-----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, EJ0Zc+SKju3+hhZt8OXtuAnKcWPLbmgYyy3cYNYQs6Rkmxn5dVDYlEBYBaj2lg7N aQYbRcGb2Dt0qWoJJt+MBg== 0001104659-10-059311.txt : 20101119 0001104659-10-059311.hdr.sgml : 20101119 20101119134540 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-059311 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101117 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101119 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101119 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: 101204930 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 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001505689 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-157910-05 FILM NUMBER: 101204929 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 a10-21586_18k.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): November 17, 2010

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

(Exact name of Depositor as specified in its charter)

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

(Exact name of Sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1

(Exact name of Issuing Entity as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

333-157910-05

 

38-6933101

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

 

 

1100 North Market Street

 

 

Wilmington, Delaware

 

19890-1605

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(302) 636-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01                               Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On November 17, 2010, the registrant and Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. entered into an Underwriting Agreement with RBS Securities Inc., on behalf of itself and as representative of the several underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), for the issuance and sale of certain asset backed notes of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Trust”) in the following classes: Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class B and Class C (collectively, the “Notes”).  The Notes have an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000.  The Notes have been registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-157910).  It is expected that the Notes will be issued on or about November 23, 2010.

 

The Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1.

 

Item 8.01.                            Other Events

 

The Notes will be offered pursuant to a final Prospectus Supplement dated November 17, 2010.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to file the opinions of Winston & Strawn LLP and copies of the agreements executed or to be executed in connection with the issuance of the Notes listed in Item 9.01(d).  The agreements are being filed to satisfy certain undertakings to file copies of certain agreements to be executed in connection with the issuance of the Notes.

 

Item 9.01.                            Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)     Financial Statements:    None

 

(b)     Pro Forma Financial Information:    None

 

(c)     Not applicable

 

(d)     Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement dated November 17, 2010 among Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (“CFC”), Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“HDCC”) and RBS Securities Inc., on behalf of itself and as representative of the several underwriters

4.1

 

Trust Agreement to be dated as of October 1, 2010 between CFC and Wilmington Trust Company

4.2

 

Indenture to be dated as of November 1, 2010 between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Indenture Trustee”)

5.1

 

Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, dated as of November 19, 2010 as to legality.

8.1

 

Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, dated as of November 19, 2010, as to certain tax matters.

10.1

 

Transfer and Sale Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 between HDCC and CFC

10.2

 

Sale and Servicing Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 among the Trust, CFC, HDCC, and the Indenture Trustee

 

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10.3

 

Administration Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 among the Trust, HDCC, CFC and the Indenture Trustee

23.1

 

Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1)

 

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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/ James Darrell Thomas

 

 

Name: James Darrell Thomas

 

 

Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

 

November 19, 2010

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement dated November 17, 2010 among Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (“CFC”), Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“HDCC”) and RBS Securities Inc., on behalf of itself and as representative of the several underwriters

4.1

 

Trust Agreement to be dated as of October 1, 2010 between CFC and Wilmington Trust Company

4.2

 

Indenture to be dated as of November 1, 2010 between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Indenture Trustee”)

5.1

 

Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, dated as of November 19, 2010 as to legality.

8.1

 

Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, dated as of November 19, 2010, as to certain tax matters.

10.1

 

Transfer and Sale Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 between HDCC and CFC

10.2

 

Sale and Servicing Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 among the Trust, CFC, HDCC, and the Indenture Trustee

10.3

 

Administration Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 among the Trust, HDCC, CFC and the Indenture Trustee

23.1

 

Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1)

 

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EX-1.1 2 a10-21586_1ex1d1.htm EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2010-1

 

$130,000,000 0.31325% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-1

$182,000,000 0.83% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-2

$148,000,000 1.16% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-3

$77,610,000 1.53% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-4

$25,820,000 1.99% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS B

$36,570,000 2.59% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS C

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.

Trust Depositor

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

Seller, Servicer and Sponsor

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

November 17, 2010

 

RBS Securities Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

c/o RBS Securities Inc.

600 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, CT 06901

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Trust Depositor”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Harley-Davidson”), proposes to cause Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Trust”) to issue and sell to you (the “Underwriters”) $130,000,000 principal amount of its 0.31325% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”), $182,000,000 principal amount of its 0.83% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”), $148,000,000 principal amount of its 1.16% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3 Notes”), and $77,610,000 principal amount of its 1.53% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the “Class A-4 Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Class A Notes”).  The Trust will also issue $25,820,000 principal amount of its 1.99% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B (the “Class B Notes”), and $36,570,000 principal amount of its 2.59% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class C (the “Class C Notes” and, together with the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, the “Notes”).  The assets of the Trust will include a pool of motorcycle conditional sales contracts

 



 

(the “Contracts”) relating to motorcycles manufactured by one or more subsidiaries of Harley-Davidson, Inc. (including Buell Motorcycle Company, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley-Davidson, Inc.), and certain other motorcycle manufacturers, certain monies received thereon after October 31, 2010 (the “Cutoff Date”), all insurance proceeds and liquidation proceeds with respect thereto, security interests in the motorcycles financed thereby, the related Contracts files, the Trust Accounts, proceeds of the foregoing, certain rights with respect to funds on deposit from time to time in the Reserve Fund and certain other property.  The Contracts will be serviced for the Trust by Harley-Davidson.  The Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture to be dated as of November 1, 2010 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”) between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).  The Notes will be secured by the assets of the Trust pursuant to the Indenture.   The Notes are sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Offered Securities”.

 

A certificate (the “Certificate”) will be issued pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of October 1, 2010 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), between the Trust Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”).  The Certificate will initially be retained by the Trust Depositor and will not be offered pursuant to the Preliminary Prospectus (as defined herein) or the Prospectus (as defined herein).

 

The Trust will acquire the Contracts from the Trust Depositor pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Trust, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson, as servicer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee.  Harley-Davidson will also agree to perform certain administrative functions on behalf of the Trust pursuant to an Administration Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Administration Agreement”) among Harley-Davidson, as administrator, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee.  The Trust Depositor will acquire the Contracts from Harley-Davidson on the Closing Date (as defined herein) pursuant to a Transfer and Sale Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Transfer and Sale Agreement”) among the Trust Depositor, as purchaser, and Harley-Davidson, as seller.  All of the assets conveyed to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement are referred to herein as the “Trust Property”.  Capitalized terms that are used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

In connection with the sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters, the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson will prepare a Prospectus Supplement to be dated November 17, 2010 which will supplement the Base Prospectus dated as of November 15, 2010.  The Prospectus sets forth certain information concerning the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson, the Trust and the Offered Securities.  The Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson hereby confirm that they have authorized the use of the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters.  Unless stated to the contrary, all references herein to the Prospectus are to the Prospectus as defined herein and are not meant to include any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

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At or prior to the time when sales to purchasers of the Offered Securities were first made to investors by the Underwriters, which was approximately 2:52 p.m. New York City time on November 17, 2010 (the “Time of Sale”), the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 15, 2010 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) to the base prospectus dated November 15, 2010 (the “Preliminary Base Prospectus”) (together, along with information referred to under the caption “Appendix A—Static Pool Information” therein regardless of whether it is deemed a part of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”) and the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 11).  If, subsequent to the Time of Sale and prior to the Closing Date, such information included an untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and as a result investors in the Offered Securities may terminate their prior “Contracts of Sale” (within the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)) for any Offered Securities and the Underwriters enter into new Contracts of Sale with investors in the Offered Securities, then “Time of Sale Information” will refer to the information conveyed to investors at the time of entry into the first such new Contract of Sale, in an amended Preliminary Prospectus approved by the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson and the Underwriters that corrects such material misstatements or omissions (a “Corrected Prospectus”) and “Time of Sale” will refer to the time and date on which such new Contracts of Sale were entered into.

 

1.             Representations and Warranties of Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor.  Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1:

 

(a)           A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-157910) relating to asset backed notes, including the Notes, has been filed by the Trust Depositor with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and has become effective within the three years prior to the Closing Date, has been amended by various pre-effective amendments, the last of which is Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 that became effective on April 28, 2009, and is still effective as of the date hereof under the Act.

 

The Trust Depositor proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act (the “Rules and Regulations”) a prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2010 (together with information referred to under the caption “Appendix A — Static Pool Information” therein regardless of whether it is deemed a part of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus dated November 15, 2010 (the “Base Prospectus”), relating to the Notes and the method of distribution thereof.  Such registration statement, including exhibits thereto, and such prospectus, as amended or supplemented to the date hereof, and as further supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, are hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus,” respectively.  Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall

 

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include, without limitation, any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein pursuant to the Act.

 

The conditions to the use of a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act have been satisfied.  The Trust Depositor has filed the Preliminary Prospectus and it has done so within the applicable period of time required under the Act and the Rules and Regulations.

