indenture Trustee shall, if amounts remain on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account at the expiration of the Funding Period, cause to be deposited into the Note Distribution Account the amount then in deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.

 

(d)           If the Servicer so directs, in writing, the Indenture Trustee shall invest the amounts in the Trust Accounts in Qualified Eligible Investments that are payable on demand or that mature not later than one Business Day prior to the next succeeding Distribution Date.  Once such funds are invested, the Indenture Trustee shall not change the investment of such funds.  Any loss on such investments shall be deposited in the applicable Trust Account by the Servicer out of its own funds immediately as realized.  Funds in the Trust Accounts not so invested must be insured to the extent permitted by law by the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.  Subject to the restrictions herein, the Indenture Trustee may purchase a Qualified Eligible Investment from itself or an Affiliate.   Subject to the other provisions hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall have sole control over each such investment and the income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment, if any, shall be delivered directly to the Indenture Trustee or its agent, together with each document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Indenture Trustee in a manner which complies with this Section 5.05(d).  All interest, dividends, gains upon sale and other income from, or earnings on, investments of funds in the Trust Accounts (other than the Reserve Fund and the Pre-Funding Account) shall be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.05(b) and distributed on the next Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.05.  The Trust Depositor and the Trust agree and acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee is to have “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the UCC) of collateral comprised of “Investment Property” (within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC) for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Servicer may remit payments on the Contracts and Net Liquidation Proceeds to the Collection Account in next-day funds or immediately available funds no later than 10:00 a.m., Central time, on the Business Day prior to the next succeeding Distribution Date, but only for so long as (i) the short-term debt security rating of the Servicer is at least “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s or (ii) the long-term debt security rating of the Servicer is at least “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by Standard & Poor’s.

 

(f)                                    The Servicer shall apply collections received in respect of a Contract as follows:

 

(i)                                     First, to accrued interest with respect to such Contract;

 

(ii)                                  Second, to pay any expenses and unpaid late charges or extension fees (if any) due and owing under such Contract; and

 

(iii)                               Third, to principal to the extent due and owing under such Contract.

 

(g)           Any collections on a Contract remaining after application by the Servicer in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.05(f) shall constitute an excess payment (an “Excess Payment”).  Excess Payments constituting prepayments of principal shall be applied as a prepayment of the Principal Balance of such Contract.  All other Excess Payments shall be permitted to be retained by the Servicer.

 

(h)           The Servicer will, from time to time as provided herein, be permitted to withdraw or request the withdrawal from the Collection Account any amount deposited therein that, based on the Servicer’s good-faith determination, was deposited in error.

 

Section 5.06.        Enforcement.  (a) The Servicer will, consistent with Section 5.02, act with respect to the Contracts in such manner as will maximize the receipt of all payments called for under the terms of the Contracts.  The Servicer shall use its best efforts to cause Obligors to make all payments on the Contracts directly to the Lockbox Account.  The Servicer will act in a commercially reasonable manner with respect to the repossession and disposition of a Motorcycle following a default under the related Contract with a view to realizing proceeds at least equal to the Motorcycle’s fair market value.  If the Servicer determines that eventual payment in full of a Contract is unlikely, the Servicer will follow its normal practices and procedures to recover all amounts due upon that Contract, including repossessing and disposing of the related Motorcycle at a public or private sale or taking other action permitted by applicable law.  The Servicer will be entitled to recover all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in liquidating a Contract and disposing of the related Motorcycle.

 

(b)           The Servicer may sue to enforce or collect upon Contracts, in its own name, if possible, or as agent for the Trustees.  If the Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Contract, the act of commencement shall be deemed to be an automatic assignment of the Contract to the Servicer for purposes of collection only.  If, however, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Contract on the ground that it is

 

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not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Contract, the Owner Trustee (or the Indenture Trustee) on behalf of the Trust shall, at the Servicer’s expense, take such steps as the Servicer deems reasonably necessary to enforce the Contract, including bringing suit in its name or the names of the Noteholders under the Indenture and the Certificateholder as owner of the Trust.

 

(c)           The Servicer shall exercise any rights of recourse against third persons that exist with respect to any Contract in accordance with the Servicer’s usual practice.  In exercising recourse rights, the Servicer is authorized on the Trust’s behalf to reassign the Defaulted Contract or the related Motorcycle to the Person against whom recourse exists at the price set forth in the document creating the recourse; provided, however, the Servicer in exercising recourse against any third persons as described in the immediately preceding sentence shall do so in such manner as to maximize the aggregate recovery with respect to the Contract; and provided further, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing the Servicer in its capacity as such may exercise such recourse only if such Contract (i) was not required to be reacquired by the Seller pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement or (ii) was required to be reacquired by the Seller and the Seller has defaulted on such reacquisition obligation.

 

(d)           The Servicer will not permit any rescission or cancellation of any Contract due to the acts or omissions of the Trust Depositor.

 

(e)           The Servicer may grant to the Obligor on any Contract an extension of payments due under such Contract; provided that (i) the extension period is limited to 45 days, (ii) the Obligor has not received an extension during the previous twelve-month period, (iii) the evidence supports the Obligor’s willingness and capability to resume monthly payments, (iv) such extension is consistent with the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures and is consistent with Section 5.02, (v) such extension does not extend the maturity date of the Contract beyond the latest maturity date of any of the Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff Date (or, if a transfer of Subsequent Contracts to the Trust occurs, beyond the latest maturity date of such Subsequent Contracts) and (vi) the aggregate Principal Balances of Contracts which have had extensions granted does not exceed more than 3.00% of the aggregate of the Initial Class A-1 Note  Balance, the Initial Class A-2 Note Balance and the Initial Class B Note Balance.

 

(f)            The Servicer will not add to the outstanding Principal Balance of any Contract the premium of any physical damage or other individual insurance on a Motorcycle securing such Contract it obtains on behalf of the Obligor under the terms of such Contract, but may create a separate Obligor obligation with respect to such premium if and as provided by the Contract.

 

(g)           If the Servicer shall have repossessed a Motorcycle on behalf of the Trust, the Servicer shall either (i) maintain at its expense physical damage insurance with respect to such Motorcycle, or (ii) indemnify the Trust against any damage to such Motorcycle prior to resale or other disposition.  The Servicer shall not allow such repossessed Motorcycles to be used in an active trade or business, but rather shall dispose of the Motorcycle in a reasonable time in accordance with the Servicer’s normal business practices.

 

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Section 5.07.        Trustees to Cooperate.  Upon payment in full on any Contract, the Servicer will notify the Trust Depositor on the next succeeding Distribution Date by certification of a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such payments which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.05 have been so deposited) and shall (if the Servicer is not then in possession of the Contracts and Contract Files) notify the Trustees and request delivery of the Contract and Contract File to the Servicer.  Upon receipt of such notice and request, the Trustees shall promptly release or cause to be released such Contract and Contract File to the Servicer.  Upon receipt of such Contract and Contract File, each of the Trust Depositor and the Servicer is authorized to execute an instrument in satisfaction of such Contract and to do such other acts and execute such other documents as the Servicer deems necessary to discharge the Obligor thereunder and eliminate the security interest in the Motorcycle related thereto.  The Servicer shall determine when a Contract has been paid in full; to the extent that insufficient payments are received on a Contract credited by the Servicer as prepaid or paid in full and satisfied, the shortfall shall be paid by the Servicer out of its own funds.  From time to time as appropriate for servicing and repossession in connection with any Contract, if the Servicer is not then in possession of the Contracts and Contract Files, the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written request of a Servicing Officer and delivery to the Indenture Trustee of a receipt signed by such Servicing Officer, cause the original Contract and the related Contract File to be released to the Servicer and shall execute such documents as the Servicer shall deem reasonably necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings.  Such receipt shall obligate the Servicer to return the original Contract and the related Contract File to the Indenture Trustee when the need by the Servicer has ceased unless the Contract shall be reacquired as described in Section 7.10.  Upon request of a Servicing Officer, the Indenture Trustee shall perform such other acts as reasonably requested by the Servicer and otherwise cooperate with the Servicer in the enforcement of the Certificateholder’s rights and remedies with respect to Contracts.

 

Section 5.08.        Costs and Expenses.  All costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in carrying out its duties hereunder, fees and expenses of accountants and payments of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of Contracts (including enforcement of defaulted Contracts and repossessions of Motorcycles securing such Contracts when such Contracts are not reacquired pursuant to Section 7.08) and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated hereunder to be for the account of the Trust shall be paid by the Servicer and the Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement hereunder.

 

Section 5.09.        Maintenance of Security Interests in Motorcycles.  The Servicer shall take such steps as are necessary to maintain continuous perfection and the first priority of the security interest created by each Contract in the related Motorcycle.  The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee hereby authorize the Servicer to take such steps as are necessary to perfect such security interest and to maintain the first priority thereof in the event of a relocation of a Motorcycle or for any other reason.

 

Section 5.10.        Successor Servicer/Lockbox Agreements.  The Servicer shall use its best efforts to cause Obligors to make all payments on the Contracts directly to one or more

 

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Lockbox Banks, acting as agent for the Trust pursuant to a Lockbox Agreement.  In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be acting as such, the Successor Servicer shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the outgoing servicer under the Lockbox Agreement; provided, however, that the Successor Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or obligations of the Servicer prior to such succession.  In such event, the Successor Servicer shall be deemed to have assumed all of the outgoing Servicer’s interest therein and to have replaced the outgoing Servicer as a party to each such Lockbox Agreement to the same extent as if such Lockbox Agreement had been assigned to the Successor Servicer, except that the outgoing Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations on the part of the outgoing Servicer to the Lockbox Bank under such Lockbox Agreement.  The outgoing Servicer shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, but at the expense of the outgoing Servicer, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records relating to each such Lockbox Agreement and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Lockbox Bank and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of any Lockbox Agreement to the Successor Servicer.

 

Section 5.11.        Separate Entity Existence.  The Servicer agrees to take or refrain from taking or engaging in with respect to the Trust Depositor, as applicable, each of the actions or activities specified in the “substantive consolidation” opinion of Winston & Strawn (or in any related Certificate of the Servicer) delivered on the Closing Date, upon which the conclusions expressed therein are based.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

THE TRUST DEPOSITOR

 

Section 6.01.        Covenants of the Trust Depositor.

 

(a)           During the term of this Agreement, the Trust Depositor will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and each other instrument or agreement necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)           Arm’s Length Transactions.  During the term of this Agreement, all transactions and dealings between the Trust Depositor and its Affiliates will be conducted on an arm’s-length basis.

 

(c)           No Other Business.  The Trust Depositor shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Contracts in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and activities incidental thereto; provided, however, that the Trust Depositor may purchase and transfer (or grant Liens in respect of) contracts and/or other related assets similar to the Contracts to other Persons in

 

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securitization or other non-recourse financing transactions involving the Seller or any of its Affiliates (or with respect to the Contract Assets themselves, following a release and reconveyance thereof from the Trust), on terms and conditions (with respect to the liabilities imposed upon the Trust Depositor by virtue of such transactions, as well as in respect of agreements or restrictions concerning activities of the Trust Depositor and its relations or interactions with the Seller or the Servicer or other applicable Affiliate relevant to “bankruptcy remoteness” or “substantive consolidation” analysis), in each case substantially similar to such terms and conditions applicable to the Trust Depositor hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.

 

(d)           No Borrowing.  The Trust Depositor shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for (i) any Indebtedness except for any Indebtedness permitted by or arising under the Transaction Documents or (ii) obligations in connection with transactions described in the proviso of Section 6.01(c), as limited thereby.  The proceeds of the Notes shall be used exclusively to fund the Trust Depositor’s purchase of the Contracts and the other assets specified in this Agreement and to pay the transactional expenses of the Trust Depositor.

 

(e)           Guarantees, Loans Advances and Other Liabilities.  Except as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents or in connection with transactions described in Section 6.01(c), as limited thereby, the Trust Depositor shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuming another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.

 

(f)            Capital Expenditures.  The Trust Depositor shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).

 

(g)           Restricted Payments.  Except as permitted or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Trust Depositor shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to any owner of an equity interest in the Trust Depositor, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such equity interest or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; it being understood that the Trust Depositor shall at all times have the right to distribute funds received pursuant to the Transaction Documents to its equity owner.

 

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(i)            Maintain its own deposit account or accounts, separate from those of any Affiliate, with commercial banking institutions.  The funds of the Trust Depositor will not be diverted to any other Person or for other than authorized uses of the  Trust Depositor.

 

(ii)           Ensure that, to the extent that it shares the same officers or other employees as any of its members or Affiliates, the salaries of and the expenses related to providing benefits to such officers and other employees shall be fairly allocated among such entities, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of the salary and benefit costs associated with all such common officers and employees.

 

(iii)          Ensure that, to the extent that it jointly contracts with any of its members or Affiliates to do business with vendors or service providers or to share overhead expenses, the costs incurred in so doing shall be allocated fairly among such entities, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such costs.  To the extent that the Trust Depositor contracts or does business with vendors or service providers when the goods and services provided are partially for the benefit of any other Person, the costs incurred in so doing shall be fairly allocated to or among such entities for whose benefit the goods and services are provided, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such costs.  All material transactions between Trust Depositor and any of its Affiliates shall be only on an arm’s length basis.