 

(b)           The Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, complied and on the Closing Date will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

The Registration Statement, as of the most recent effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

The Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Time of Sale, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

The Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing Date, does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

The representations and warranties in the three preceding paragraphs do not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Indenture Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Trust Depositor by any Underwriter through RBS Securities Inc. specifically for use in connection with preparation of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being agreed that the only such information consists of the statements in the second and third paragraphs (concerning initial offering prices, concessions and reallowances) and in the fourth and fifth paragraphs (concerning

 

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overallotment, stabilizing transactions and syndicate covering transactions) under the heading “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement (such information, the “Underwriter Information”).

 

The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective under the Act or were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus there has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business or operations of the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson, and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus.

 

The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(c)           The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that neither the Trust Depositor nor Harley-Davidson makes any representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.  As of the Time of Sale, the Trust Depositor was not and as of the Closing Date is not, an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.

 

(d)           [Reserved].

 

(e)           [Reserved].

 

(f)            Neither the Trust Depositor nor the Trust is, and neither the issuance and sale of the Notes nor the activities of the Trust pursuant to the Indenture or the Trust Agreement will cause the Trust Depositor or the Trust to be, an “investment company” or under the “control” of an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

 

(g)           This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor.

 

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(h)           None of Harley-Davidson, the Trust Depositor, any of their Affiliates or anyone acting on behalf of Harley-Davidson, the Trust Depositor or any of their Affiliates has taken any action that would require qualification of the Trust Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act or registration of the Trust Depositor under the Investment Company Act, nor will Harley-Davidson, the Trust Depositor or any of their Affiliates act, nor have they authorized or will they authorize any person to act, in such manner.

 

(i)            Neither the Trust Depositor nor Harley-Davidson is in violation of any provision of any existing law or regulation or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject, which violations or defaults separately or in the aggregate would have a material adverse effect on the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson or the Trust.

 

(j)            Neither the issuance and sale of the Notes, nor the execution and delivery by the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson of this Agreement, the Notes, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement or the Indenture, nor the incurrence by the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson of the obligations herein and therein set forth, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof does or will (i) violate any existing law or regulation, applicable to it or its properties or by which it or its properties are or may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, contract, agreement, deed, lease, mortgage or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its property or assets, except for those encumbrances created under the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement or the Indenture.

 

(k)           All consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications of or with any court or any other governmental agency, board, commission, authority, official or body required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson of this Agreement, the Notes, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Indenture, or the Lockbox Agreement, or to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, or to the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, have been or will have been obtained on or before the Closing Date.

 

(l)            All actions required to be taken by the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson as a condition to the offer and sale of the Offered Securities as described herein or the consummation of any of the transactions described in the

 

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Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus have been or, prior to the Closing Date, will be taken.

 

(m)          The representations and warranties of each of the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson in (or incorporated in) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement and the Lockbox Agreement and made in any Officer’s Certificate of the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson delivered pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture or the Transfer and Sale Agreement will be true and correct at the time made and on and as of the Closing Date as if set forth herein.

 

(n)           The Contracts conveyed to the Trust had an aggregate outstanding balance as of the Cutoff Date of not less than $670,765,786.32.

 

(o)           Each of the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson agrees it shall not grant, assign, pledge or transfer to any Person a security interest in, or any other right, title or interest in, the Contracts, except as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture and the Transfer and Sale Agreement and each agrees to take all action necessary in order to maintain the security interest in the Contracts granted pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture and the Transfer and Sale Agreement.

 

(p)           There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending, or to the best knowledge of either the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson, threatened against the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson before any court or before any governmental authority of arbitration board or tribunal which, if adversely determined, could materially and adversely affect, either individually or in the aggregate, the financial position, business, operations or prospects of the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson.

 

(q)           For Illinois income, franchise and excise tax purposes, under the provisions of Illinois law as of the Closing Date, the Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation.

 

(r)            Under generally accepted accounting principles, Harley-Davidson will report its transfer of the Contracts to the Trust Depositor pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement as a sale of the Contracts.

 

(s)           Harley-Davidson has provided a written representation (the “17g-5 Representation”) to each of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (collectively, the “Hired NRSROs”), which satisfies the requirements of Rule 17g-5(a)(3)(iii) of the Exchange Act (“Rule 17g-5”), a copy of which has been delivered to each Underwriter.  Each of Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor has complied with the representations, certifications and covenants made to the

 

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Hired NRSROs in connection with the engagement of the Hired NRSROs to issue and monitor a credit rating on the Notes, including any certification provided to the Hired NRSROs in connection with Rule 17g-5.  Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor are the sole parties responsible for compliance with Rule 17g-5 in connection with the issuance and monitoring of the credit ratings on the Notes.

 

2.             Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Underwriters.  Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Trust Depositor that:

 

(a)           It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and it will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom (“FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Offered Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Trust.

 

(b)           It has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to any Offered Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

 

(c)           Each Underwriter, severally but not jointly, represents and covenants that, for so long as it is acting as an “underwriter” (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act) (a) it has not delivered, and will not deliver, any Rating Information to a Hired NRSRO and (b) it has not participated, and will not participate, in any oral communication regarding Rating Information with any Hired NRSRO unless a designated representative from Harley-Davidson participates in such communication; provided, however, that if RBS Securities Inc. receives an oral communication from a Hired NRSRO, RBS Securities Inc. is authorized to inform such Hired NRSRO that it will respond to the oral communication with a designated representative from Harley-Davidson; provided, further, that if any Underwriter (other than RBS Securities Inc.) receives an oral communication from a Hired NRSRO, such Underwriter shall refrain from participating in any oral communication with such Hired NRSRO and shall notify RBS Securities Inc. and Harley-Davidson of such communication.  For purposes of this paragraph, “Rating Information” means any information provided to a Hired NRSRO in connection with the issuance or monitoring of a credit rating on the Notes.

 

3.             Purchase and Sale.  Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Trust Depositor agrees to cause the Trust to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Trust, each of the Offered Securities in the principal amounts and at the purchase prices set forth opposite its name in Schedule I hereto.

 

4.             Delivery and Payment.  Delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities shall be made at the office of Winston & Strawn LLP, 35 Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, at 10:00

 

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A.M., Chicago time, on November 23, 2010 or such later date (not later than December 7, 2010) as the Underwriters shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Underwriters and the Trust Depositor (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Offered Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”).

 

Each class of the Offered Securities will be represented initially by one or more definitive global certificates in registered form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Trust with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or, on DTC’s behalf, with DTC’s designated nominee or custodian and duly endorsed to DTC or in blank by an effective endorsement.  The Trust will transfer the Offered Securities in book-entry form to the account of each Underwriter, against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer payable to the order of Harley-Davidson in federal (same day) funds (to such account or accounts as Harley-Davidson shall designate), by causing DTC to credit the Offered Securities to the account of each Underwriter at DTC.  Harley-Davidson will cause the global certificates referred to above to be made available to the Underwriters for checking at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date at the office of DTC or its designated custodian.

 

5.             Offering by the Underwriters.  It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public (which may include selected dealers), as set forth in the Prospectus.

 

6.             Agreements.  The Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson, jointly and severally, agree with the Underwriters that:

 

(a)           Prior to the termination of the offering of the Offered Securities, the Trust Depositor will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus, unless the Trust Depositor has furnished you a copy for your review prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which you shall reasonably object.  Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Trust Depositor will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b) under the Act in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will provide evidence satisfactory to you of such timely filing.

 

(b)           During the period when a prospectus is required by the Act or the Exchange Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Offered Securities (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), Harley-Davidson will notify you promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, of (i) the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus, (ii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, or of the

 

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suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes and (v) the happening of any event which makes the Registration Statement or the Prospectus contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.  Harley-Davidson will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof.

 

(c)           If during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary during the Prospectus Delivery Period to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the Act or the Rules and Regulations, Harley-Davidson will promptly notify you and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the review and approval provisions afforded to you described in Section 6(a), such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus comply with such requirements.  Harley-Davidson will use its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable, and Harley-Davidson will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.  Any such filing shall not operate as a waiver or limitation of any right of any Underwriter hereunder.

 

(d)           Upon request, Harley-Davidson will deliver to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, photocopies of the signed Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective (the “Original Registration Statement”) and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) prior to the Closing Date.  The copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”), except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T under the Act.

 

(e)           Prior to the availability of the Prospectus, Harley-Davidson will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor hereby consent to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Act.  Harley-Davidson will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, such number of copies of the Prospectus as the Underwriters may reasonably request. 

 

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The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T under the Act.  Harley-Davidson will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.

 

(f)            The Trust Depositor will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities as contemplated in this Agreement, the Basic Documents, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(g)           The Trust Depositor will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale by the Underwriters under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of the Offered Securities.  The Trust Depositor will promptly advise the Underwriters of the receipt by the Trust Depositor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(h)           The Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson will cooperate with the Underwriters and use their best efforts to permit the Offered Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

 

(i)            For a period from the date of this Agreement until the retirement of the Offered Securities, the Servicer will deliver to you the monthly servicing reports, the annual statements of compliance, annual assessments of compliance with servicing criteria and accountants’ attestations in respect of such assessments furnished to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement or the Administration Agreement, as soon as such statements and reports are furnished to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee.

 

(j)            So long as any of the Offered Securities is outstanding, Harley-Davidson will furnish to you (i) as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year all documents required to be distributed to holders of Offered Securities or filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any order of the Commission thereunder and (ii) from time to time, any other information concerning Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor filed with any government or regulatory authority that is otherwise publicly available, as you may reasonably request.

 

(k)           To the extent, if any, that the rating provided with respect to the Notes by any of the Hired NRSROs is conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any actions by the Trust Depositor, the Trust Depositor shall furnish such documents and take such actions.

 

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(l)            Until 30 days following the Closing Date, neither the Trust Depositor nor any trust or other entity originated, directly or indirectly, by the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson, or any of their respective affiliates, will, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or announce the offering of, any asset-backed securities collateralized by motorcycle contracts originated in the United States (other than the Notes).

 

(m)          The Trust Depositor will enter into the Trust Agreement; Harley-Davidson will enter into the Administration Agreement; the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust will enter into the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor will enter into the Transfer and Sale Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(n)           In accordance with Section 11, Harley-Davidson will cause any Trust Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 11 hereof) with respect to the Notes to be filed with the Commission to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Act.

 

(o)           Each of Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor will comply with the representations, certifications and covenants made by it in each engagement letter with the Hired NRSROs, including any representation, certification or covenant provided to the Hired NRSROs in connection with Rule 17g-5, and will make accessible to any non-hired nationally recognized statistical rating organization all information provided to each Hired NRSRO for the purpose of determining the initial credit ratings on the Notes or undertaking credit rating surveillance on the Notes in accordance with Rule 17g-5.

 

7.             Payment of Expenses, Etc.  If the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 13, the Trust Depositor will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the printing of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each amendment thereto, (iii) the fees of the Trustee and its counsel, (iv) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters, (v) the fees and disbursements of the Trust Depositor’s accountants, (vi) the qualification of the Offered Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(g), including filing fees in connection therewith, (vii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (viii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and of each amendment thereto, (ix) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of any blue sky or legal investment survey prepared in connection with the Offered Securities, (x) any fees charged by the Hired NRSROs for the rating of the Notes and (xi) the costs and expenses (including any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal and contractual liability) associated with reforming any Contracts for Sale of the Offered Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a Defective Prospectus or a breach of any representation in Section 1(b) or Section 1(c).

 

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8.             Conditions to the Obligation of the Underwriters.  The obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson contained herein at the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (the “Execution Time”) and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

 

(a)           If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to the Execution Time, unless the Underwriters agree in writing to a later time, the Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than (i) 6:00 P.M. New York City time on the date of determination of the public offering price, if such determination occurs at or prior to 3:00 P.M. New York City time on such date or (ii) 12:00 noon New York City time on the business day following the day on which the public offering price was determined, if such determination occurs after 3:00 P.M. New York City time on such date.

 

(b)           Each of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements thereto shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the applicable time period required under Rule 424(b) under the Act (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)) in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 6(a) hereof, and prior to the Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Trust Depositor or you, shall be contemplated by the Commission or by any authority administering any state securities or blue sky law; and any requests for additional information from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement shall have been complied with.

 

(c)           The Trust Depositor shall have furnished to the Underwriters the opinions of Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel for the Trust Depositor, and with respect to Nevada opinions, Holland & Hart LLP, special Nevada counsel, each dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, to the effect that:

 

(i)  the Trust Depositor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois;

 

(ii)  each of the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trust Depositor, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust Depositor enforceable against the Trust Depositor in

 

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accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect);

 

(iii)  this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trust Depositor;

 

(iv)  the direction by the Trust Depositor to the Indenture Trustee to authenticate the Notes has been duly authorized by the Trust Depositor and, when the Notes have been duly executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee and when authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement, the Notes will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Trust (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditor’s rights generally from time to time in effect) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;

 

(v)  no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Indenture (collectively, the “Basic Documents”), except such as may be required under the blue sky or securities laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters, the filing of the UCC-1 financing statements relating to the conveyance of the Contracts by Harley-Davidson to the Trust Depositor and of the Contracts and the other Trust Property by the Trust Depositor to the Trust and by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, and such other approvals (which shall be specified in such opinion) as have been obtained and filings as have been made or are in the process of being made;

 

(vi)  none of the sale of the Contracts by Harley-Davidson to the Trust Depositor pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the sale of the Trust Property to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the pledge of the Trust Property to the Indenture Trustee, the issue of the Notes and sale of the Offered Securities, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any law binding on the Trust Depositor or the charter or bylaws of the Trust Depositor or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel and to which the Trust Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, or any judgment, order or decree known to such counsel to be applicable to the Trust Depositor of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Trust Depositor;

 

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(vii)  there are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (A) asserting the invalidity of any of the Basic Documents, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the Basic Documents or the execution and delivery thereof or (C) that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Trust Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any Basic Document;

 

(viii)  to the best knowledge of such counsel and except as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no default exists and no event has occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any agreement to which the Trust Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, which default is or would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, earnings, prospects, business or properties of the Trust Depositor, taken as a whole;

 

(ix)           the provisions of the Transfer and Sale Agreement are effective to transfer to the Trust Depositor all right, title and interest of Harley-Davidson in and to the Contracts, and to the knowledge of such counsel, the other Trust Property will be owned by the Trust Depositor free and clear of any Lien except for the Lien of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture;

 

(x)            the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement are effective to transfer to the Trust all right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Collateral and the Contracts and to the knowledge of such counsel, the other Collateral, will be owned by the Trust free and clear of any Lien except for the Lien of the Indenture;

 

(xi)           the provisions of the Indenture are effective to create, in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders as security for the Trust’s obligations under the Notes, a valid security interest in the Contracts and that portion of the other Collateral which is subject to Article 9 of the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC Collateral”) and the proceeds thereof;

 

(xii)          the form UCC-1 financing statements naming (A) Harley-Davidson as seller and the Trust Depositor as purchaser, (B) the Trust Depositor as seller and the Trust as purchaser and (C) the Trust, as debtor, and the Indenture Trustee, as secured party are in appropriate form for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada; the interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Contracts and the proceeds thereof and, to the extent that the filing of a financing statement is effective to perfect an interest in the other Trust Property under Article 9 of the Nevada Uniform Commercial Code, the other Trust Property will be perfected upon the filing of such financing statements in such filing offices; and no other interest of any other purchaser from or creditor of Harley-Davidson, the Trust

 

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Depositor or the Trust is equal or prior to the interest of the Trustee in the Contracts and such other Trust Property;

 

(xiii)  the Contracts are “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper” under Article 9 of the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code and the Nevada Uniform Commercial Code;

 

(xiv)  the Basic Documents conform in all material respects with the descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;

 

(xv)         the statements in the Preliminary Base Prospectus and the Base Prospectus under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Legal Aspects of the Contracts”, to the extent they constitute matters of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by such counsel and are correct in all material respects;

 

(xvi)  the statements contained in the Preliminary Base Prospectus and the Base Prospectus under the headings “Description of the Notes and Indenture” and “Information Regarding the Notes” and in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement under the headings “Description of the Notes” and “Certain Information Regarding the Notes”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the Notes and the Basic Documents, constitute a fair summary of such documents;

 

(xvii)  the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

 

(xviii)  the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement have been duly authorized and, when duly executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with their terms, except (A) the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights and (B) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;

 

(xix)  none of Harley-Davidson, the Trust Depositor or the Trust are, or will be as a result of the offer and sale of the Notes as contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Basic Documents, an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act or a company “controlled by” an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;

 

(xx)          to the best knowledge of such counsel, the Trust Depositor has obtained all material licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations that are necessary to the conduct of its business; such licenses, permits and other

 

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governmental authorizations are in full force and effect, and the Trust Depositor is in all material respects complying therewith; and the Trust Depositor is otherwise in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations and statutes of any jurisdiction to which it is subject, except where non-compliance would not have a material adverse effect on the Trust Depositor;

 

(xxi)  all actions required to be taken, and all filings required to be made, by the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson under the Act and the Exchange Act prior to the sale of the Notes have been duly taken or made;

 

(xxii)  to the best of such counsel’s knowledge and information, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened that are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, other than those disclosed therein;

 

(xxiii)  to the best of such counsel’s knowledge and information, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct, and no default exists in the due performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument so described, referred to, filed or incorporated by reference;

 

(xxiv)  the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, any required filings of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act have been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)), and, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act, and the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations;

 

(xxv)  such counsel has examined the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that would lead such counsel to believe that (a) the Registration Statement, at the time it initially became effective, at the time Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 thereto became effective and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (b) the Preliminary Prospectus, at the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a

 

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material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (c) the Prospectus, at the date thereof and at the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), except for the financial statements and related schedules or other financial or statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein and that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Indenture Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, as to which such counsel will not be called upon to express a belief); and

 

(xxvi)  the Class A-1 Notes are “eligible securities” within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act.