 

(iv)          To the extent that the Trust Depositor and any of its members or Affiliates have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead costs among them, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such expenses.

 

(v)           Conduct its affairs strictly in accordance with its By-laws and Articles of Incorporation, and observe all necessary, appropriate and customary limited liability company formalities, including, but not limited to, holding all regular and special members’ and directors’ meetings appropriate to authorize all entity action, keeping separate and accurate records of such meetings and its actions, passing all resolutions or consents necessary to authorize actions taken or to be taken, and maintaining accurate and separate books, records and accounts, including, but not limited to, payroll and intercompany transaction accounts.

 

(vi)          Take or refrain from taking or engaging in, as applicable, each of the actions or activities specified in the “true sale” and “substantive consolidation” opinions of Winston & Strawn delivered on the Closing Date (or in any related certificate delivered in connection therewith), upon which the conclusions expressed therein are based.

 

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Section 6.02.        Liability of Trust Depositor; Indemnities.  The Trust Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Trust Depositor under this Agreement.

 

The Trust Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, WTC, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and in the other Transaction Documents, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, Illinois personal property replacement privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the transfer of the Contracts to the Issuer or the issuance and original sale of the Securities, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Contracts, or federal or other income taxes arising out of distributions on the Certificate or the Notes) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.

 

The Trust Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, WTC, the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the Trust Depositor’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (other than errors in judgment) in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

 

The Trust Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, WTC and the Indenture Trustee from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein and, in the case of the Owner Trustee, in the Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, in the Indenture, except to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability  in the case of (i) the Owner Trustee or WTC, as the case may be, shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee or WTC, as the case may be, or shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee or WTC, as the case may be, of any of its representations or warranties set forth in Section 7.03 of the Trust Agreement, or (ii) the Indenture Trustee, shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.

 

The Trust Depositor shall be liable directly to and will indemnify any injured party or any other creditor of the Trust for all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the Trust to the extent that Trust Depositor would be liable if the Trust were a partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act in which Trust Depositor were a general partner; provided, however, that Trust Depositor shall not be liable for any losses incurred by a Certificateholder in the capacity of an investor in the Trust Certificate or a Noteholder in the capacity of an investor in the Notes.  In addition, any third party creditors of the Trust (other than in connection with the obligations described in the immediately preceding sentence for which Trust Depositor shall not be liable) shall be deemed third party beneficiaries of this paragraph.  The obligations of Trust Depositor under this paragraph shall be evidenced by the Trust Certificate described in the Trust Agreement.

 

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Indemnification under this Section shall include, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation and shall survive the termination of the Trust and the resignation or removal of the Trustees.  If the Trust Depositor shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Trust Depositor, without interest.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the Trust Depositor under this Section are solely the corporate obligations of the Trust Depositor and shall be payable by it solely as provided in this Section.  The Trust Depositor shall only be required to make such contributions required under this Section, (y) from funds available to it pursuant to, and in accordance with the payment priorities set forth in Section 7.05 and (z) only to the extent that it receives additional funds designated for such purposes or to the extent that it has additional funds available (other than funds described in the preceding clause (y)) that would be in excess of amounts that would be necessary to pay the debt and other obligations of such entity incurred in accordance with its certificate of incorporation and all financing documents to which it is a party as they come due.  In addition , no amount owing by the Trust Depositor hereunder in excess of the liabilities that it is required to pay in accordance with the preceding sentence shall constitute a “claim” (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against it.  No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing hereunder or any other obligation of, or claim against the Trust Depositor arising out of or based up on this Section against any stockholder, employee, officer, agent, director or authorized person of the Trust Depositor or Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve any such person or entity of any liability they might otherwise have as a result of fraudulent actions or omissions taken by them.

 

Section 6.03.        Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Trust Depositor; Certain Limitations.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section and any provision of law, the Trust Depositor shall not do any of the following:

 

(a)           engage in any business or activity other than as set forth in its Articles of Incorporation;

 

(b)           without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Trust Depositor (which must include the affirmative vote of at least two duly appointed Independent directors) (i) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part, or institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (iii) file a petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (iv) consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the corporation or a substantial part of its property, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (vii) take any corporate action in furtherance of the actions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) above; provided,

 

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however, that no director may be required by any shareholder of the Trust Depositor to consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Trust Depositor so long as it is solvent; or

 

(c)           merge or consolidate with any other corporation, company or entity or sell all or substantially all of its assets or acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock or other ownership interest of any other corporation, company or entity unless the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Trust Depositor has merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all the assets of the Trust Depositor as an entirety, can lawfully perform the obligations of the Trust Depositor hereunder and executes and delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee which contains an assumption by such successor entity of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the Trust Depositor under this Agreement; provided that the Trust Depositor shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section to each Rating Agency and shall receive from each Rating Agency a letter to the effect that such merger, consolidation or succession will not result in a qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the then-current ratings of each Class of Notes.

 

Section 6.04.        Limitation on Liability of Trust Depositor and Others.  The Trust Depositor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Trust Depositor may rely in good faith on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.  The Trust Depositor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Trust Depositor shall be reimbursed by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, for any contractual damages, liability or expense incurred by reason of the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except errors in judgment) in the performance of their respective duties hereunder, or by reason of reckless disregard of their respective obligations and duties hereunder.  The Trust Depositor shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.

 

Section 6.05.        Trust Depositor Not to Resign.  Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, the Trust Depositor shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Trust Depositor hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN

 

DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE FUND

 

Section 7.01.        Monthly Distributions.  (a)  Each Noteholder and Certificateholder as of the related Record Date shall be paid on the next succeeding Distribution Date by check mailed to such Noteholder or Certificateholder at the address for such Noteholder or Certificateholder appearing on the Note Register or Certificate Register or by wire transfer if such Noteholder or Certificateholder provides written instructions to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, respectively, at least ten days prior to such Distribution Date.

 

(b)           The Indenture Trustee shall serve as the paying agent hereunder (the “Paying Agent”) and shall make the payments to or on behalf of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder required hereunder.  The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees that all amounts held by it for payment hereunder will be held in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder.

 

Section 7.02.        Fees.  The Indenture Trustee shall be paid the Indenture Trustee Fee and the Servicer shall be paid the Monthly Servicing Fee, each of which shall be paid solely from the monies and in accordance with the priorities described in Section 7.05(a).  No recourse may be had to the Seller, Trust Depositor, Trustees, Servicer, or any of their respective Affiliates in the event that amounts available under Section 7.05(a) are insufficient for payment of the Indenture Trustee’s Fee and the Monthly Servicing Fee.

 

Section 7.03.        Advances; Realization of Carrying Charge.  (a) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall compute the amount of Delinquent Interest, if any, on the Contracts for the immediately preceding Due Period.  Not later than each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall advance (each, an “Advance”) an amount equal to the Delinquent Interest for such Determination Date by depositing such amount in the Collection Account; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be obligated to advance Delinquent Interest only to the extent that the Servicer, in its sole discretion, expects that such advance will not become an Uncollectible Advance.  The Servicer shall indicate on each Monthly Report (i) the amount of Delinquent Interest, if any, on the Contracts for the related Due Period and (ii) the amount of the Advance, if any, made by the Servicer in respect of the Delinquent Interest pursuant to this Section 7.03.  If the amount of such Advance is less than the amount of the Delinquent Interest, the relevant Monthly Report shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination by the Servicer that the portion of the Delinquent Interest not advanced would become an Uncollectible Advance.  By each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the amount of prior unreimbursed Advances for which it shall be entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to the provisions of this Section (such amount, the “Reimbursement Amount”).  The Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for any outstanding Advance with respect to a Contract by means of a first priority withdrawal from the Collection Account of such Reimbursement Amount as provided in Section 7.05(a)(ii).

 

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(b)           The Servicer shall determine no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the second Business Day prior to a Distribution Date the Carrying Charges in respect of the upcoming Distribution Date.  To the extent of such amount, the Indenture Trustee shall transfer an amount equal to the Carrying Charges from the Interest Reserve Account (solely to the extent of the amount then on deposit) into the Collection Account as contemplated in Section 5.05(b)(vi) hereof.

 

Section 7.04.        Interest Reserve Account.

 

(a)           On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall establish with and in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Securityholders, an Eligible Account designated “Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. Interest Reserve Account - Harley Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 — BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee” (such account being the “Interest Reserve Account”).

 

(b)           No withdrawals may be made of funds in the Interest Reserve Account except as provided in (c) below.  Except as specifically provided, funds in the Interest Reserve Account shall not be commingled with funds in any other account established with respect to the Notes, the Certificate or with any other monies.

 

(c)           All investment earnings realized in respect of amounts in the Pre-Funding Account shall be deposited when and as received in the Interest Reserve Account, such that the Pre-Funded Amount shall never exceed the amount initially deposited into the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date.  With respect to amounts on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account, the Indenture Trustee shall disburse from such funds the amount specified in respect of Carrying Charges in accordance with Section 7.03 herein.  In the event that (i) the Funding Period has terminated, (ii) all amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account have been disbursed, (iii) a Distribution Date has elapsed following the occurrence of both (i) and (ii), and (iv) all amounts referred to in clause (ii) have been applied, then any amounts remaining in the Interest Reserve Account shall be allocated and distributed to the Trust Depositor.

 

Section 7.05.        Distributions; Priorities.

 

(a)           Except as provided in Section 7.05(b) or (c), on each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee, at the Servicer’s direction, will make the following allocations and distributions of Available Monies in the following order of priority:

 

(i)            to the Mandatory Redemption Subaccount in the Note Distribution Account to the Noteholders, the amount of any Mandatory Redemption, pro rata (based on the outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes), calculated on the then current principal balance of the Notes with the amounts derived from draws on the Pre-Funding Account (which amounts are available for payment of such Mandatory Redemptions and not for any other purpose); provided, however, in the event the amount in the Mandatory Redemption subaccount is less than $150,000 such amount shall be distributed solely to the Class A-1 Noteholders;

 

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(ii)           to the Servicer, the Reimbursement Amount to the Servicer for Advances previously made;

 

(iii)          to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee, including any unpaid Servicing Fee with respect to one or more prior Due Periods;

 

(iv)          to the Indenture Trustee, any accrued and unpaid Indenture Trustee Fee with respect to one or more prior Due Periods;

 

(v)           to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Note Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for each Class of Notes allocated in the following order of priority:

 

(1)           to the Class A-1 Noteholders and to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes; provided, however, that if there are insufficient funds on deposit in the Note Distribution Account to pay the entire amount of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes, then the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be applied to the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes pro rata on the basis of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes; and

 

(2)           to the Class B Noteholders, the Note Interest Distributable Amount for such Class of Notes;

 

(vi)          to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Class A Note Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date, first, to the Class A-1 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, and second, to the Class A-2 Notes until the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full;

 

(vii)         to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Class B Note Principal Distributable Amount to the Class B Notes until the Class B Notes have been paid in full;

 

(viii)        any Excess Amounts to the Reserve Fund up to the Specified Reserve Fund Balance; and

 

(ix)           to the Holder of the Certificate.

 

(b)           If the Notes have been declared immediately due and payable as provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture following the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5.01(iii) of the Indenture, then, until such time as the Notes have been paid in full, Available Monies shall be allocated and distributed in the following order of priority after payment of the amounts set forth in Section 7.05(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv):

 

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(i)            to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Note Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for each Class of Notes allocated in the following order of priority:

 

(1)           to the Class A-1 Noteholders and to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes; provided, however, that if there are insufficient funds on deposit in the Note Distribution Account to pay the entire amount of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes, then the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be applied to the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes pro rata on the basis of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class; and

 

(2)           to the Class B Noteholders, the Note Interest Distributable Amount for such Class of Notes;

 

(ii)           to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, all amounts remaining after distribution of interest to each Class of Notes shall be allocated in the following order of priority:

 

(1)           to the Class A Notes, pro rata (based on outstanding principal amount), until the outstanding principal balance of each Class of the Class A Notes has been reduced to zero; and

 

(2)           to the Class B Notes, until the outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes has been reduced to zero; and

 

(iii)          to the Holder of the Certificate.

 

(c)           If the Notes have been declared immediately due and payable as provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture following the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5.01(i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of the Indenture, then, until such time as the Notes have been paid in full, Available Monies shall be allocated and distributed in the following order of priority after payment of amounts set forth in Section 7.05(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv):

 

(i)            to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Note Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for distribution to the Class A-1 Noteholders and to the Class A-2 Noteholders, as applicable; provided, however, that if there are insufficient funds on deposit in the Note Distribution Account to pay the entire amount of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes, then the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be applied to the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes pro rata (on the basis of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class);

 

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(ii)           to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Class A Note Principal Distributable Amount for distribution to the Class A-1 Noteholders and the Class A-2 Noteholders in reduction of the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes and Class A-2 Notes, as applicable, until the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes has been reduced to zero; provided, however, that if there are insufficient funds on deposit in the Note Distribution Account to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes to zero, the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be applied to the payment of principal on the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes pro rata (based on outstanding principal amount);

 

(iii)          to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Note Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for distribution to the Class B Noteholders;

 

(iv)          to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Class B Note Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for distribution to the Class B Noteholders in reduction of the outstanding principal amount of the Class B Notes until the outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes has been reduced to zero; and

 

(v)           to the Holder of the Certificate.

 

Section 7.06.        Reserve Fund.