 

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois, the State of New York, the State of Delaware or the United States, to the extent such counsel deems proper and specifies in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom such counsel believes to be reliable and who are satisfactory to the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Trust Depositor and public officials.

 

All references in this Section 8(c) to the Prospectus shall be deemed to include any amendment or supplement thereto at the Closing Date.

 

(d)           The Underwriters shall have received the opinion of R.J. Seaward, General Counsel for Harley-Davidson, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, to the effect that:

 

(i)  Harley-Davidson has obtained all material licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations that are necessary to the conduct of its business; such licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations are in full force and effect, and Harley-Davidson is in all material respects complying therewith and Harley-Davidson is otherwise in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations and statutes of any jurisdiction to which it is subject, except where non-compliance would not have a material adverse effect on Harley-Davidson; and

 

(ii)  none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the consummation of any of the transactions therein contemplated or the fulfillment of the terms thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any law or the charter or bylaws of Harley-Davidson or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel and to which Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor is a party or by which it is bound or any judgment, order or decree known to such counsel to be applicable to Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor

 

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of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor.

 

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois or the United States, to the extent such counsel deems proper and specifies in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom such counsel believes to be reliable and who are satisfactory to the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of Harley-Davidson and public officials.

 

(e)           The Underwriters shall have received the opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel for Harley-Davidson, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, to the effect that:

 

(i)  Harley-Davidson has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;

 

(ii)  this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Harley-Davidson;

 

(iii)  the Sale and Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Harley-Davidson and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Harley-Davidson, enforceable against Harley-Davidson in accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect);

 

(iv)  the Transfer and Sale Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Harley-Davidson and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Harley-Davidson, enforceable against Harley-Davidson in accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect);

 

(v)  no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in any Basic Document, except such as may be required under the blue sky or securities laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters, the filing of the UCC-1 financing statements relating to the conveyance of the Contracts by Harley-Davidson to the Trust Depositor pursuant to the Transfer and Sale Agreement and of the Contracts and other Trust Property to the Trust and of the Contracts and other Trust Property to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Indenture, and such other approvals (which shall be specified

 

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in such opinion) as have been obtained and filings as have been made or are in the process of being made; and

 

(vi)  none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the consummation of any of the transactions therein contemplated or the fulfillment of the terms thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the charter or bylaws of Harley-Davidson.

 

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the State of Delaware, the State of Illinois or the United States, to the extent such counsel deems proper and specifies in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom such counsel believes to be reliable and who are satisfactory to the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of Harley-Davidson and public officials.

 

All references in this Section 8(e) to the Prospectus shall be deemed to include any amendment or supplement thereto at the Closing Date.

 

(f)            The Underwriters shall have received an opinion addressed to them from Winston & Strawn LLP, in its capacity as federal tax counsel for the Trust Depositor, to the effect that the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Prospectus Supplement Summary — Tax Status” and “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” accurately describe the material federal income tax consequences to holders of the Notes.  Winston & Strawn LLP, in its capacity as special ERISA counsel to the Trust Depositor, shall have delivered an opinion to the effect that the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Prospectus Supplement Summary — ERISA Considerations” and “ERISA Considerations,” to the extent that they constitute statements of matters of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been prepared or reviewed by such counsel and accurately describe the material consequences to holders of the Notes under ERISA.

 

(g)           The Underwriters shall have received from Sidley Austin LLP such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented at the Closing Date) and other related matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require, and the Trust Depositor shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

 

(h)           The Underwriters shall have received an opinion addressed to the Underwriters, the Trust Depositor and the Servicer of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, counsel to Wilmington Trust Company (the “Trust Company”) and special Delaware counsel for the Trust, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, to the effect that:

 

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(i)  the Trust has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing as a “statutory trust” within the meaning of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. c.38;

 

(ii)  the Trust Company is a Delaware banking corporation, duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all necessary power and authority to enter into, to deliver and perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and to act as the Owner Trustee and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations as Owner Trustee under each of the other Transaction Documents to which the Trust or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, is a party;

 

(iii)  the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (i) has been duly authorized by the Trust Agreement, and (ii) does not require the consent or approval of, or the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of any governmental authority or agency of the United States federal government or the State of Delaware regulating the banking and trust powers of the Trust Company, other than the filing with the Secretary of State of a certificate of trust pursuant to 12 Del. C. § 3810, which filing has been made.  Upon the due execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement by the Trust Company, the Trust Agreement duly authorizes the Trust Company, acting alone, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trust, each of the Transaction Documents;

 

(iv)  the Trust Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Trust is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trust, and the Trust Agreement and each such other Transaction Document to the extent entered into by the Trust constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with the terms thereof.  The Trust Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust Company enforceable against the Trust Company in accordance with its terms;

 

(v)  to the knowledge of such counsel, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator, court, tribunal or governmental authority is pending or threatened by or against the Trust or the Trust Company (a) with respect to any of the Transaction Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, or (b) which if determined adversely against the Trust or the Trust Company, as the case may be, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Trust Estate or the validity of, or the right, power or authority of the Trust to enter into or perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents;

 

(vi)  to the knowledge of such counsel, there exist no liens affecting the interests of the Trust in and to the Trust Estate resulting from acts or omissions to act of or claims against the Trust, except liens created by the Transaction Documents;

 

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(vii)  neither the execution and delivery by the Trust Company or the Trust, as the case may be, of the Transaction Documents, nor the fulfillment of or compliance by the Trust Company or the Trust, as the case may be, with the respective provisions thereof, conflicts with, or results in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitutes a default under, or results in a violation of, the charter or by-laws of the Trust Company, any law of the State of Delaware or any federal law of the United States of America governing the banking and trust powers of the Trust Company or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, any agreement, indenture, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Trust Company, the Trust or any of their respective properties is subject;

 

(viii)  to the extent that Article 9 of the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles), and assuming that the security interest in the Trust’s rights in the Contracts and the proceeds thereof that may be perfected under the UCC solely by the filing of a financing statement with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Trust Collateral”), has been duly created and has attached, upon the filing of the Trust Financing Statement with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the Indenture Trustee will have a perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Trust in the Trust Collateral;

 

(ix)  under 12 Del. C. § 3805(b), no creditor of the Certificateholder (including creditors of the Trust Depositor, as the Certificateholder) shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Trust; and

 

(x)  the Certificate has been duly authorized, executed and authenticated by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust and, when the Certificate has been issued and delivered in accordance with the instructions of the Trust Depositor, the Certificate will be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of the Trust Agreement.

 

(i)            The Underwriters shall have received an opinion addressed to the Underwriters and the Trust Depositor of Chapman and Cutler LLP, counsel to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Bank”), dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, to the effect that:

 

(i)  the Bank is duly organized and validly existing as a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America;

 

(ii)  the Bank has the full corporate power to accept the office of Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement;

 

(iii)  the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the performance by the Bank of its obligations under the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement

 

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have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Bank and each has been duly executed and delivered by the Bank;

 

(iv)  the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Bank enforceable against the Bank in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of Illinois and the federal law of the United States;

 

(v)  the execution and delivery by the Bank of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement do not require any consent, approval or authorization of, or any registration or filing with, any Illinois or United States federal governmental authority;

 

(vi)  each of the Notes has been duly authenticated by the Bank, as Indenture Trustee;

 

(vii)  neither the consummation by the Bank of the transactions contemplated in the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Administration Agreement nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof by the Bank will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any law or the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Bank, or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument and to which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound, or any judgment, order or decree to be applicable to the Bank or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Bank or any of its subsidiaries;

 

(viii)  there is no action, suit or proceeding pending or threatened against the Bank (as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or in its individual capacity) before or by any governmental authority that, if adversely decided, would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Bank to perform its obligations under the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Administration Agreement; and

 

(ix)  the execution and delivery by the Bank of, and the performance by the Bank of its obligations under, the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement will not subject any of the property or assets of the Trust, or any portion thereof, to any lien created by or arising under the Bank that are unrelated to the transactions contemplated in such agreements.

 

(j)            The Underwriters shall have received such opinions, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date, as are delivered to the Hired NRSROs.

 

(k)           The Underwriters shall have received an opinion from Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel for the Trust Depositor, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters regarding 1) the true-sale of the Contracts by Harley-Davidson to the Trust Depositor and 2) the first

 

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priority perfected security interest of the Trust and the pledge by the Trust of the Contracts and other Trust Property to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders.

 

(l)            The Underwriters shall have received an opinion from Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel for the Trust Depositor, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters regarding substantive consolidation.

 

(m)          The Underwriters shall have received an opinion from Holland & Hart LLP, special Nevada counsel to Eaglemark Savings Bank, dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters regarding Eaglemark Savings Bank and related matters.

 

(n)           The Underwriters shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of any of the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Trust Depositor in which such officer shall state that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation:

 

(i)  the representations and warranties of the Trust Depositor contained in this Agreement and the Basic Documents are true and correct;

 

(ii)  the Trust Depositor has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under such agreements at or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(iii)  since the date of the Preliminary Prospectus, no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Trust Depositor has occurred; and

 

(iv)  no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission.

 

(o)           The Underwriters shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of any of the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of Harley-Davidson in which such officer shall state that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation:

 

(i)  the representations and warranties of Harley-Davidson contained in this Agreement and the Basic Documents are true and correct;

 

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(ii)  Harley-Davidson has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under such agreements at or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(iii)  since the date of the most recent financial information included in the Preliminary Prospectus, no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of Harley-Davidson has occurred; and

 

(iv)  no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission.

 

(p)           The Underwriters shall have received evidence satisfactory to them that, on or before the Closing Date, UCC-1 financing statements have been or are being filed in the offices of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware reflecting the sale of the Contracts by Harley-Davidson to the Trust Depositor and of the Contracts and other Trust Property by the Trust Depositor to the Trust and the pledge by the Trust of the contracts and other Trust Property to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders.

 

(q)           At or prior to the Time of Sale and prior to the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter or letters, dated respectively as of the date of the Time of Sale and as of the date of the Prospectus, substantially in the forms of the drafts to which the Underwriters have previously agreed and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters concerning the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

(r)            Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus, there shall not have been any change or any development involving a prospective change in or affecting the business or properties of Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor the effect of which is, in the judgment of the Underwriters, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus.

 

(s)           The Notes shall have received the ratings indicated in the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus from the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations named therein.

 

(t)            On or prior to the Closing Date, the Offered Securities shall have been accepted for settlement through the facilities of DTC.

 

(u)           On the Closing Date, the Certificate shall have been issued and delivered to the Trust Depositor.

 

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(v)           Prior to the Closing Date, the Trust Depositor shall have furnished to the Underwriters such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

 

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriters.  Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Trust Depositor in writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.

 

9.             Reimbursement of Expenses.  If the sale of the Offered Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligation of the Underwriters set forth in Section 8 hereof is not satisfied, because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by the Underwriters in payment for the Offered Securities on the Closing Date, Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor will reimburse the Underwriters upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Offered Securities.

 

10.           Indemnification and Contribution.  (a)  The Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls each Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Trust Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Issuer Information or any information provided by the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson to any Underwriter or any holder or prospective purchaser of Offered Securities or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made (x) in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Trust Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information or (y) in any Derived Information (as defined in Section 11 below) unless such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Derived Information results from an error

 

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or omission in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Information.

 

(b)           Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson, their directors, their officers and each person who controls the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson to each Underwriter, but only with reference to untrue statements or omissions or alleged untrue statements or omissions made in (x) the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information or (y) any Derived Information; provided, however, that the indemnity with respect to clause (y) above shall not apply to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Derived Information that results from an error or omission in (i) the Preliminary Prospectus, (ii) the Prospectus, (iii) the Time of Sale Information or (iv) any Issuer Information.  This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that an Underwriter may otherwise have.

 

(c)           Upon receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 10, promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.  The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified parties and the indemnifying party and the indemnified parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to them and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.  An indemnifying party shall not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such

 

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indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) does not include a statement as to, or admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any such indemnified party, and (y) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

 

(d)           In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 10 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson and each Underwriter agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson and the several Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson on the one hand and by the several Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to the Offered Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder.  If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson and each Underwriter shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson on the one hand and of the several Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  Benefits received by the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses), and benefits received by any Underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter from the Trust Depositor in connection with the purchase of the Offered Securities hereunder.  Relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to information provided by the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson on the one hand or the several Underwriters on the other.  The Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson and the several Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  For purposes of this Section 10, each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each officer and director of the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson shall have the same rights to contribution as the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 

11.           Free Writing Prospectuses.

 

(a)           The following terms have the specified meanings for purposes of this Agreement:

 

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Ratings Free Writing Prospectus” means the free writing prospectus dated November 15, 2010.

 

Free Writing Prospectus” means and includes any information relating to the Notes disseminated by the Trust Depositor or any Underwriter that constitutes a “free writing prospectus” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.

 

Issuer Information” means (1) the information contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus which information is also included in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (other than Underwriter Information), (2) information in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus provided by the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson that is used to calculate or create any Derived Information, (3) any computer tape or other information in respect of the Notes, the Contracts or other Trust Property furnished by the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson to any Underwriter, (4) the information contained in any “road show” (as defined under Rule 433(h)(4) of the Act) in which representatives of Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor participate and (5) the information contained in the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus.

 

Derived Information” means such written information regarding the Notes as is disseminated by any Underwriter to a potential investor, which information is neither (A) Issuer Information nor (B) contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of them, taking into account information incorporated therein by reference (other than information incorporated by reference from any information regarding the Notes that is disseminated by any Underwriter to a potential investor).

 

(b)           Neither the Trust Depositor nor any Underwriter shall disseminate or file with the Commission any information relating to the Notes in reliance on Rule 167 or 426 under the Act, nor shall the Trust Depositor or any Underwriter disseminate any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) “in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination” within the meaning of Rule 433(d) under the Act.

 

(c)           The Trust Depositor shall not disseminate to any potential investor any information relating to the Notes that constitutes a “written communication” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act, other than the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, unless the Trust Depositor has obtained the prior consent of RBS Securities Inc.

 

(d)           Each Underwriter represents, warrants, covenants and agrees with the Trust Depositor that, other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, it has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, including but not limited to any “ABS informational and computational materials” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Act; provided, however, that (i) each Underwriter may prepare and convey one or more “written communications” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) containing no more than the following: (1) information included in the previously filed Preliminary Prospectus (including a cdi file based on such information), (2) information relating to the class, size, rating, price,

 

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CUSIP numbers, coupon, yield, spread, benchmark, pricing prepayment speed and clean up call information, status and/or legal maturity date of the Notes, any credit enhancement expected to be provided with respect to the Notes or the Contracts, any derivatives expected to be entered into in connection with the Notes or the Contracts, the weighted average life, expected final payment date, trade date, settlement date and payment window of one or more classes of Notes, the names of any underwriters for one or more classes of Notes and the names of any credit enhancement or derivative providers, (3) the eligibility of the Notes to be purchased by ERISA plans and (4) syndicate structure and a column or other entry showing the status of the subscriptions for the Notes (both for the issuance as a whole and for each Underwriter’s retention) and/or expected pricing parameters of the Notes (each such written communication, an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”); (ii) each Underwriter shall provide the Trust Depositor with a true and accurate copy of each Free Writing Prospectus conveyed by it of the type referred to in Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Act no later than the close of business on the date of first use and in any event not less than one business day prior to the required date of filing with the Commission; (iii) each Underwriter is permitted to provide information customarily included in confirmations of sales of securities and notices of allocations and information delivered in compliance with Rule 134 of the Act; and (iv) each Underwriter is permitted to disseminate any “road show” (as defined under Rule 433(h)(4) of the Act) that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) of the Act in which representatives of Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor participate.

 

(e)           Harley-Davidson agrees to file with the Commission when required under the Rules and Regulations the following:

 

(i)  any Free Writing Prospectus that includes Issuer Information (any such Free Writing Prospectus, a “Trust Free Writing Prospectus”);

 

(ii)           subject to the Underwriters’ compliance with Section 11(d), any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus at the time required to be filed; and

 

(iii)  any Free Writing Prospectus for which the Trust Depositor or any person acting on its behalf, including, without limitation, Harley-Davidson, provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared and published or disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Trust Depositor or any other offering participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or television broadcasting or otherwise disseminating communications.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11(e), Harley-Davidson will not be required to file any Free Writing Prospectus that does not contain substantive changes from or additions to a Free Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission.

 

(g)           The Trust Depositor and the Underwriters each agree that any Free Writing Prospectuses prepared by it will contain a legend substantially similar to the following legend:

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you

 

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should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free 1-8[xx-xxx-xxxx].

 

(h)           In the event the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson becomes aware that, as of the Time of Sale, any Time of Sale Information contains or contained any untrue statement of material fact or omits or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein (when read in conjunction with all Time of Sale Information) in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a “Defective Prospectus”), Harley-Davidson shall promptly notify the Underwriters of such untrue statement or omission no later than one business day after discovery and Harley-Davidson shall, if requested by the Underwriters, prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a Corrected Prospectus.

 

(i)            In disseminating information to prospective investors, each Underwriter has complied and will continue to comply fully with all applicable Rules and Regulations, including but not limited to Rules 164 and 433 under the Act and the requirements thereunder for filing and retention of Free Writing Prospectuses, including retaining any Free Writing Prospectuses it has used but which are not required to be filed for the required period.

 

(j)            Prior to entering into any Contract of Sale, each Underwriter shall convey the Time of Sale Information to the prospective investor.  Each Underwriter shall maintain sufficient records to document its conveyance of the Time of Sale Information to the potential investor prior to the formation of the related Contract of Sale and shall maintain such records as required by the Rules and Regulations.