 

(a)           On or prior to the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Depositor shall deposit the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit into the Reserve Fund from the net proceeds of the Securities.

 

(b)           The Indenture Trustee shall determine no later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago, Illinois time, on the Distribution Date (but after making, and taking into account, the determination, demand and transfer of funds contemplated in Section 7.05 above) whether there exists a Shortfall with respect to the upcoming Distribution Date.  In the event that the Indenture Trustee determines that there exists a Shortfall, the Indenture Trustee shall no later than 12:00 noon, Chicago, Illinois time, on such Distribution Date remit monies from the Reserve Fund in the following order of priority:  first, to the Note Distribution Account, the amount of such Shortfall relating to the Note Interest Distributable Amount and second, to the Note Distribution Account, the amount of such Shortfall relating to the Note Principal Distributable Amount.

 

(c)           The Indenture Trustee shall at the written direction of the Servicer invest the funds in the Reserve Fund in Qualified Eligible Investments.  Funds in the Reserve Fund shall be invested in investments that are payable on demand or mature on or before the Business Day prior to each Distribution Date.  Once such funds are invested, the Indenture Trustee shall not change the investment of such funds prior to maturity.  Upon any such investment, the Indenture Trustee shall, consistent with the definition of Qualified Eligible Investment herein, make an

 

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appropriate notation of the security interest in such Qualified Eligible Investment on the Indenture Trustee’s records, by book entry or otherwise.  All income and gain realized from any such investments as well as any interest earned on Reserve Fund Deposits shall be deposited and retained in the Reserve Fund (subject to Section 7.06(e)).  Losses, if any, realized on amounts in the Reserve Fund invested pursuant to this paragraph shall first be credited against undistributed investment earnings on amounts in the Reserve Fund invested pursuant to this paragraph, and shall thereafter be deemed to reduce the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund.  Neither the Trust Depositor nor the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any investment, or lack of investment, of funds held in the Reserve Fund.  All income or loss on funds held in the Reserve Fund shall be taxable to the Trust Depositor.

 

(d)           Any Excess Amounts will be applied to the Specified Reserve Fund Balance.

 

(e)           On each Distribution Date on which the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund (after giving effect to all deposits thereto and withdrawals therefrom on such Distribution Date) is greater than the Specified Reserve Fund Balance, the Indenture Trustee shall release its lien on any remaining amounts to the Trust Depositor.

 

Section 7.07.        Establishment of Pre-Funding Account.

 

(a)           On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall establish with and in the name of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Securityholders, an Eligible Account designated “Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. Pre-Funding Account - Harley Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 — BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee” (such account being the “Pre-Funding Account”).

 

(b)           During the Funding Period, following receipt from the Trust Depositor of an Addition Notice, and upon further receipt of a written demand from the Trust Depositor for a disbursement of funds from the Pre-Funding Account to be made on or before the date on which the Funding Period terminates (which written demand must be delivered not later than one Business Day prior to the requested date of funding and must be accompanied by the written consent of the Indenture Trustee), the Indenture Trustee will disburse the amount demanded from the Pre-Funding Account to Harley-Davidson Credit upon the order of the Trust Depositor for the purpose of purchasing Subsequent Contracts from Harley-Davidson Credit pursuant to a Subsequent Purchase Agreement.  With respect to amounts still remaining on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account on the date upon which the Funding Period ends (and provided a timely written demand for funding as described above has not been received requesting funding on such date) the Indenture Trustee shall immediately transfer all funds remaining in the Pre-Funding Account to the Note Distribution Account.

 

(c)           If (x) the Pre-Funded Amount has not been reduced to zero on the Distribution Date on which the Funding Period ends (or, if the Funding Period does not end on a Distribution Date, on the first Distribution Date following the end of the Funding Period) or (y) the Pre-Funded Amount has been reduced to $150,000 or less on any Determination Date, in either case

 

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after giving effect to any reductions in the Pre-Funded Amount on such Distribution Date or Determination Date pursuant to paragraph (a) above, the Trust Depositor shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account the Pre-Funded Amount and, in the case of (x), on such Distribution Date or, in the Determination Date (i) if the Pre-Funded Amount is less than $150,000, deposit the Pre-Funded Amount in the Note Distribution Account for payment as principal of the Class A-1 Notes up to the Outstanding Amount thereof and then for payment of principal of the Class A-2 Notes and Class B Notes and (ii) if the Pre-Funded Amount is equal to or greater than $150,000, deposit the Pre-Funded Amount in the Note Distribution Account for payment as principal of the Notes, pro rata, calculated on the then current principal balance of each Class of Notes.

 

Section 7.08.        Reacquisition of Contracts for Breach of Representations and Warranties.

 

Upon a discovery by the Servicer, the Trust Depositor or the Trustees of a breach of a representation or warranty of the Seller as set forth in Exhibit J hereto or as made in any Subsequent Purchase Agreement relating to Subsequent Contracts that materially adversely affects the Trust’s interest in such Contract (without regard to the benefits of the Reserve Fund), the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties; provided, that the Trustees shall have no duty or obligation to inquire or to investigate the breach by the Seller of any of such representations or warranties.  The Seller, as provided in  the Transfer and Sale Agreement and in accordance with this Section 7.08, shall reacquire a Contract at its Reacquisition Price, two Business Days prior to the first Determination Date after the Seller becomes aware, or should have become aware, or receives written notice from the Trustee, the Servicer or the Trust Depositor of any breach of a representation or warranty of the Seller set forth in Article III of the Transfer and Sale Agreement that materially and adversely affects such Contract or the Trust’s interest in such Contract and which breach has not been cured; provided, however, that with respect to any Contract incorrectly described on the List of Contracts with respect to unpaid Principal Balance which the Seller would otherwise be required to reacquire under the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Seller may, in lieu of reacquiring such Contract, deposit in the Collection Account not later than one Business Day after such Determination Date cash in an amount sufficient to cure such deficiency or discrepancy; and provided further that with respect to a breach of representation or warranty relating to the Contracts in the aggregate and not to any particular Contract the Seller may select Contracts (without adverse selection) to reacquire such that had such Contracts not been included as part of the Trust Corpus there would have been no breach of such representation or warranty; provided further that the failure to maintain perfection of the security interest in the Motorcycle securing a Contract in accordance with Section 5.09, shall be deemed to be a breach materially and adversely affecting the Trust’s interest in the Contract or in the related Contracts.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of the Seller under the Transfer and Sale Agreement and described in this Section 7.08 shall not terminate or be deemed released by any party hereto upon a Service Transfer pursuant to Article VIII.  The reacquisition obligation described in this Section 7.08 is in no way to be satisfied with monies in the Reserve Fund.

 

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Section 7.09.        Reassignment of Reacquired Contracts.  Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Collection Account of the Reacquisition Price as described in Section 7.08 or Section 7.10, and upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, the Indenture Trustee shall release its lien on and the Trust shall assign to the Seller all of the Trust’s right, title and interest in the reacquired Contract without recourse, representation or warranty, except as to the absence of liens, charges or encumbrances created by or arising as a result of actions of the Trustees.

 

Section 7.10.        Seller’s Reacquisition Option.  As provided in the Transfer and Sale Agreement, on written notice to the Indenture Trustee at least 20 days prior to a Distribution Date, and provided that the Pool Balance is then less than 10% of the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the Closing Date, and provided a valuation letter is delivered as required in Section 5.02 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Seller may (but is not required to) purchase on that Distribution Date all outstanding Contracts at a price equal to the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Notes on the previous Distribution Date plus the aggregate of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for the current Distribution Date, the Reimbursement Amount (if any) as well as accrued and unpaid Monthly Servicing Fees and the Indenture Trustee Fee to the date of such reacquisition.  Such price shall be deposited in the Collection Account not later than one (1) Business Day before such Distribution Date, against the Owner Trustee’s and Indenture Trustee’s release of the Contracts and the Contract Files to the Seller.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

EVENTS OF TERMINATION; SERVICE TRANSFER

 

Section 8.01.        Events of Termination.  “Event of Termination” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(a)           Any failure by the Servicer or the Seller to make any payment or deposit required to be made hereunder or in the Transfer and Sale Agreement (or in any Subsequent Purchase Agreement or Subsequent Transfer Agreement) and the continuance of such failure for a period of four Business Days after the date on which such payment or deposit was due;

 

(b)           Failure on the Servicer’s or the Seller’s part to observe or perform in any material respect any covenant or agreement in this Agreement or in the Transfer and Sale Agreement (or in any Subsequent Purchase Agreement or Subsequent Transfer Agreement) (other than a covenant or agreement, the breach of which is specifically addressed elsewhere in this Section) which continues unremedied for 30 days after the date on which such failure commences;

 

(c)           Any assignment by the Servicer or the Seller of its duties or rights hereunder or under the Transfer and Sale Agreement (or under any Subsequent Purchase Agreement or Subsequent Transfer Agreement), except as specifically permitted hereunder or thereunder, or any attempt to make such an assignment;

 

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(d)           An involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law shall have been commenced in respect of the Servicer or Trust Depositor and shall not have been dismissed within 90 days, or a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have entered a decree or order for relief in respect of either the Servicer or Trust Depositor in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of either the Servicer or Trust Depositor, or for any substantial liquidation or winding up of their respective affairs;

 

(e)           The Servicer or Trust Depositor shall have commenced a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall have consented to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall have consented to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Servicer or Trust Depositor, as the case may be, or for any substantial part of their respective property, or shall have made any general assignment for the benefit of their respective creditors, or shall have failed to, or admitted in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due, or shall have taken any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing;

 

(f)            Any failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Trustees the Monthly Report pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which remains uncured for five Business Days after the date which such failure commences;

 

(g)           Any representation, warranty or statement of the Servicer made in this Agreement, in any Subsequent Transfer Agreement or any certificate, report or other writing delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made and the incorrectness of such representation, warranty or statement has a material adverse effect on the Trust and, within 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Servicer or the Trust Depositor by the Indenture Trustee, the circumstances or condition in respect of which such representation, warranty or statement was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured.

 

Section 8.02.        Waiver of Servicer Default.  The Required Noteholders may, by written notice delivered to the parties hereto, waive any Servicer Default other than a Servicer Default described in Section 8.01(a).

 

Section 8.03.        Service Transfer.  (a)  If an Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing and has not been waived pursuant to Section 8.02, (x) the Required Holders or (y) the Indenture Trustee may, by written notice delivered to the parties hereto, terminate all (but not less than all) of the Servicer’s management, administrative, servicing, custodial and collection functions (such termination being herein called a “Service Transfer”).

 

(b)           Upon receipt of the notice required by Section 8.03(a) (or, if later, on a date designated therein), all rights, benefits, fees, indemnities, authority and power of the Servicer

 

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under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Contracts, the Contract Files or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee (the “Successor Servicer”) pursuant to and under this Section 8.03; and, without limitation, the Successor Servicer is authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do any and all acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination.  The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be held by the Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the Servicer, in the Collection Account, or for its own account in connection with its services hereafter or thereafter received with respect to the Contracts.  The Servicer shall transfer to the Successor Servicer all records held by the Servicer relating to the Contracts in such electronic form as the Successor Servicer may reasonably request and (ii) any Contract Files in the Servicer’s possession.  In addition, the Servicer shall permit access to its premises (including all computer records and programs) to the Successor Servicer or its designee, and shall pay the reasonable transition expenses of the Successor Servicer.  Upon a Service Transfer, the Successor Servicer shall also be entitled to receive the Monthly Servicing Fee for performing the obligations of the Servicer.

 

Section 8.04.        Successor Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor Servicer.  On or after a Service Transfer pursuant to Section 8.03, the Successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, and the terminated Servicer shall be relieved of such responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising after such Service Transfer; provided, however, that (i) the Successor Servicer will not assume any obligations of the Servicer described in Section 8.08 and (ii) the Successor Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of the Servicer occurring prior to such Service Transfer or for any breach by the Servicer of any of its representations and warranties contained herein or in any related document or agreement. Notwithstanding the above, if the Successor Servicer is legally unable or unwilling to act as Servicer, the Required Holders may appoint a successor servicer (other than the original Servicer or an Affiliate of the original Servicer) to act as Servicer.  As compensation therefor, the successor servicer shall be entitled to receive reasonable compensation equal to the Monthly Servicing Fee.  The Owner Trustee, Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.  To the extent the terminated Servicer has made Advances, it shall be entitled to reimbursement of the same notwithstanding its termination hereunder, to the same extent as if it had continued to service the Contracts hereunder.

 

Section 8.05.        Notification to Securityholders.  (a)  Promptly following the occurrence of any Event of Termination, the Servicer shall give written notice thereof to the Trustees, the Trust Depositor and each Rating Agency at the addresses described in Section 11.04 hereof and to the Noteholders at their respective addresses appearing on the Note Register.

 

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(b)           Within 10 days following any termination or appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Indenture Trustee shall give written notice thereof to each Rating Agency and the Trust Depositor at the addresses described in Section 11.04 hereof, and to the Noteholders at their addresses appearing on the Note Register.

 

Section 8.06.        Effect of Transfer.  (a)  After a Service Transfer, the terminated Servicer shall have no further obligations with respect to the management, administration, servicing, custody or collection of the Contracts and the Successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 8.04 shall have all of such obligations, except that the terminated Servicer will transmit or cause to be transmitted directly to the Successor Servicer for its own account, promptly on receipt and in the same form in which received, any amounts (properly endorsed where required for the Successor Servicer to collect them) received as payments upon or otherwise in connection with the Contracts.

 

(b)           A Service Transfer shall not affect the rights and duties of the parties hereunder (including but not limited to the indemnities of the Servicer)  other than those relating to the management, administration, servicing, custody or collection of the Contracts.

 

Section 8.07.        Database File.  The Servicer will provide the Successor Servicer with a magnetic tape (in a format reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer) containing the database file for each Contract (i) as of the Cutoff Date, (ii) the Subsequent Cutoff Date, (iii) thereafter, as of the last day of the preceding Due Period on each Determination Date prior to a Servicer Termination Event and (iv) on and as of the Business Day before the actual commencement of servicing functions by the Successor Servicer following the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event.

 

Section 8.08.        Successor Servicer Indemnification.  The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold the Successor Servicer and any officers, directors, employees or agents of the Successor Servicer harmless against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees, and expenses that the Successor Servicer may sustain in connection with the claims asserted at any time by third parties against the Successor Servicer which result from (i) any willful or grossly negligent act taken or omission by the Servicer or (ii) a breach of any representations of the Servicer in Section 3.02 hereof.  The indemnification provided by this Section 8.08 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.09.        Responsibilities of the Successor Servicer.  The Successor Servicer will not be responsible for delays attributable to the Servicer’s failure to deliver information, defects in the information supplied by the Servicer or other circumstances beyond the control of the Successor Servicer.

 

The Successor Servicer will make arrangements with the Servicer for the prompt and safe transfer of, and the Servicer shall provide to the Successor Servicer, all necessary servicing files and records, including (as deemed necessary by the Successor Servicer at such time):

 

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(i) microfiche loan documentation, (ii) servicing system tapes, (iii) Contract payment history, (iv) collections history and (v) the trial balances, as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding conversion to the Successor Servicer, reflecting all applicable loan information.

 

The Successor Servicer shall have no responsibility and shall not be in default hereunder nor incur any liability for any failure, error, malfunction or any delay in carrying out any of its duties under this Agreement if any such failure or delay results from the Successor Servicer acting in accordance with information prepared or supplied by a Person other than the Successor Servicer or the failure of any such Person to prepare or provide such information.  The Successor Servicer shall have no responsibility, shall not be in default and shall incur no liability (i) for any act or failure to act by any third party, including the Servicer, the Trust Depositor or the Trustees or for any inaccuracy or omission in a notice or communication received by the Successor Servicer from any third party or (ii) which is due to or results from the invalidity, unenforceability of any Contract with applicable law or the breach or the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made with respect to any Contract.

 

Section 8.10.        Limitation of Liability of Servicer.  (a)  Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement.  The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.

 

(b)           Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its duties to service the Contracts in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of the Transaction  Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to the Transaction Documents and the interests of the Noteholders under the Indenture.  In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer and the Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.

 

Section 8.11.        Merger or Consolidation of Servicer.  Any Person into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation, or other entity resulting from any merger conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Servicer (which Person assumes the obligations of the Servicer), shall be the successor of the Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,

 

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anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.  The Servicer shall give prior written notice of any such merger or consolidation to which it is a party to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies.

 

Section 8.12.        Servicer Not to Resign.  Subject to the provisions of Section 8.03, Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable law.  Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of Servicer shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall become effective until the Indenture Trustee shall have assumed the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer in accordance with Section 8.04.

 

Section 8.13.        Appointment of Subservicer.  So long as Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. acts as the  Servicer, the Servicer may at any time without notice or consent perform specific duties as servicer under this Agreement through other subcontractors; provided, however, that, in each case, no such delegation or subcontracting shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibilities with respect to such duties as to which the Servicer shall remain primarily responsible with respect thereto.

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

REPORTS

 

Section 9.01.        Monthly Reports.  No later than 10:00 a.m. Chicago, Illinois time two Business Days prior to each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall cause the Trustees and each Rating Agency to receive a Monthly Report.

 

Section 9.02.        Officer’s Certificate.  Each Monthly Report delivered pursuant to Section 9.01 shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit C, certifying the accuracy of the Monthly Report and that no Event of Termination or event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Termination has occurred, or if such event has occurred and is continuing, specifying the event and its status.

 

Section 9.03.        Other Data.  In addition, the Trust Depositor and the Servicer shall, upon the request of the Trustees, Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s, furnish the Trustees, Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s, as the case may be, such underlying data as may be reasonably requested.

 

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Section 9.04.        Annual Report of Accountants.

 

(a)           The Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants (the “Independent Accountants”), who may also render other services to the Servicer, Harley-Davidson Financial or to the Trust Depositor, to deliver to the Trustees, the Underwriters and each Rating Agency, on or before March 31 (or 90 days after the end of the Servicer’s fiscal year, if other than December 31) of each year, beginning on March 31, 2004, with respect to the twelve months ended the immediately preceding December 31 (or other applicable date), a statement (the “Accountant’s Report”) addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer and to the Trustees to the effect that such firm has audited the financial statements of Harley-Davidson Financial and issued its report thereon and that such audit:

 

(1)           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;

 

(2)           included an examination of documents and records relating to the servicing of motorcycle conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security agreements under pooling and servicing agreements substantially similar to one another (such statement to have attached thereto a schedule setting forth the pooling and servicing agreements covered thereby, including this Agreement);

 

(3)           included an examination of the delinquency and loss statistics relating to Harley-Davidson Financial’s portfolio of motorcycle conditional sales contracts and promissory note and security agreements; and

 

(4)           except as described in the statement, disclosed no exceptions or errors in the records relating to motorcycle loans serviced for others that, in the firm’s opinion, generally accepted auditing standards requires such firm to report.

 

The Accountant’s Report shall further state that:

 

(1)           a review in accordance with agreed upon procedures was made of one randomly selected Monthly Report; and

 

(2)           except as disclosed in the Report, no exceptions or errors in the Monthly Report so examined were found.

 

(b)           The Accountant’s Report shall also indicate that the firm is independent of Harley-Davidson Financial within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

 

(c)           In the event the Independent Accountants require the Indenture Trustee to agree to the procedures performed by such firm, the Servicer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee

 

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shall not make any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.

 

Section 9.05.        Annual Statement of Compliance from Servicer.  The Servicer will deliver to the Trustees, the Underwriters and each of the Rating Agencies, on or before January 31 of each year commencing January 31, 2004, an Officer’s Certificate stating that (a) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the prior calendar year and of its performance under this Agreement was made under the supervision of the officer signing such certificate and (b) to such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fully performed all its obligations under this Agreement, or, if there has been a default in the performance of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.  A copy of such certificate may be obtained (i) by any Noteholder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee and (ii) by any Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 9.06.        Monthly Reports to Noteholders.  (a)  On or before two Business Days prior to each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall prepare and, concurrently with each distribution to Noteholders pursuant to Article VII, deliver to the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Note Registrar and Paying Agent, shall cause to be delivered and mailed to each Noteholder at the addresses appearing on the Note Register a statement as of the related Distribution Date substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (the “Monthly Report”) setting forth:

 

(i)            the amount of Noteholder’s principal distribution;

 

(ii)           the amount of Noteholder’s interest distribution;

 

(iii)          the amount of fees payable out of the Trust, separately identifying the Monthly Servicing Fee and the Indenture Trustee Fee;

 

(iv)          the amount of any Note Interest Carryover Shortfall and Note Principal Carryover Shortfall on such Distribution Date and the change in such amounts from those with respect to the immediately preceding Distribution Date;

 

(v)           the Note Pool Factor for each Class of Notes, in each case of such Distribution Date;

 

(vi)          the amount of the distributions described in (i) or (ii) above payable pursuant to a claim on the Reserve Fund or from any other source not constituting Available Monies and the amount remaining in the Reserve Fund after giving effect to all deposits and withdrawals from the Reserve Fund on such date;

 

(vii)         the amount of any Mandatory Redemption to be made on such Distribution Date;

 

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(viii)        for each Distribution Date during the Funding Period, the remaining Pre-Funded Amount;

 

(ix)           for each Distribution Date during the Funding Period to and including the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Funding Period, the Principal Balance and number of Subsequent Contracts conveyed to the Trust during the related Due Period;

 

(x)            the remaining Principal Balance after giving effect to the distribution of principal (and Mandatory Redemption, if any) to each class of Notes to be made on such Distribution Date;

 

(xi)           the number and aggregate principal balance of Contracts delinquent 30-59 days, 60-89 days and 90 or more days, computed as of the end of the related Due Period;

 

(xii)          the number and aggregate principal balance of Contracts that became Liquidated Contracts during the immediately preceding Due Period, the amount of liquidation proceeds for such Due Period, the amount of liquidation expenses being deducted from liquidation proceeds for such Due Period, the Net Liquidation Proceeds and the Net Liquidation Losses for such Due Period;

 

(xiii)         the Loss Ratio, Average Loss Ratio, Cumulative Loss Ratio, the Delinquency Ratio and the Average Delinquency Ratio as of such Distribution Date;

 

(xiv)        the number of Contracts and the aggregate Principal Balance of such Contracts, as of the first day of the Due Period relating to such Distribution Date (after giving effect to payments received during such Due Period and to any transfers of Subsequent Contracts to the Trust occurring on or prior to such Distribution Date);

 

(xv)         the aggregate Principal Balance and number of Contracts that were reacquired by the Seller pursuant to the Agreement with respect to the related Due Period, identifying such Contracts and the Reacquisition Price for such Contracts;

 

(xvi)        the amount otherwise distributable on the Class B Notes that has instead been distributed to one or more senior Classes of Notes on such Distribution Date;

 

(xvii)       the amount of Advances made by the Servicer in respect of the related Contracts and the related Due Period and the amount of unreimbursed Advances in respect of the related Contracts determined by the Servicer to be Defaulted Contracts; and

 

(xviii)      such other customary factual information as is available to the Servicer as the Servicer deems necessary and can reasonably obtain from its existing data base to enable the Noteholders and the Certificateholder to prepare their tax returns.

 

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(b)           Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year, the Servicer shall prepare and the Note Registrar shall mail to each Noteholder of record at any time during such year a report as to the aggregate amounts reported pursuant to subsections (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this Section, attributable to such Noteholder.

 

(c)           The Indenture Trustee shall send via first class mail a paper copy of the Monthly Report to (i) the initial Clearing Agency under the Note Depository Agreement or any qualified successor appointed pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Indenture and (ii) each Securityholder or party to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

TERMINATION

 

Section 10.01.      Sale of Trust Assets.

 

(a)           [Reserved].

 

(b)           As described in Article Nine 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 Certificateholder will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of, and assume the obligations of, the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.      Amendment.

 

(a)           This Agreement may be amended by the Trust Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, collectively, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement which are inconsistent with the provisions herein or in the Prospectus, or to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or the Prospectus, (ii) to add or provide any credit enhancement for any Class of Notes and (iii) to change any provision applicable for determining the Specified Reserve Fund Balance or the manner in which the Reserve Fund is funded; provided, however that any such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Securityholder

 

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and provided, further, that in connection with any amendment pursuant to clause (iii) above, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a letter from Standard & Poor’s (so long as Standard & Poor’s is a Rating Agency) and Moody’s (so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency) to the effect that such amendment will not cause its then-current rating on any Class of Notes to be qualified, reduced or withdrawn.

 

(b)           This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Trust Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, with the consent of the Required Holders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such amendment shall increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of (i)(a) collections of payments on the Contracts or distributions that shall be required to be made on any Note or any Interest Rate, (b) except as otherwise provided in Section 11.01(a), the Specified Reserve Fund Balance or the manner in which the Reserve Fund is funded or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all Notes of the relevant Class then outstanding and the Certificate.

 

(c)           Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Indenture Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent, together with a copy thereof, to each Rating Agency.

 

(d)           Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Noteholder.  It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders pursuant to Section 11.01(b) to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.  The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization by Noteholders of the execution thereof shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may prescribe.

 

(e)           Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.01, the Trust Depositor or the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Trust Depositor, may request each Rating Agency to approve a formula for determining the Specified Reserve Fund Balance that is different from the formula or result determined from the current definition thereof contained herein so as to result in a decrease in the amount of the Specified Reserve Fund Balance or the

 

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manner by which such Reserve Fund is funded.  If each Rating Agency delivers to the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee a written notice or letter stating that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class with respect to which a Rating Agency has previously issued a rating as a result or such action, then the Specified Reserve Fund Balance will be theretofore determined in accordance with such changed formula or manner of funding, and an amendment to this Agreement effecting such change may be executed without the consent of any Securityholder.

 

Section 11.02.      Protection of Title to Trust.

 

(a)           The Servicer shall file such financing statements and cause to be filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer, the Securityholders and the Indenture Trustee in the Contracts and in 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.  The Trust Depositor authorizes the Trust to file financing statements describing the Trust Corpus as collateral.

 

(b)           Neither the Seller, the Trust 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 Section 4.02 seriously misleading within the meaning of § 9-507 of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 30 days’ prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.

 

(c)           The Seller and the Trust Depositor shall give the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 30 days’ prior written notice of any change in its state of incorporation.  The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Contracts, and its principal executive office, within the United States.