 

(k)           If a Defective Prospectus has been corrected with a Corrected Prospectus, each Underwriter shall (A) deliver the Corrected Prospectus to each investor with whom it entered into a Contract of Sale and that received the Defective Prospectus from it prior to entering into a new Contract of Sale with such investor, (B) notify such investor that the prior Contract of Sale with the investor, if any, has been terminated and of the investor’s rights as a result of such agreement and (C) provide such investor with an opportunity to agree to purchase the Offered Securities on the terms described in the Corrected Prospectus, in each case as consistent with the Underwriter’s good faith interpretation of the requirements of Commission Release No. 33-8591.

 

12.           Defaults of the Underwriters.  If any Underwriter defaults in its obligation to purchase the Offered Securities hereunder on the Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the nondefaulting Underwriters and the Trust Depositor for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of the nondefaulting Underwriters, Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor, except as provided in Section 15.  Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.  The term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section.

 

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In the event of any such default that does not result in a termination of this Agreement, any of the nondefaulting Underwriters or the Trust Depositor shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required change in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.

 

13.           Termination.  This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Underwriters, by notice given to the Trust Depositor prior to delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities, if prior to such time (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market’s National Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on either such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriters, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Prospectus.

 

14.           No Bankruptcy Petition.  Each Underwriter covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all securities issued by the Trust Depositor or by a trust for which the Trust Depositor was the depositor, which securities were rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Trust Depositor any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.

 

15.           Representations and Indemnities to Survive.  The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Trust Depositor and Harley-Davidson and their respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Trust Depositor or Harley-Davidson or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 13 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities.  The provisions of Sections 9, 10 and 16 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

 

16.           Relationship Among Parties.  Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor with respect to the offering of the Notes contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, Harley-Davidson, the Trust Depositor or any other person.  Additionally, none of the Underwriters are advising Harley-Davidson, the Trust Depositor or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction.  Harley-Davidson and the Trust Depositor shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor with respect to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters. Any review by the Underwriters of Harley-Davidson, the Trust Depositor, the transactions

 

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contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of Harley-Davidson or the Trust Depositor.

 

17.           Notices.  All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them c/o RBS Securities Inc., 600 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, Attention: Carl Spalding; or if sent to the Trust Depositor, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., 3850 Arrowhead Drive, Carson City, Nevada 89706, Attention: James Darrell Thomas; or if sent to Harley-Davidson, will be mailed, delivered, telegraphed and confirmed to it at Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., 3850 Arrowhead Drive, Carson City, Nevada 89706, Attention: James Darrell Thomas.

 

18.           Successors.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 10 hereof, and, except as expressly set forth herein, no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

19.           Applicable Law.  This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

20.           Business Day.  For purposes of this Agreement, “business day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which national banking associations in the cities of Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.

 

21.           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts will together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson and the several Underwriters.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Darrell Thomas

 

 

 

Name: James Darrell Thomas

 

 

 

Title:  Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Darrell Thomas

 

 

 

Name: James Darrell Thomas

 

 

 

Title:  Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

The foregoing Agreement is hereby

 

 

confirmed and accepted as of the

 

 

date first above written.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RBS SECURITIES INC.

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

 

CASTLEOAK SECURITIES, L.P.

 

 

LOOP CAPITAL MARKETS LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By: RBS SECURITIES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carl Spalding

 

 

 

Name: Carl Spalding

 

 

 

Title:   Director

 

 

 

HDMT 2010-1 Underwriting Agreement Signature Page

 



 

SCHEDULE I

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2010-1

 

OFFERED SECURITY

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

 

PRICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A-1 Notes

 

 

 

 

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

$

39,000,000

 

99.88500

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

$

26,000,000

 

99.88500

%

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

$

26,000,000

 

99.88500

%

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

$

26,000,000

 

99.88500

%

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

 

$

6,500,000

 

99.88500

%

Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

$

6,500,000

 

99.88500

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A-2 Notes

 

 

 

 

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

$

54,600,000

 

99.80004

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

$

36,400,000

 

99.80004

%

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

$

36,400,000

 

99.80004

%

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

$

36,400,000

 

99.80004

%

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

 

$

9,100,000

 

99.80004

%

Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

$

9,100,000

 

99.80004

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A-3 Notes

 

 

 

 

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

$

44,400,000

 

99.73588

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

$

29,600,000

 

99.73588

%

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

$

29,600,000

 

99.73588

%

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

$

29,600,000

 

99.73588

%

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

 

$

7,400,000

 

99.73588

%

Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

$

7,400,000

 

99.73588

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A-4 Notes

 

 

 

 

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

$

23,283,000

 

99.69700

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

$

15,522,000

 

99.69700

%

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

$

15,522,000

 

99.69700

%

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

$

15,522,000

 

99.69700

%

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

 

$

3,880,500

 

99.69700

%

Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

$

3,880,500

 

99.69700

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class B Notes

 

 

 

 

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

$

6,455,000

 

99.58849

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

$

6,455,000

 

99.58849

%

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

$

6,455,000

 

99.58849

%

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

$

6,455,000

 

99.58849

%

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

 

$

0

 

N/A

 

Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

$

0

 

N/A

 

 



 

Class C Notes

 

 

 

 

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

$

9,142,500

 

99.46677

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

$

9,142,500

 

99.46677

%

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

$

9,142,500

 

99.46677

%

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

$

9,142,500

 

99.46677

%

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

 

$

0

 

N/A

 

Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

$

0

 

N/A

 

 


EX-4.1 3 a10-21586_1ex4d1.htm EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

TRUST AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

as Trust Depositor,

 

and

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Owner Trustee

 

 

Dated as of October 1, 2010

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

1

Section 1.01.

Capitalized Terms

1

Section 1.02.

Other Definitional Provisions

3

Section 1.03.

Usage of Terms

3

Section 1.04.

Section References

3

Section 1.05.

Accounting Terms

3

ARTICLE TWO

ORGANIZATION

4

Section 2.01.

Name

4

Section 2.02.

Office

4

Section 2.03.

Purposes and Powers

4

Section 2.04.

Appointment of Owner Trustee

5

Section 2.05.

Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate

5

Section 2.06.

Declaration of Trust

5

Section 2.07.

Liability of Trust Depositor

5

Section 2.08.

Title to Trust Property

5

Section 2.09.

Situs of Trust

5

Section 2.10.

Representations and Warranties of the Trust Depositor

6

Section 2.11.

Federal Income Tax Treatment

7

Section 2.12.

Texas State Tax Matters

7

ARTICLE THREE

TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

8

Section 3.01.

Initial Ownership

8

Section 3.02.

The Trust Certificate

8

Section 3.03.

Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificates

8

Section 3.04.

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates

8

Section 3.05.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates

9

Section 3.06.

Person Deemed Owner

10

Section 3.07.

Access to List of Certificateholders’ Name and Address

10

Section 3.08.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

10

Section 3.09.

Trust Certificate

10

Section 3.10.

Appointment of Paying Agent

10

Section 3.11.

Ownership by Trust Depositor of Trust Certificate

11

Section 3.12.

Repayment of Trust Certificates

11

ARTICLE FOUR

ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

11

Section 4.01.

Prior Notice to Owner with Respect to Certain Matters

11

Section 4.02.

Action by Owner with Respect to Certain Matters

12

Section 4.03.

Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy

12

Section 4.04.

Restrictions on Owners’ Power

12

Section 4.05.

Majority of the Trust Certificates Control

12

ARTICLE FIVE

APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

12

Section 5.01.

Establishment of Trust Account; Application of Trust Funds

12

Section 5.02.

Method of Payment

13

Section 5.03.

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

13

Section 5.04.

Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner

14

ARTICLE SIX

AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE

14

Section 6.01.

General Authority

14

Section 6.02.

General Duties

14

Section 6.03.

Action Upon Instruction

14

Section 6.04.

No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions

15

 



 

Section 6.05.

No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions

16

Section 6.06.

Restrictions

16

Section 6.07.

Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act Licenses

16

ARTICLE SEVEN

CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE

16

Section 7.01.

Acceptance of Trusts and Duties

16

Section 7.02.

Furnishing of Documents

17

Section 7.03.

Representations and Warranties

17

Section 7.04.

Reliance; Advice of Counsel

18

Section 7.05.

Not Acting in Individual Capacity

18

Section 7.06.

Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificate, Notes or Contracts

18

Section 7.07.

Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificate and Notes

19

ARTICLE EIGHT

COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE

19

Section 8.01.

Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses

19

Section 8.02.

Indemnification

19

Section 8.03.

Payments to the Owner Trustee

19

ARTICLE NINE

TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

20

Section 9.01.

Termination of Trust Agreement

20

ARTICLE TEN

SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES

21

Section 10.01.

Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee

21

Section 10.02.

Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee

21

Section 10.03.

Successor Owner Trustee

21

Section 10.04.

Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee

22

Section 10.05.

Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee

22

ARTICLE ELEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

23

Section 11.01.

Supplements and Amendments

23

Section 11.02.

No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Owner

24

Section 11.03.

Limitations on Rights of Others

24

Section 11.04.

Notices

24

Section 11.05.

Severability of Provisions

25

Section 11.06.

Counterparts

25

Section 11.07.