 

(d)           The Servicer shall maintain or cause to be maintained accounts and records as to each Contract accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Contract, 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 Contract and the amounts from time to time deposited in or credited to the Collection Account in respect of each Contract.

 

(e)           The Servicer shall maintain or cause to be maintained its computer systems so that, from and after the time of transfer under this Agreement of the Contracts, the Servicer’s master computer records (including any backup archives) that shall refer to a Contract indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such Contract and that such Contract is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.  Indication of the

 

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Issuer’s ownership of and the Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Contract shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Contract shall have been paid in full or reacquired or shall have become a Liquidated Contract.

 

(f)            If at any time the Trust Depositor or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in motorcycle conditional sales contracts or promissory note and security agreements to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give or cause to be given to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or print-outs (including any restored from back-up archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Contract, shall indicate clearly that such Contract has been transferred and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.

 

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

 

(h)           Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, within five Business Days, a list of all Contracts then held as part of the Trust Estate, together with a reconciliation of such list to the List of Contracts and to each of the Monthly Reports furnished before such request indicating removal of Contracts from the Trust.

 

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

 

Section 11.03.      Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois and the obligations, rights, and remedies of the parties under the Agreement shall be determined in accordance with such laws, except that the duties of the Owner Trustee shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 11.04.      Notices.  All notices, demands, certificates, requests and communications hereunder (“notices”) shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon receipt when sent through the U.S. mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, or (b) one Business Day after delivery to an overnight courier, or (c) on the date personally delivered to an Authorized Officer of the party to which sent, or (d) on the date transmitted by legible telecopier transmission with a confirmation of receipt, in all cases addressed to the recipient as follows:

 

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(i)                                     If to the Servicer or Seller:

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3100

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attention: Perry A. Glassgow

 

Telecopier No.: (312) 368-4782

 

(ii)                                  If to the Trust Depositor:

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

4150 Technology Way

Carson City, Nevada 89706

Attention:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

Telecopier No.: (702) 884-4469

 

(iii)                               If to the Indenture Trustee:

 

BNY Midwest Trust Company

2 North LaSalle Street

Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration

 

Telecopier No.:  (312) 827-8562

 

(iv)                              If to the Owner Trustee:

 

Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

 

Telecopier No.: (302) 651-8882

 

(v)                                 If to Moody’s:

 

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

99 Church Street

New York, New York 10007

Attention: ABS Monitoring Department

 

Telecopier No.: (212) 553-1350

 

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(vi)                              If to Standard & Poor’s:

 

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a

division of The McGraw Hill Companies

55 Water Street

New York, New York 10004

 

Telecopier No.: (212) 438-2657

 

(vii)                           If to the Underwriters:

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue
10th Floor
New York, New York  10017
Attention:  General Counsel

 

Telecopier No.:  (212) 834-6564

 

Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.

1 Bank One Plaza

Chicago, Illinois  60670

Attention:  Asset Backed Finance Division

 

Telecopier No.: (312) 732-4487

 

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York  10019

Attention:  Michael Gonik

 

Telecopier No.: (212) 841-2689

 

Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to each of the other parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices shall be sent.

 

Section 11.05.      Severability of Provisions.  If one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Notes or the Certificate or the rights of the Holders thereof.

 

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Section 11.06.      Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, as provided in Sections 6.03 and 8.03, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Trust Depositor or the Servicer without the prior written consent of Holders of Notes aggregating not less than 66-2/3% of each Class.

 

Section 11.07.      Third Party Beneficiaries.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the parties hereto hereby manifest their intent that no third party shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and specifically that the Obligors are not third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.08.      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 11.09.      Headings.  The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 11.10.      No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and Subordination.  (a) Each of the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and each Holder (by acceptance of the applicable Securities) covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all amounts owing in respect of all outstanding Securities, it will not institute against the Trust Depositor, or the Trust, or join any other Person in instituting against the Trust Depositor or the Trust, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceedings under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States.  This Section 11.10 will survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

(b)           The Trust acknowledges and agrees that the Certificate represents a beneficial interest in the Trust and Trust Corpus only and the Securities do not represent an interest in any assets (other than the Trust Corpus) of the Trust Depositor (including by virtue of any deficiency claim in respect of obligations not paid or otherwise satisfied from the Trust Assets and proceeds thereof).  In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, to the extent that the Trust Depositor enters into other securitization transactions, the Trust acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no right, title or interest in or to any assets (or interests therein) other than the Trust Assets conveyed or purported to be conveyed (whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by the granting of a Lien) by the Trust Depositor to any Person other than the Trust (the “Other Assets”).

 

To the extent that notwithstanding the agreements contained in this Section, the Trust or any Securityholder, either (i) asserts an interest in or claim to, or benefit from any Other Assets, whether asserted against or through the Trust Depositor or any other Person owned by the Trust Depositor, or (ii) is deemed to have any interest, claim or benefit in or from any Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of Insolvency Laws

 

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or otherwise (including without limitation pursuant to Section 1111(b) of the federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended) and whether deemed asserted against or through the Trust Depositor or any other Person owned by the Trust Depositor, then the Trust and each Securityholder by accepting a Note or Certificate further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from the Other Assets is and shall be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of all obligations and liabilities of the Trust Depositor which, under the terms of the documents relating to the securitization of the 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 distribution under applicable law, including Insolvency Laws, and whether asserted against the Trust Depositor or any other Person owned by the Trust Depositor) including, without limitation, the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities.  This subordination agreement shall be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.  Each Securityholder is deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 11.10 and that the terms and provisions of this Section 11.10 may be enforced by an action for specific performance.

 

(c)           The provisions of this Section 11.10 shall be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.11.      Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for  the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.  For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of 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 Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust Agreement.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed by BNY Midwest Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall BNY Midwest Trust Company 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.

 

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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.

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,
as Trust Depositor

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name: Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP., as Servicer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name: Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Cynthia L. Davis

 

 

 

Title:  Assistant Vice President

 

Signature Page to Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

 



 

Exhibit A

 

[Form of Assignment]

 

In accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of May 1, 2003 made by and between the undersigned, as Trust Depositor  (“Trust Depositor”), Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., as Servicer (“HDCC), BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (the “Trust”), as assignee thereunder, the undersigned does hereby sell, transfer, convey and assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust (i) all the right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Initial Contracts listed on the initial List of Contracts delivered on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all security interests and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or after the Initial Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto prior to the Initial Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any physical damage or other individual insurance policy (and rights under a “forced placed” policy, if any) or any debt cancellation agreement relating to any such Contract, an Obligor or a Motorcycle securing such Contract, (iii) all security interests in each such Motorcycle, (iv) all documents contained in the related Contract Files, (v) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under any related motorcycle dealer agreements between dealers (i.e., the originators of such Contracts) and the HDCC, (vi) all rights of the Trust Depositor in the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account and related Lockbox Agreement to the extent they relate to such Contracts, (vii) all rights (but not the obligations) of the Trust Depositor under the Transfer and Sale Agreement, including but not limited to the Trust Depositor’s rights under Article V thereof, (viii) the remittances, deposits and payments made into the Trust Accounts from time to time and amounts in the Trust Accounts (other than the Reserve Fund) from time to time (and any investments of such amounts), (ix) all rights of the Trust Depositor to certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts or other repair agreements and other items financed under such Contracts, and (x) all proceeds and products of the foregoing.

 

This Assignment is made pursuant to and in reliance upon the representation and warranties on the part of the undersigned contained in Article III of the Agreement and no others.

 

Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be duly executed this           day of May, 2003.

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING
CORP.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed Name: Perry A. Glassgow

 

Title:  Treasurer

 

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Exhibit B

 

[Form of Closing Certificate of Trust Depositor]

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

 

President’s Certificate

 

The undersigned certifies that she is President of Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Trust Depositor”), and that as such is duly authorized to execute and deliver this certificate on behalf of the Trust Depositor in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Effective Date”) by and among the Trust Depositor, BNY Midwest Trust Company (the “Indenture Trustee”), as Indenture Trustee,  Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“Harley-Davidson Credit”), as Servicer, and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (“Issuer”) (all capitalized terms used herein without definition have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement), and further certifies as follows:

 

(1)           Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Trust Depositor, together with all amendments thereto as in effect on the date hereof.

 

(2)           There has been no other amendment or other document filed affecting the Articles of Incorporation of the Trust Depositor since May 12, 2000, and no such amendment has been authorized by the Board of Directors or shareholders of the Trust Depositor.

 

(3)           Attached hereto as Exhibit II is a Certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada dated May 5, 2003 stating that the Trust Depositor is duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada and is in good standing.

 

(4)           Attached hereto as Exhibit III is a true and correct copy of the By-laws of the Trust Depositor, which are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

 

(5)           Attached hereto as Exhibit IV is a true and correct copy of resolutions adopted pursuant to the unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Trust Depositor relating to the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement; the Transfer and Sale Agreement dated as of the Effective Date between the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson Credit; the Trust Agreement dated as of the Effective Date between the Trust Depositor and the Wilmington Trust Company (the “Owner Trustee”), as Owner Trustee; the Administrative Agreement dated as of the Effective Date between the Trust Depositor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, Harley-Davidson Credit, as Administrator; the Underwriting Agreement dated May 13, 2003 among the Trust

 

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Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit and the Underwriters (collectively, the “Program Agreements”).  Said resolutions have not been amended, modified, annulled or revoked, and are on the date hereof in full force and effect and are the only resolutions relating to these matters which have been adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

(6)           No event with respect to the Trust Depositor has occurred and is continuing which would constitute an Event of Termination or an event that, with notice or the passage of time or both, would become an Event of Termination under the Agreement.  To the best of my knowledge after reasonable investigation, there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Trust Depositor, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and except as set forth therein.

 

(7)           All federal, state and local taxes of the Trust Depositor due and owing as of the date hereof have been paid.

 

(8)           All representations and warranties of the Trust Depositor contained in the Program Agreements or any other related documents, or in any document, certificate or financial or other statement delivered in connection therewith are true and correct as of the date hereof.

 

(9)           There is no action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to our knowledge, threatened against the Trust Depositor before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (a) asserting the invalidity of the Program Agreements; (b) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Program Agreements; or (c) which is likely materially and adversely to affect the Trust Depositor’s performance of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Program Agreements.

 

(10)         No consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental agency or body or state or federal court is required to be obtained by the Trust Depositor for the Trust Depositor’s consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Program Agreements, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the issuance and sale of the Certificate.

 

(11)         The Trust Depositor is not a party to any agreements or instruments evidencing or governing indebtedness for money borrowed or by which the Trust Depositor or its property is bound (other than the Program Agreements).  Neither Harley-Davidson Credit’s transfer and assignment of the Contract Assets to the Trust Depositor, the Trust Depositor’s concurrent transfer and assignment of the Trust Corpus to the Trust, nor the concurrent pledge of the Collateral by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee nor the issuance and sale of the Certificate and the Notes, nor the execution and delivery of the

 

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Program Agreements, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated therein, will violate or conflict with any agreement or instrument to which the Trust Depositor is a party or by which it is otherwise bound.

 

(12)         In connection with the transfer of Contracts and related collateral contemplated in the Agreement, (a) the Trust Depositor has not made such transfer with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor of the Trust Depositor, and (b) the Trust Depositor has not received less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for such transfer, is not on the date thereof insolvent (nor will become insolvent as a result thereof), is not engaged (or about to engage) in a business or transaction for which it has unreasonably small capital, and does not intend to incur or believe it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay when matured.

 

(13)         Each of the agreements and conditions of the Trust Depositor to be performed on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the Program Agreements have been performed in all material respects.

 

*    *    *    *

 

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In Witness Whereof, I have affixed my signature hereto this       day of May, 2003.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed Name:

Donna F. Zarcone

 

Title:

President

 

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Exhibit C

 

[Form of Closing Certificate of Servicer/Seller]

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

President’s Certificate

 

The undersigned certifies that she is President of Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“Harley-Davidson Credit”), and that as such is duly authorized to execute and deliver this certificate on behalf of Harley-Davidson Credit, as Servicer, in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Effective Date”) by and among Harley-Davidson Credit, as Servicer, Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (“CFC”), BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (“Issuer”), in connection with the Transfer and Sale Agreement dated as of the Effective Date (the “Transfer and Sale Agreement”) by and between Harley-Davidson Credit and CFC (all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the respective meanings set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), and further certifies as follows:

 

(1)           Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation of Harley-Davidson Credit, together with all amendments thereto as in effect on the date hereof.

 

(2)           There has been no other amendment or other document filed affecting the Articles of Incorporation of Harley-Davidson Credit since August 9, 1999, and no such amendment has been authorized by the Board of Directors or shareholders of Harley-Davidson Credit.

 

(3)           Attached hereto as Exhibit II is a Certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada dated May 5, 2003 stating that Harley-Davidson Credit is duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada and is in good standing.

 

(4)           Attached hereto as Exhibit III is a true and correct copy of the By-laws of Harley-Davidson Credit which were in full force and effect as of August 1999 and at all times subsequent thereto.