Successors and Assigns

25

Section 11.08.

Covenants of the Trust Depositor

25

Section 11.09.

No Petition

25

Section 11.10.

No Recourse

26

Section 11.11.

Headings

26

Section 11.12.

Governing Law

26

Section 11.13.

Trust Certificate Transfer Restrictions

26

Section 11.14.

Trust Depositor Payment Obligation

26

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A - Form of Certificate of Trust

A-1

Exhibit B - Form of Trust Certificate

B-1

 

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TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of October 1, 2010, 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 initial Trust 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 November 1, 2010, 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.

 

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 an employee benefit plan’s or a plan’s investment in the entity.

 

Certificate Distribution Account” means the account established and maintained as such pursuant to Section 5.01.

 

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 a 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.

 

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 November 1, 2010, between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

 

Owner” means each Holder of a 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 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1605 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.

 

Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

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 November 1, 2010, among the Trust, as Issuer, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit, as servicer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

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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 a trust certificate evidencing the beneficial equity interest of an Owner in the Trust, 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 the Certificate Distribution Account, 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.

 

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 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.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Section 2.01.        Name.  The Trust created hereby shall be known as “Harley-Davidson  Motorcycle Trust 2010-1”, 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 Owners 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 Owners, 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 Certificates 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 Reserve Fund 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 Owners 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;

 

(v)           to enter into derivative transactions in connection with the Notes or otherwise;

 

(vi)          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

 

(vii)         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 Owners 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

 

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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.  Notwithstanding Section 2.03(a)(iii) above, the Trust shall not assign, sell or transfer the Contracts except as contemplated or permitted by the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, without the prior consent of the Trust Depositor.

 

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.  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 Owners, 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, no Certificateholder shall be personally liable for any liability of the Trust.

 

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

 

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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, and where the failure to so qualify or obtain such licenses and approvals would have a material adverse effect on the Trust, the Contracts, the operations or business of the Servicer, or the ability of the Trust Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(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; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the Trust, the Contracts, the operations or business of the Servicer, or the ability of the Trust Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(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 Certificates, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Trust Certificates

 

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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 Certificates or (D) involving the Trust Depositor and which would adversely affect the federal income tax or other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Trust Certificates.

 

Section 2.11.        Tax Treatment.

 

It is the intention of the Trust Depositor that (i) so long as there is only one Certificateholder, 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 (and, in such case, 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 sole Trust Certificate) as the sole Certificateholder) and (ii) if there is more than one Certificateholder, the Issuer shall be treated as a partnership for purposes of federal income, state and local income and single business tax and any other income taxes.  The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Trust as provided in the preceding sentence for such tax purposes.

 

Section 2.12.        Texas State Tax Matters.

 

For purposes of Texas franchise taxes, it is the intention of the parties that the Trust be classified (i) as a passive entity within the meaning of Sections 171.0002 through 171.0004 of the Texas Tax Code, and (ii) not as a “business trust” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-4(b).  The Trust Depositor and each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Certificate, agree to treat the Trust consistent with such intention, unless otherwise required by law.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement should be read to imply that the Trust is doing business in Texas or has sufficient nexus with Texas in order for the Texas franchise tax to apply to the Trust.

 

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ARTICLE THREE

 

TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

 

Section 3.01.        Initial Ownership.  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 Certificates, the Trust Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary of the Trust.

 

Section 3.02.        The Trust Certificates.  The Trust Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples thereof; provided, however, that one Trust Certificate may be issued in such denomination as required to include any residual amount.  The Trust Certificates shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.  The Trust Certificates 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.  A 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.  Each Trust Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

Section 3.03.        Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificates.  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.  No Trust Certificate shall 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 Certificates will be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.

 

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

 

(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 Certificates and transfers and exchanges of the Trust Certificates as provided herein.  The Owner Trustee is hereby initially appointed Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering the Trust Certificates and transfers and exchanges of the Trust Certificates 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.

 

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(b)           Upon surrender for registration of transfer of a 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, a new Trust Certificate having the same aggregate 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.

 

(d)           No transfer of a 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 a Trust Certificate unless prior to such transfer the Owner Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel that (x) the transfer of such Trust Certificate is being made pursuant to an effective registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and (y) such transfer will not cause the Trust to be treated as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes.  Any transferee of a Trust Certificate must be either an Affiliate of the Trust Depositor or a Qualified Institutional Buyer.

 

Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Trust Certificate or an interest therein to or on behalf of a Benefit Plan or utilizing the assets of a Benefit Plan shall be void and of no effect.  The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Trust Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein.  The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.

 

(e)           No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of a 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 a Trust Certificate.

 

(f)            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 Certificates.  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.

 

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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 Certificateholders’ 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.  If three or more Certificateholders or one or more Holders of Certificates evidencing, in the aggregate, not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance apply in writing to the Owner Trustee, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Owner Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list of Certificateholders.  Each Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a 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 such 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 Certificates 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 Certificates 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.

 

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

 

Section 3.10.        Appointment of Paying Agent.  The Paying Agent shall make distributions to the Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.01(a) and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee.  The Paying Agent initially shall be Wilmington 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 Wilmington 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

 

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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 Initial Trust Certificates.  The Trust Depositor shall on the Closing Date hold the 100% of the Trust Certificates.

 

Section 3.12.        Repayment of Trust Certificates.  In the event of an optional purchase pursuant to Section 7.10 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Certificates will be prepaid in whole, but not in part, at an aggregate prepayment price equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance of all the Trust Certificates.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

 

Section 4.01.        Prior Notice to Owners 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 Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action, the Indenture Trustee shall have consented to such action in the event any Notes are outstanding and the Owners shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Owners 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);

 

(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 Owners;

 

(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 Owners; or

 

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(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 Owners 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 Owners, 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) except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Contracts or other Trust Assets after the termination of the Indenture, (d) initiate any claim, suit or proceeding by the Trust or compromise any claim, suit or proceeding brought by or against the Trust, (e) 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 (f) 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 Owners.

 

Section 4.03.        Action by Owners 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 all Owners (including the Trust Depositor) and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each such Owner of a certificate certifying that such Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.

 

Section 4.04.        Restrictions on Owners’ Power.  The Owners 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.

 

Section 4.05.        Majority of the Trust Certificates Control.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may be taken by the Holders of the Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance.  Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective if signed by Holders of the Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance at the time of the delivery of such notice.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS;
CERTAIN DUTIES

 

Section 5.01.        Establishment of Trust Account; Application of Trust Funds.

 

(a)           On or before the Distribution Date on which the Notes have been paid in full, the Owner Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain (or shall cause to be established and maintained) in the name of the Issuer an Eligible Account (the “Certificate Distribution Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

 

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The Issuer shall possess all right, title and interest in funds on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in the proceeds thereof.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at any time, the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Owner Trustee (or the Depositor on behalf of the Owner Trustee, if the Certificate Distribution Account is not then held by the Owner Trustee or an Affiliate thereof) shall within ten Business Days establish a new Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Certificate Distribution Account. Monies on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account may be invested in Eligible Investments upon the terms set forth in Section 5.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as if the Certificate Distribution Account were a “Trust Account”.

 

(b)           On each Distribution Date, the Paying Agent will distribute to the Certificateholders from amounts on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account, on a pro rata basis in accordance with their Certificate Balance, amounts received pursuant to Section 7.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

(c)           On each Distribution Date, the Paying Agent shall send to the Certificateholders 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.

 

(d)           In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payment (or allocation of income) to the Certificateholders, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders in accordance with this Section.  The Paying Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Owners 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 any 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 Certificates, distributions required to be made to the Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date shall be made by check mailed to such Certificateholders at the address of such Holders appearing in the Certificate Register.

 

Section 5.03.        Accounting and Reports to the Certificateholders, Owners, 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 Owners, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required to enable each 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

 

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accordance with Section 5.01(c) with respect to income or distributions to Owners.  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 Trust Depositor shall be designated the “tax matters partner” of the Trust pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

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 Owners may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust.

 

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(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 Owners 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 Owners 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 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 Owners, 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 Owners 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 Owners, 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.

 

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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 Owners shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take actions that would violate the provisions of this Section.

 

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;

 

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(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 Certificates, 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 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 any Owner, unless such Owner has 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 Owners 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 Owners 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.

 

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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 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 Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee and the certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates) 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 Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee and the certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates) 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

 

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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 Certificateholders under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, 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 a Trust Certificate or Notes and 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.

 

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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) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Contract and the disposition of any amounts received upon liquidation of any property remaining in the Trust, (ii) 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 (iii) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s, 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 Certificateholders shall surrender their Trust Certificates to the Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee by letter to the Certificateholders 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 Certificates shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates 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 Certificates 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 Certificateholders.  Upon presentation and surrender of a Trust Certificate, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders 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.

 

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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 satisfies the Rating Agency Condition.  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.

 

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,

 

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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 Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and each Rating Agency.

 

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 Administrator 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

 

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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 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 Certificateholders, 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 Certificateholders.