 

(5)           Attached hereto as Exhibit IV is a true and correct copy of resolutions adopted pursuant to a unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of Harley-Davidson Credit and relating to the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Transfer and Sale Agreement; the Sale and Servicing Agreement; the Underwriting Agreement dated May 13, 2003 among Harley-Davidson Credit, CFC and the Underwriters (the “Underwriting Agreement”); and the Administration Agreement dated May 1, 2003 among Harley-Davidson Credit, CFC, the Issuer and BNY Midwest Trust

 

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Company, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) (the “Administration Agreement”).  Said resolutions have not been amended, modified, annulled or revoked, and are on the date hereof in full force and effect and are the only resolutions relating to these matters which have been adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

(6)           No event with respect to Harley-Davidson Credit has occurred and is continuing which would constitute an Event of Termination or an event that, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute an Event of Termination under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  To the best of my knowledge after reasonable investigation, there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of Harley-Davidson Credit, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and except as set forth therein.

 

(7)           All federal, state and local taxes of Harley-Davidson Credit due and owing as of the date hereof have been paid.

 

(8)           All representations and warranties of Harley-Davidson Credit contained in the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the Administration Agreement (collectively, the “Program Agreements”) or in any document, certificate or financial or other statement delivered in connection therewith are true and correct as of the date hereof.

 

(9)           There is no action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to my knowledge, threatened against Harley-Davidson Credit before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (a) asserting the invalidity of any Program Agreement to which Harley-Davidson Credit is a party; or (b) which is likely materially and adversely to affect Harley-Davidson Credit’s performance of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Program Agreements.

 

(10)         No consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental agency or body or state or federal court is required to be obtained by Harley-Davidson Credit for Harley-Davidson Credit’s consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Program Agreements, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes or the Certificate.

 

(11)         Schedule A hereto contains a complete list of all material agreements (other than the Transfer and Sale Agreement) or instruments evidencing or governing indebtedness for money borrowed to which Harley-Davidson Credit is a party or by which Harley-Davidson Credit or its property is bound.  Neither Harley-Davidson Credit’s transfer and assignment of the Contract Assets to CFC, CFC’s concurrent transfer and assignment of the Trust Corpus to the Trust, nor the concurrent pledge by the Trust of the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee, nor the issuance and sale of the Notes or

 

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the Certificate or the entering into of the Program Agreements, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated therein, will violate or conflict with any agreement or instrument to which Harley-Davidson Credit is a party or by which it is otherwise bound.

 

(12)         In connection with the transfers of Contracts and related assets contemplated in the Transfer and Sale Agreement, (a) Harley-Davidson Credit has not made such transfer with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor of Harley-Davidson Credit, and (b) Harley-Davidson Credit has not received less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for such transfer, is not on the date hereof insolvent (nor will Harley-Davidson Credit become insolvent as a result thereof), is not engaged (or about to engage) in a business or transaction for which it has unreasonably small capital, and does not intend to incur or believe it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay when matured.

 

(13)         The sole shareholder of Harley-Davidson Credit is Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which has its chief executive office and only office in Chicago, Illinois, and has no other offices in any other state.

 

(14)         Each of the agreements and conditions of Harley-Davidson Credit to be performed or satisfied on or before the Closing Date under the Program Agreements has been performed or satisfied in all material respects.

 

(15)         Each Contract being transferred pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement is evidenced by a written agreement providing for a repayment obligation as well as a security interest in the related Motorcycle securing such obligation, and conforms as to these matters in all material respects with the form of written Contract provided as Exhibit A hereto (with such minor variations as to specific terms as may be required or deemed desirable in respect of the laws or requirements of particular states).

 

(16)         Harley-Davidson Credit has not executed for filing any UCC financing statements listing the Contract Assets as collateral other than financing statements relating to the transactions contemplated in the Transfer and Sale Agreement and in the agreements listed on Schedule A hereto.

 

*   *   *   *   *   *

 

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In Witness Whereof, I have affixed my signature hereto this       day of May, 2003.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed Name:

Donna F. Zarcone

 

Title:

President

 

 



 

Exhibit D

 

[Form of Opinion of Counsel for Trust Depositor

Regarding General Corporate Matters

(Including Perfection Opinion)]

 

D-1



 

Exhibit E

 

[Form of Opinion of Counsel for Trust

Depositor Regarding the “True Sale” Nature

of the Transaction]

 

E-1



 

Exhibit F

 

[Form of Opinion of Counsel for Trust

Depositor Regarding Non-consolidation]

 

F-1



 

Exhibit G

 

[Form of Certificate Regarding Reacquired Contracts]

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

 

Certificate Regarding Reacquired Contracts

 

The undersigned certifies that he is the Treasurer of Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Servicer”), and that as such is duly authorized to execute and deliver this certificate on behalf of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of May 1, 2003 by and among Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., as Trust Depositor, the Servicer, BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the respective meanings specified in the Agreement), and further certifies that:

 

1.                                       The Contracts on the attached schedule are to be reacquired by the Seller on the date hereof pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Agreement and Section 5.01 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement.

 

2.                                       Upon deposit of the Reacquisition Price for such Contracts, such Contracts may, pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Agreement, be assigned by the Trustee to the Seller.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed hereunto my signature this           day of                        .

 

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name: Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

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Exhibit H

 

[List of Contracts]

 

H-1



 

Exhibit I

 

[Form of Monthly Report to Noteholders and the Certificateholder]

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2

$                     % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1

$                     % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2

$                     % Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B

 

Monthly Report

For the [        ] Distribution Date

 

A.

Calculation of Available Monies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.             Available Principal (as defined in Article I of the Sale and Servicing Agreement)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.             Available Interest (as defined in Article I of the Sale and Servicing Agreement)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.             Available Monies (l. plus 2.)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.

Calculation of Principal Distributable Amount (as defined in Article I of the Sale and Servicing Agreement)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.

Calculation of Available Interest (as defined in Article I of  the Sale and Servicing Agreement).

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.

Calculation of Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1A.          Class A Note Percentage for such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)           for each Distribution Date to but excluding the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero

 

95.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)           on the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, 95.0% until the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes has been reduced to zero

 

95.0

%

 

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(c)           on the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero,        %

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)           after the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes have been reduced to zero

 

0.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

1B.          Class B Note Percentage for such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)           for each Distribution Date to but excluding the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero

 

5.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)           on the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero,     %

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)           after the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes have been reduced to zero

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.             Principal Distributable Amount (from B)

 

$

 

 

 

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3.                             Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)           Class A-1 Notes (D.1(a)  multiplied by D.2 until Principal Balance of Class A-1 Notes Principal Balance is zero)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)           Class A-2 Notes (D.1(b) multiplied by D.2 until Class A-2 Notes Principal Balance is zero)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)           Class B Notes (D.1(c) multiplied by D.2 until Class B Notes Principal Balance is zero)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)           Note Principal Carryover Shortfall

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e)           Mandatory Redemption Amounts (from Pre-Funding Account as defined in Article I of the Sale and Servicing Agreement)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(f)            Class A Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount (the sum of items 3(a), 3(b), 3(d) and 3(e))

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(g)           Class B Note Monthly Principal Distributable Amount (the sum of items 3(c), 3(d) and 3(e))

 

$

 

 

 

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E.

Calculation of Note Monthly Interest Distributable Amount.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Class A-l Interest Rate

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Class A-2 Interest Rate

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       Class B Interest Rate

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       One-twelfth of the Class A-1 Interest Rate times the Class A-1 Note Balance from and including the fifteenth day of the month based on a 360-day year of 12 months of 30 days each (or from and including the Closing Date with respect to the first Distribution Date) to but excluding the fifteenth day of the month of the current Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       One-twelfth of the Class A-2 Note Interest Rate times the Class A-2 Note Balance from and including the fifteenth day of the month based on a 360-day year of 12 months of 30 days each (or from and including the Closing Date with respect to the first Distribution Date) to but excluding the fifteenth day of the month of the current Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.                                       One-twelfth of the Class B Note Interest Rate times the Class B Note Balance from and including the fifteenth day of the month based on a 360-day year of 12 months of 30 days each (or from and including the Closing Date with respect to the first Distribution Date) to but excluding the fifteenth day of the month of the current Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.                                       Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.                                       Note Monthly Interest Distributable Amount (the sum of items 3,  4 and 5)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F.

Calculation of Note Distributable Amount (sum of D.3(e) plus E.6.)

 

$

 

 

 

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G.

Fees

 

 

 

 

1.                                       The Monthly Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date (1/12 of the product of 1% and the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due Period)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Indenture Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date excluding expense component (1/12 of the product of .002% and the sum of (i) the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due Period and (ii) the Pre-Funded Amount as of the beginning of such Period; provided, however, in no event shall such fee be less than $200.00 per month)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H.

CALCULATION OF THE AVAILABLE MONIES FOR SUCH DISTRIBUTION DATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       The amount of funds deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.05(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect  to the related Due Period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.                                       amounts received by the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer with respect to principal and interest on the Contracts, as well as Late Payment Penalty Fees and Extensions Fees for the related Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.                                      All Net Liquidation Proceeds

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.                                       The aggregate of the Reacquisition Prices for Contracts required to be reacquired by the Seller as described in Section 7.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.                                      All Advances made by Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

$

 

 

 

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e.                                       All amounts paid by the Seller in connection with an optional reacquisition of the Contracts described in Section 7.10 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f.                                         All amounts obtained from the Indenture Trustee in respect of Carrying Charges to be deposited into the Collection Account for the upcoming Distribution Date as contemplated in Section 7.03(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

g.                                      All amounts received in respect of interest, dividends, gains, income and earnings on investments of funds in the Trust Accounts as contemplated in Section 5.05(b)(viii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

h.                                      Total amount of funds deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.05(b) (the sum of a. through g.)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       The amount of funds permitted to be withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (iv) of Section 7.05(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the related Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.                                       Amounts to be paid to the Servicer as the Reimbursement Amount in accordance with Section 7.03(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.                                      Amounts to be paid to the Servicer in respect to the Servicing Fee for the related Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.                                       Amounts to be paid to the Indenture Trustee in respect of the Indenture Trustee’s  Fee for the related Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

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d.                                      Other amounts required or authorized to be withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Specify

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.                                       Total amount of funds permitted to be withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (iv) Section 7.05(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the related Due Period (sum of a. through d.)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       The Available Monies (not including amounts from Reserve Fund Account) for such Distribution Date available to pay Note Distributable Amounts  and Certificate Distributable Amounts  (1(h) minus 2(e))

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       The Available Monies otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders that will be distributed to the Noteholders on such Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

The shortfall of Available Monies for such Distribution Date to pay either the Note Distributable Amount (the Available Monies for such Distribution Date minus the sum of the Note Distributable Amount as set forth in F.)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.

The amount to be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund on such Distribution Date to cover the Note Interest Distributable Amount

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K.

The amount to be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund on such Distribution Date to cover the Note Principal Distributable Amount

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L.

Interest Earnings on the Reserve Fund.

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.

The amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund after giving  effect to deposits and withdrawals therefrom on such Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

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N.

The Specified Reserve Fund Amount for such Distribution Date will be an amount equal to the greater of (a) 2.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts in the Trust as of the last day of the immediately preceding Due Period; provided, however, in the event a Reserve Fund Trigger Event occurs with respect to a Distribution Date and has not terminated for three (3) consecutive Distribution Dates (inclusive) such amount shall be equal to 6.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts in the Trust as of the last day of the immediately preceding Due Period) and (b) 1.00% of the aggregate of the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, Initial Class A-2 Note Balance and Initial Class B Note Balance; provided, however, in no event shall the Specified Reserve Fund Balance be greater than the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Securities.

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O.

The Pool Factor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.             The Class A-1 Note Pool Factor immediately before such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.             The Class A-2 Note Pool Factor immediately after such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.             The Class B Note Pool Factor immediately after such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.             The Class A-1 Note Pool Factor immediately before such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.             The Class A-2 Note Pool Factor immediately after such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.             The Class B Note Pool Factor immediately after such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.

Delinquent Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.             31-59 Days

#          

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.             60-89 Days

#          

 

$

 

 

 

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3.             90 or More Days

#          

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q.

Liquidated Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Total Liquidated Contracts      #         

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Liquidation proceeds for the Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       Liquidation expenses for the Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       Net Liquidation Proceeds for the Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       Net Liquidation Losses for the Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R.

Advances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Unreimbursed Advances prior to such Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Amount paid to Servicer on such Distribution Date to reimburse Servicer for such unreimbursed Advances

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       Amount of Delinquent Interest for such Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       Amount of new Advances on such Distribution Date (if such amount is less than the amount of Delinquent Interest, attach the certificate required by Section 7.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       Total of unreimbursed Advances after new Advances on such Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.

Reacquired Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Number of Contracts to be reacquired by the Seller pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Principal Amount of such Contracts

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       Related Reacquisition Price of such Contracts

 

$

 

 

 

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T.

Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Number of Contracts as of beginning of Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Principal Balance of Contracts as of beginning of Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       The weighted average Contract Rate of the Contracts as of the beginning of the Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       Number of Contracts as of end of Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       Principal Balance of Contracts as of end of Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.                                       The weighted average Contract Rate of the Contracts as of the end of the Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.                                       The weighted average remaining term to maturity of the Contracts as of the end of the Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.                                       Pre-Funded Amount as of beginning of Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.                                       Pre-Funded Amount as of end of Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.

Interest Reserve Account

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Interest Reserve Amount as of previous Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Interest received into Interest Reserve Account

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       Carrying Charges (if any) to be paid on upcoming Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       Excess Funds remitted to Trust Depositor

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       Interest Reserve Amount as of upcoming Distribution Date

 

$

 

 

 

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V.

Ratios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Cumulative Loss Ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.                                       The aggregate Net Liquidation Losses for all Contracts since the Cutoff Date through the end of the related Due Period

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.                                      The sum of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date plus the Principal Balance of any Subsequent Contracts as of the related Subsequent Cutoff Date

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.                                       The Cumulative Loss Ratio for such Distribution Date (the quotient of a. divided by b., expressed as a percentage)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Average Delinquency Ratio for such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)                                  The Delinquency Amount (the Principal Balance of all Contracts that were delinquent 60 days or more as of the end of the Due Period)

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)                                 The Delinquency Ratio (the fraction (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (a) the Delinquency Amount during the immediately preceding Due Period by (b) the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due Period) for such Distribution Date

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)                                  The Delinquency Ratio for the prior Distribution Date

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)                                 The Delinquency Ratio for the second prior Distribution Date

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e)                                  The Average Delinquency Ratio (the arithmetic average of a. through c.)

 

 

 

%

 

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3.                                       Average Loss Ratio for such Distribution Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)                                  Net Liquidation Losses

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)                                 The Loss Ratio for (the fraction (expressed as a percentage) derived by dividing (x) Net Liquidation Losses for all Contracts that became Liquidated Contracts during the immediately preceding Due Period multiplied by twelve by (y) the outstanding Principal Balances of all Contracts as of the beginning of the Due Period) such Distribution Date

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)                                  The Loss Ratio for the prior Distribution Date

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)                                 The Loss Ratio for the second prior Distribution Date

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e)                                  The Average Loss Ratio (the arithmetic average of a. through c.)

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       Computation of Specified Reserve Fund Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve Fund Trigger Events

 

 

 

 

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(1)                                  Average Delinquency Ratio (if (a) (i) Average Delinquency Ratio 2.50% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) 3.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the first anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second anniversary of the Closing Date or (iii) 3.50% for any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the second anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the third anniversary of the Closing Date or (iv) 4.00% for any Distribution Date following the third anniversary of the Closing Date, then a Reserve Fund Trigger Event has occurred)

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)                                  Average Loss Ratio (if Average Loss Ratio is equal to or greater than (i) 3.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second anniversary of the Closing Date or (ii)  2.75% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs following the second anniversary of the Closing Date, then a Reserve Fund Trigger Event has occurred)

 

 

%

 

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(3)                                  Cumulative Loss Ratio (if Cumulative Loss Ratio is equal to or greater than (i) 1.25% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) 2.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the first anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (iii) 2.50% for any Distribution Date while occurs within the period from the day after the second anniversary of the Closing Date to, and inclusive of the third anniversary of the Closing Date, or (iv) 2.75% following the third anniversary of the Closing Date, then a Reserve Fund Trigger Event has occurred)

 

 

%

 

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Exhibit J

 

[Seller’s Representations and Warranties]

 

(1)           Representations and Warranties Regarding Seller.  Seller represents and warrants, as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           Organization and Good Standing.  Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged.  Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller or Trust Depositor.  Seller is properly licensed in each jurisdiction to the extent required by the laws of such jurisdiction to service the Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

(b)           Authorization; Binding Obligation.  Seller has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c)           No Consent Required.  Seller is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party.

 

(d)           No Violations.  Seller’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Seller, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which Seller is a party or by which Seller or any of Seller’s properties may be bound.

 

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(e)           Litigation.  No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of Seller threatened, against Seller or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party which, if adversely determined, would in the opinion of Seller have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or other) of Seller or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party.

 

(f)            State of Incorporation; Name; No Changes.  Seller’s state of incorporation is the State of Nevada.  Seller’s exact legal name is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.  Seller has not changed its name whether by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, by reorganization or otherwise, and has not changed its state of incorporation within the four months preceding the Closing Date.

 

(g)           Buell.  Approximately 5.0% of the aggregate principal balance of contracts financed from time to time by the Seller are secured by motorcycles manufactured by Buell.

 

(h)           Solvency.  The Seller, after giving effect to the conveyances made by it hereunder, is Solvent.

 

(2)           Representations and Warranties Regarding Each Contract.  Seller represents and warrants as to each Contract as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           List of Contracts.  The information set forth in the List of Contracts (or Subsequent List of Contracts, in the case of Subsequent Contracts) is true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the Initial Cutoff Date or applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date, as the case may be.

 

(b)           Payments.  As of the Initial Cutoff Date or applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date, as the case may be, the most recent scheduled payment with respect to any Contract either had been made or was not delinquent for more than 30 days.  To the best of Seller’s knowledge, all payments made on each Contract were made by the respective Obligor.

 

(c)           No Waivers.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts), the terms of the Contracts have not been waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by instruments or documents included in the related Contract File.

 

(d)           Binding Obligation.  Each Contract is a legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor thereunder and is enforceable in accordance with its terms,

 

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except as such enforceability may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, moratorium, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

(e)           No Defenses.  No Contract is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the operation of any of the terms of such Contract or the exercise of any right thereunder will not render the Contract unenforceable in whole or in part or subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.

 

(f)            Insurance.  As of the origination date of each Contract (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), the related Motorcycle securing each Contract is covered by physical damage insurance (i) in an amount not less than the value of the Motorcycle at the time of origination of the Contract, (ii) naming Seller as a loss payee and (iii) insuring against loss and damage due to fire, theft, transportation, collision and other risks covered by comprehensive coverage, and all premiums due on such insurance have been paid in full from the date of the Contract’s origination.

 

(g)           Origination.  Either (i) Contracts were originated by a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealer in the regular course of its business which dealer had all necessary licenses and permits to originate the Contracts in the state where such dealer was located, was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and has been purchased by Seller in the regular course of its business, or (ii) Contracts were originated by Eaglemark Savings Bank in the regular course of its business which had all necessary licenses and permits to originate the Contracts in the state where it was located, was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and has been purchased by Seller in the regular course of its business.  Each Contract was sold by such motorcycle dealer or Eaglemark Savings Bank, as the case may be, to the Seller without any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such motorcycle dealer or Eaglemark Savings Bank.

 

(h)           Lawful Assignment.  No Contract was originated in or is subject to the laws of any jurisdiction whose laws would make the transfer and assignment of the Contract under this Agreement or under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the pledge of the Contract under the Indenture unlawful, void or voidable.

 

(i)            Compliance with Law.  None of the Contracts, the origination of the Contracts by the dealers or Eaglemark Savings Bank, the purchase of the Contracts by the Seller, the sale of the Contracts by the Seller to the Trust Depositor or the transfer of the Contracts by the Trust Depositor to the Trust, or any combination of the foregoing, violated as of the Closing Date or as of any Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable, any requirement of any federal, state or local law and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, motor vehicle installment loan and equal credit

 

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opportunity laws, applicable to the Contracts and the sale of Motorcycles.  Seller shall, for at least the period of this Agreement, maintain in its possession, available for the Trust Depositor’s, and the Trustee’s inspection, and shall deliver to Trust Depositor or  the Trustee upon demand, evidence of compliance with all such requirements.

 

(j)            Contract in Force.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no Contract has been satisfied or subordinated in whole or in part or rescinded, and the related Motorcycle securing any Contract has not been released from the lien of the Contract in whole or in part.

 

(k)           Valid Security Interest.  Each Contract creates a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in favor of Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank (as the case may be) in the Motorcycle covered thereby, and such security interest has been assigned by Eaglemark Savings Bank to Seller (where applicable) and by Seller to the Trust Depositor.  The original certificate of title, certificate of lien or other notification or evidence (the “Lien Certificate”) issued by the body responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of title or evidence relating to, motor vehicles and liens thereon (the “Registrar of Titles”) of the applicable state shows the Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank (as the case may be) as original secured party under each Contract as the holder of a first priority security interest in such Motorcycle.  With respect to each Contract for which a written Lien Certificate is provided and has not yet been returned from the Registrar of Titles, the Seller has received written evidence that such Lien Certificate showing the Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank as lienholder has been applied for.   Eaglemark Savings Bank’s security interest has been validly assigned by Eaglemark Savings Bank to Seller.  The Seller’s security interest has been validly assigned by the Seller to the Trust Depositor and by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement.  Immediately after the transfer, each Contract will be secured by an enforceable and perfected first priority security interest in the Motorcycle in favor of the Trust as secured party, which security interest is prior to all other liens upon and security interests in such Motorcycle which now exist or may hereafter arise or be created (except, as to priority, for any lien for taxes, labor, materials or of any state law enforcement agency affecting a Motorcycle).

 

(1)           Capacity of Parties.  All parties to any Contract had capacity to execute such Contract and all other documents related thereto and to grant the security interest purported to be granted thereby.

 

(m)          Good Title.  Each Contract was purchased by Seller for value and taken into possession prior to the Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts) in the ordinary course of its business, without knowledge that the Contract was subject to a security interest.  No Contract has been sold, assigned or pledged to any person other than Trust Depositor and the Trustee as the transferee of Trust Depositor, and prior to the transfer of the Contract to Trust Depositor, Seller had good and marketable title to each Contract free and clear of any encumbrance, equity,

 

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loan, pledge, charge, claim or security interest and was the sole owner thereof and had full right to transfer the Contract to Trust Depositor and to permit Trust Depositor to transfer the same to the Issuer, and, as of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), the Issuer will have a first priority perfected security interest therein.

 

(n)           No Defaults.  As of the Initial Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration existed with respect to any Contract and no event had occurred which, with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute such a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under such Contract.  Seller has not waived any such default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration, and Seller has not granted any extension of payment terms on any Contract.  As of the Initial Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no Motorcycle had been repossessed.

 

(o)           No Liens.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts) there are, to the best of Seller’s knowledge, no liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or materials affecting the Motorcycle securing any Contract which are or may be liens prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Contract.

 

(p)           Installments.  Each Contract has a fixed Contract Rate and provides for monthly payments of principal and interest which, if timely made, would fully amortize the loan on a simple-interest basis over its term.

 

(q)           Enforceability.  Each Contract contains customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security.

 

(r)            One Original.  Each Contract is evidenced by only one original executed Contract, which original is being held by the Servicer as custodian.

 

(s)           No Government Contracts.  No Obligor is the United States government or an agency, authority, instrumentality or other political subdivision of the United States government.

 

(t)            Lockbox Bank.  The Lockbox Bank is the only institution holding any Lockbox Account for receipt of payments from Obligors, and all Obligors, and only such Obligors, have been instructed to make payments to the Lockbox Account, and no person claiming through or under Seller has any claim or interest in the Lockbox Account other than the Lockbox Bank; provided, however, that other “Trusts” (as defined in the Lockbox Agreement) shall have an interest in certain other collections therein not related to the Contracts.

 

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(u)           Obligor Bankruptcy.  At the Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), no Obligor was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding within the one year preceding such Cutoff Date.

 

(v)           Chattel Paper.  The Contracts constitute tangible chattel paper within the meaning of the UCC.

 

(w)          No Impairment.  Neither the Seller nor the Trust Depositor has done anything to convey any right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments due under the Contract or otherwise to impair the rights of the Trust in any Contract or the proceeds thereof.

 

(x)            Contract Not Assumable.  No Contract is assumable by another Person in a manner which would release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor’s obligations to the Trust Depositor with respect to such Contract.

 

(3)           Representations and Warranties Regarding the Contracts in the Aggregate.  Seller represents and warrants, as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           Amounts.  The sum of the aggregate Principal Balances payable by Obligors under the Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff Date (or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), plus the Pre-Funded Amount as of such date, equals the sum of the principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class B Notes on the Closing Date or the related Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable.

 

(b)           Characteristics.  The Initial Contracts have the following characteristics: (i) all the Contracts are secured by Motorcycles; (ii) no Initial Contract has a remaining maturity of more than 84 months; and (iii) the final scheduled payment on the Initial Contract with the latest maturity is due not later than May 2010.  Approximately 75.72% of the Principal Balance of the Initial Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of new Motorcycles and approximately 24.28% is attributable to loans for purchases of used Motorcycles.  No Initial Contract was originated after the Initial Cutoff Date.  No Initial Contract has a Contract Rate less than 5.48%.  The first scheduled payment date of the Contracts (including any Subsequent Contracts) is due no later than August 2003.  Approximately 0.02% of the Principal Balance of the Initial Contracts as of the Initial Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of Motorcycles not manufactured by Harley-Davidson or Buell.

 

(c)           Marking Records.  As of the Closing Date (or the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of Subsequent Contracts), Seller has caused the Computer Disk relating to the Contracts sold hereunder and concurrently reconveyed by Trust Depositor to the Trust and pledged by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee to be clearly and

 

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unambiguously marked to indicate that such Contracts constitute part of the Trust Corpus, are owned by the Trust and constitute security for the Notes.

 

(d)           No Adverse Selection.  No selection procedures adverse to Noteholders have been employed in selecting the Contracts.

 

(e)           True Sale.  The transaction contemplated by this Agreement constitutes a valid sale, transfer and assignment from Seller to Trust Depositor and from Trust Depositor to the Trust of all of Seller’s right, title and interest in the Contract Assets as of the Closing Date and any Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable.

 

(f)            All Filings Made.  All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Trustee a first priority perfected lien on, or ownership interest in, the Contracts and the proceeds thereof and the rest of the Trust Corpus have been made, taken or performed.

 

(g)           Delta Loans.  No more than 11.00% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the end of the Funding Period is attributable to Delta Loans.

 

(4)           Representations and Warranties Regarding the Contract Files.  Seller represents and warrants as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Subsequent Transfer Date, in the case of Subsequent Contracts, that:

 

(a)           Possession.  Immediately prior to the Closing Date or any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Servicer will have possession of each original Contract and the related complete Contract File, and there are and there will be no custodial agreements relating to the same in effect.  Each of such documents which is required to be signed by the Obligor has been signed by the Obligor in the appropriate spaces.  All blanks on any form have been properly filled in and each form has otherwise been correctly prepared.  The complete Contract File for each Contract currently is in the possession of the Servicer.

 

(b)           Bulk Transfer Laws.  The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Contracts and the Contract Files by Seller pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement or any Subsequent Purchase Agreement and by Trust Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement is not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

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Exhibit K

 

[Lockbox Bank and Lockbox Account]

 

 

Lockbox

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

135 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60674

 

Lockbox Bank

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60674

 

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Exhibit L

 

[Form of Contract Stamp]

 

This Contract/Note is subject to a security interest granted to Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2.  A UCC1 Financing Statement covering this Contract/Note has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.  Such lien will be released only in connection with appropriate filings in such offices.  Consequently, potential purchasers of this Contract/Note must refer to such filings to determine whether such lien has been released.

 

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Exhibit M

 

[Form of Subsequent Transfer Agreement]

 

[see Exhibit C of the Transfer and Sale Agreement]

 

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EX-10.24 7 j1452_ex10d24.htm EX-10.24

EXHIBIT 10.24

 

 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

among

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2003-2,

 

as Issuer,

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,

 

as Administrator,

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

 

as Trust Depositor,

 

and

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,

 

as Indenture Trustee

 

 

Dated as of May 1, 2003

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION 1.

DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

SECTION 2.

RECORDS

SECTION 3.

COMPENSATION

SECTION 4.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO THE ISSUER

SECTION 5.

INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

SECTION 6.

NO JOINT VENTURE

SECTION 7.

OTHER ACTIVITIES OF ADMINISTRATOR

SECTION 8.

TERM OF AGREEMENT; RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR

SECTION 9.

ACTION UPON TERMINATION, RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL

SECTION 10.

NOTICES

SECTION 11.

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 12.

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

SECTION 13.

GOVERNING LAW

SECTION 14.

HEADINGS

SECTION 15.

COUNTERPARTS

SECTION 16.

SEVERABILITY

SECTION 17.

NOT APPLICABLE TO HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT IN OTHER CAPACITIES

SECTION 18.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 19.

THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY

SECTION 20.

SURVIVABILITY

 



 

 

This Administration Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2003, among Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (the “Issuer”), Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (together with its successors and assigns “Harley-Davidson Credit”) in its capacity as administrator, the “Administrator”), Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (the “Trust Depositor”) and BNY Midwest Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee (together with its successors and assigns, the “Indenture Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing 1.34% Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1 Notes, 2.07% Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2 Notes and 1.89% Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture);

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Notes including (i) a Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson Credit, as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and (ii) the Indenture (collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Transaction Documents”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee are required to perform certain duties in connection with (i) the Notes and the collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture (the “Collateral”) and (ii) the beneficial ownership interest in the Issuer (the registered holder of such interest being referred to herein as the “Owner”);

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee referred to in the preceding clause and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents as the Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time request; and

 

WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREAFTER, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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Section 1.              Duties of the Administrator.

 

(a)           Duties with respect to the Indenture.

 

(i)            The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as Administrator and the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee under the Transaction Documents.  In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee under the Indenture.  The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the respective duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee under the Indenture.  The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is required to take pursuant to the Indenture including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under the Indenture (references are to Sections of the Indenture):

 

(A)          the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.04);

 

(B)           the notification of Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes (Section 2.07(b));

 

(C)           the fixing or causing to be fixed of any special record date and the notification of the Indenture Trustee and Noteholders with respect to special payment dates, if any (Section 2.07(c));

 

(D)          the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for execution and authentication of the Notes and delivery of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.02);

 

(E)           the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of Collateral (Section 2.12);

 

(F)           the maintenance of an office in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section 3.02);

 

(G)           the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.03);

 

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(H)          the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);

 

(I)            the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the Collateral (Section 3.04);

 

(J)            the preparation of all supplements and amendments to the Indenture and all financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments and the taking of such other action as is necessary or advisable to protect the Collateral other than as prepared by the Servicer (Section 3.05);

 

(K)          the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and certain other statements as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.06 and 3.09);

 

(L)           the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture (Section 3.07(b));

 

(M)         the notification of the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency of an Event of Termination under the Sale and Servicing Agreement;

 

(N)          the duty to cause the Servicer to comply with Article Five and Article Nine of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.14);

 

(O)          the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Indenture (Section 3.10(b) and Section 3.11(b));

 

(P)           the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency of each Event of Default under the Indenture and each Event of Termination by the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.18);

 

(Q)          the monitoring of the Issuer’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer’s Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.01);

 

(R)           the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the sale of the Collateral in a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (Section 5.04);

 

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(S)           the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.08);

 

(T)           the preparation of any written instruments required to confirm more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any written instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.08 and 6.10);

 

(U)          the furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.01);

 

(V)           the opening of one or more accounts in the Indenture Trustee’s name, the preparation and delivery of Issuer Orders, Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.02 and 8.03);

 

(W)         the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer’s Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Collateral (Sections 8.04 and 8.05);

 

(X)          the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);

 

(Y)           the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.06);

 

(Z)           the duty to notify Noteholders of redemption of the Notes or to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Section 10.02);

 

(AA)       the preparation and delivery of all Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.01(a));

 

(BB)        the preparation and delivery of Officer’s Certificates and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.01(b));

 

(CC)        the notification of the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to provide notification;

 

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(DD)       the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.06);

 

(EE)         the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.14); and

 

(FF)         the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

(ii)           The Administrator will:

 

(A)          except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, pay the Indenture Trustee’s fees and reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee 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;

 

(B)           indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its agents for, and hold them harmless against, any loss, 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, 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

 

(C)           indemnify the Owner Trustee and its agents for, and hold them harmless against, any loss, 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 Trust Agreement, 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 Trust Agreement.

 

(b)           Additional Duties.

 

(i)            In addition to the duties set forth in Section 1(a)(i), the Administrator shall perform such calculations and shall prepare or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, and shall execute on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that the Issuer or the Owner Trustee are required to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Transaction Documents or under Section 5.03 of the Trust Agreement, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that the Issuer or the Owner Trustee are required to take pursuant to the Transaction Documents.  In furtherance thereof, the Owner Trustee shall, on behalf of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the Administrator

 

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and to each successor Administrator appointed pursuant to the terms hereof, one or more powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, appointing the Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the Issuer for the purpose of executing on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions.  Subject to Section 5, and in accordance with the directions of the Issuer, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Transaction Documents) as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Issuer and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator.

 

(ii)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payments (or allocations of income) to the Owner as contemplated in Section 5.01(c) of the Trust Agreement.  Any such notice shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner Trustee pursuant to such provision.

 

(iii)          Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the Owner Trustee set forth in Section 5.03(a), (b), (c) and (d), the penultimate sentence of Section 5.03 and Section 5.04(a) of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other things, accounting and reports to the Owner; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee shall retain responsibility for the distribution of information forms necessary to enable the Owner to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.

 

(iv)          The Administrator shall satisfy its obligations with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above by retaining, at the expense of the Trust payable by the Administrator, a firm of independent public accountants (the “Accountants”) acceptable to the Owner Trustee, which shall perform the obligations of the Administrator thereunder.

 

(v)           The Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in Section 10.02 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement.

 

(vi)          In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in the Administrator’s opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available from unaffiliated parties.

 

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(c)           Non-Ministerial Matters.

 

(i)            With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Owner Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction.  For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include, without limitation:

 

(A)          the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;

 

(B)           the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection of the Contracts);

 

(C)           the amendment, change or modification of any other Transaction Documents;

 

(D)          the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators or a successor Servicer, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and

 

(E)           the removal of the Indenture Trustee.

 

(ii)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (A) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Transaction Documents, (B) sell the Collateral pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 5.04 of the Indenture, (C) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf or (D) take any other action which may be construed as having the effect of varying the investment of the Holders.

 

Section 2.              Records.  The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee at any time during normal business hours.

 

Section 3.              Compensation.  As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to a monthly fee which shall be solely an obligation of the Trust Depositor and shall be in an amount as shall be agreeable to the Trust Depositor and the Administrator.

 

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Section 4.              Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer.  The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.

 

Section 5.              Independence of the Administrator.  For all purposes of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder.  Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 6.              No Joint Venture.  Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.

 

Section 7.              Other Activities of Administrator.  Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other business or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other Person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 8.              Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator.  This Agreement shall continue in force until the termination of the Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.

 

(a)           Subject to Section 8(d) and Section 8(e), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least 60 days’ prior written notice.

 

(b)           Subject to Section 8(d) and Section 8(e), the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least 60 days’ prior written notice.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 8(d) and Section 8(e), at the sole option of the Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:

 

(i)            the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall not cure such default within ten days (or, if

 

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such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);

 

(ii)           a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within 60 days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or

 

(iii)          the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.

 

The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) above shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee within seven days after the occurrence of such event.

 

(d)           No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.

 

(e)           The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment.

 

(f)            Subject to Section 8(d) and 8(e), the Administrator acknowledges that upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall immediately resign and such Successor Servicer shall automatically become the Administrator under this Agreement.

 

Section 9.              Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal.  Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(a), (b) or (c) respectively, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination, resignation or removal.  The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8 deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the

 

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Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator.  In the event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section (a), (b) or (c), respectively, the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.

 

Section 10.            Notices.   All notices, demands, certificates, requests and communications hereunder (“notices”) shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon receipt when sent through the U.S. mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, or (b) one Business Day after delivery to an overnight courier, or (c) on the date personally delivered to an Authorized Officer of the party to which sent, or (d) on the date transmitted by legible telecopier transmission with a confirmation of receipt, in all cases addressed to the recipient at the address for such recipient set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to each of the other parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices shall be sent.

 

Section 11.            Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto, with the written consent of the Owner Trustee but without the consent of the Noteholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided that such amendment will not, in the Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder.  This Agreement may also be amended by the parties hereto with the written consent of the Owner Trustee and the Required Holders 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 Noteholders; provided, however, that no such amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Contracts or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the holders of Notes which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all outstanding Notes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not amend this Agreement without the permission of the Trust Depositor, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 12.            Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement may not be assigned by the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof.  An assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the

 

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Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Administrator; provided that such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.  Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto.

 

Section 13.            Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Section 14.            Headings.  The section and subsection headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

 

Section 15.            Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

 

Section 16.            Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall 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 17.            Not Applicable to Harley-Davidson Credit in Other Capacities.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation Harley-Davidson Credit may have in any other capacity.

 

Section 18.            Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this instrument has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.  For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner

 

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Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust Agreement.

 

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

 

Section 19.            Third-party Beneficiary.  The Owner Trustee is a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.

 

Section 20.            Survivability.  The obligations of the Administrator described in Section 1(a)(ii) hereof shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST
2003-2

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING
CORP., as Trust Depositor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

 

Title:  Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, not in
its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Cynthia L. Davis

 

 

 

Title:  Assistant Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,
as Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:  Perry A. Glassgow

 

 

 

Title:  Treasurer

 

 

Signature Page to Administration Agreement

 

 



 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

State of Illinois

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County of Cook

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KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation (the “Owner Trustee”), whose principal executive office is located at Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware Attention:  Trust Administration, by and through its duly elected and authorized officer,                         ,  a                    ,  on behalf of itself and of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2003-2 (the “Trust”) as Issuer under the Administration Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2003 (the “Administration Agreement”), among the Trust, Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, and Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., as Administrator, does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada corporation, each of its officers from time to time and each of its employees authorized by it from time to time to act hereunder, jointly and each of them severally, together or acting alone, its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for the Owner Trustee and the Issuer in their name, place and stead, in the sole discretion of such attorney-in-fact, to perform such calculations and prepare or cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, and to execute on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is required to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Administration Agreement, and to take any and all other action, as such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or desirable in accordance with the directions of the Owner Trustee and in connection with its duties as Administrator or successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.  Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Administration Agreement.

 

The Owner Trustee hereby ratifies and confirms the execution, delivery and performance (whether before or after the date hereof) of the above-mentioned documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions, by the attorney-in-fact and all that the attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

 



 

The Owner Trustee hereby agrees that no person or other entity dealing with the attorney-in-fact shall be bound to inquire into such attorney-in-fact’s power and authority hereunder and any such person or entity shall be fully protected in relying on such power of authority.

 

This Limited Power of Attorney may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Owner Trustee.  It is effective immediately and will continue until it is revoked.

 

This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois without reference to principles of conflicts of law.

 

Executed as of this 20th day of May, 2003.

 

 

 

Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 



 

CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
NOTARY PUBLIC

 

State of Delaware

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SS.

 

 

 

County of New Castle

)

 

 

On May    , 2003 before me,                                                                               

[Insert name and title of notary]

personally appeared                                       

 

o            personally known to me, or

 

o            proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are

 

subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ties), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

 

 

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

 

 


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