 

(b)           This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Trust Depositor, and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Required Holders and the Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such

 

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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 Certificateholders, or (ii) eliminate the Certificateholders’ 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 Trust Certificates affected thereby.

 

(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 any Certificateholder, the 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 obtaining such consents (and any other consents of the Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by the Certificateholders 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 Owners.  No Owner shall have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.  The Owners 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 Owners 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 Owners, 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

 

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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 Certificates 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.

 

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.

 

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 Certificates, 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

 

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

 

Section 11.10.      No Recourse.  Each Certificateholder by accepting a 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 (other than the Trust) 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 Certificates 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.

 

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.  No Trust Certificate or any interest therein may be acquired by or for the account of, or with the assets of, a Benefit Plan.  By accepting and holding a Trust Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be required to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and that it is not acquiring and will not hold such Trust Certificate for the account of, or with the assets of, 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.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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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:

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

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 2010-1

 

This Certificate of Trust of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Trust”), dated                               , 2010, 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 2010-1.

 

2.             Delaware Trustee.  The name and business address of the Owner Trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware l9890-1605.

 

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 A 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 UNLESS THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 3.01, 3.04 AND 11.13 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH.

 

NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE ACQUIRED OR HELD BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF OR WITH THE ASSETS OF (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)), THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED OR (C) ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A “BENEFIT PLAN”).

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2010-1 CERTIFICATE

 

NO.

 

Initial Certificate Balance $[                  ]

 

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 2010-1 (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 October 1, 2010 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), between 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 November 1, 2010 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Trust, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“Harley-Davidson Credit”), as Servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture

 



 

Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) or (iii) the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee.

 

This Trust Certificate is a duly authorized Trust Certificate designated as “Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 Certificate  (the “Trust Certificate”).  Issued under the Indenture are six classes of notes designated as “[    ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1, “[    ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2, “[    ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-3, “[    ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-4”, “[    ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B” and “[    ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class C (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 Contracts listed on the 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 after the Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto on or prior to the Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any theft, physical damage, credit life, disability or other individual insurance policy (and rights under a “forced placed” policy, if any), any debt insurance policy 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 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 such 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 intention of Harley-Davidson Credit, the Servicer, the Trust Depositor, Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and the Certificateholders that, in the event there is only one Certificateholder, 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 Depositor and the Certificateholders agree 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.

 

Solely in the event the Trust Certificates are held by more than a single Certificateholder, it is the intent of the Trust Depositor, the Servicer and the Certificateholders that, solely 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 Certificateholders will be treated as partners in the partnership.  The purchaser hereof and the other Certificateholders, by acceptance of a Trust Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Trust Certificates for such tax purposes as partnership interests in the Issuer.

 

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]

 

This 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 (other than the Trust) 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 Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement at any time by the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance and the Required Holders.  Any such consent by the Holder of this Trust Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and on all future Holders 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 Holders of any of the Trust Certificates.

 

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, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Trust Certificates 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 Certificateholders of all amounts required to be paid to it pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of the Trust Estate.  The Servicer 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 Certificates; 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 Pool Balance on the Cutoff Date.

 

This Trust Certificate or any interest therein may not be acquired by, or for the account of, or with the assets of, a Benefit Plan.  The Holder hereof, by accepting a beneficial interest in this Trust Certificate, shall be required 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, or with the assets of, a Benefit Plan.

 



 

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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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-4.2 4 a10-21586_1ex4d2.htm EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2010-1,

as Issuer,

 

 

and

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity

as Indenture Trustee

 


 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 1, 2010

 


 

Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes

 

 

 



 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA

 

Indenture

Section

 

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

311(a)

 

6.13

(b)

 

6.13

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

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

2

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

DEFINITIONS

2

SECTION 1.02.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT

8

SECTION 1.03.

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

9

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

 

 

THE NOTES

9

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

FORM

9

SECTION 2.02.

EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY

10

SECTION 2.03.

TEMPORARY NOTES

10

SECTION 2.04.

REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

11

SECTION 2.05.

MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN NOTES

12

SECTION 2.06.

PERSONS DEEMED OWNER

13

SECTION 2.07.

PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; DEFAULTED INTEREST

13

SECTION 2.08.

CANCELLATION

14

SECTION 2.09.

BOOK-ENTRY NOTES

14

SECTION 2.10.

NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY

15

SECTION 2.11.

DEFINITIVE NOTES

15

SECTION 2.12.

RELEASE OF COLLATERAL

15

SECTION 2.13.

TAX TREATMENT

16

 

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

 

 

COVENANTS

16

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST

16

SECTION 3.02.

MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY

16

SECTION 3.03.

MONEY FOR PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST

16

SECTION 3.04.

EXISTENCE

18

SECTION 3.05.

PROTECTION OF COLLATERAL

18

SECTION 3.06.

OPINIONS AS TO COLLATERAL

18

SECTION 3.07.

PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS; SERVICING OF CONTRACTS

19

SECTION 3.08.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

19

SECTION 3.09.

ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE

20

SECTION 3.10.

ISSUER MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

20

SECTION 3.11.

SUCCESSOR OR TRANSFEREE

22

SECTION 3.12.

NO OTHER BUSINESS

22

SECTION 3.13.

NO BORROWING

22

SECTION 3.14.

SERVICER’S OBLIGATIONS

22

SECTION 3.15.

GUARANTEES, LOANS ADVANCES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

22

SECTION 3.16.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

22

SECTION 3.17.

RESTRICTED PAYMENTS

22

SECTION 3.18.

NOTICE OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT

23

SECTION 3.19.

FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS

23

SECTION 3.20.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

23

SECTION 3.21.

AMENDMENTS OF SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AND TRUST AGREEMENT

23

 

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SECTION 3.22.

REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR

23

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

 

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

23

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

23

SECTION 4.02.

APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY

24

SECTION 4.03.

REPAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT

24

SECTION 4.04.

RELEASE OF COLLATERAL

25

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

 

 

REMEDIES

25

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

25

SECTION 5.02.

RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT

26

SECTION 5.03.

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

26

SECTION 5.04.

REMEDIES

28

SECTION 5.05.

OPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF THE CONTRACTS

29

SECTION 5.06.

PRIORITIES

29

SECTION 5.07.

LIMITATION OF SUITS

29

SECTION 5.08.

UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST

30

SECTION 5.09.

RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

30

SECTION 5.10.

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE

30

SECTION 5.11.

DELAY OR OMISSION NOT A WAIVER

30

SECTION 5.12.

CONTROL BY NOTEHOLDERS

30

SECTION 5.13.

WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS

31

SECTION 5.14.

UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

31

SECTION 5.15.

WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS

31

SECTION 5.16.

ACTION ON NOTES

31

SECTION 5.17.

PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS

32

 

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

 

 

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

32

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

DUTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

32

SECTION 6.02.

RIGHTS OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

33

SECTION 6.03.

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

34

SECTION 6.04.

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER

34

SECTION 6.05.

NOTICE OF DEFAULTS

34

SECTION 6.06.

REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS

35

SECTION 6.07.

COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY

35

SECTION 6.08.

REPLACEMENT OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

35

SECTION 6.09.

SUCCESSOR INDENTURE TRUSTEE BY MERGER

36

SECTION 6.10.

APPOINTMENT OF CO-INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

37

SECTION 6.11.

ELIGIBILITY

38

SECTION 6.12.

PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FINANCE ACT LICENSES

39

SECTION 6.13.

PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER

39

SECTION 6.14.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE

39

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN

 

 

 

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

40

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

ISSUER TO FURNISH INDENTURE TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF NOTEHOLDERS

40

SECTION 7.02.

PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION: COMMUNICATION TO NOTEHOLDERS

40

SECTION 7.03.

REPORTS BY ISSUER

40

SECTION 7.04.

REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE

41

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

 

 

ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

41

 

 

SECTION 8.01.

COLLECTION OF MONEY

41

SECTION 8.02.

TRUST ACCOUNTS

41

SECTION 8.03.

GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ACCOUNTS

42

SECTION 8.04.

RELEASE OF COLLATERAL

42

SECTION 8.05.

OPINION OF COUNSEL

43

 

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

43

 

 

SECTION 9.01.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS

43

SECTION 9.02.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS

44

SECTION 9.03.

EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

45

SECTION 9.04.

EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

45

SECTION 9.05.

CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

46

SECTION 9.06.

REFERENCE IN NOTES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

46

 

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

 

 

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

46

 

 

SECTION 10.01.

REDEMPTION

46

SECTION 10.02.

FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE

46

SECTION 10.03.

NOTES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE

47

 

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

47

 

 

SECTION 11.01.

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS, ETC.

47

SECTION 11.02.

FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO INDENTURE TRUSTEE

49

SECTION 11.03.

ACTS OF NOTEHOLDERS

49

SECTION 11.04.

NOTICES

50

SECTION 11.05.

NOTICES TO NOTEHOLDERS; WAIVER

50

SECTION 11.06.

ALTERNATE PAYMENT AND NOTICE PROVISIONS

50

SECTION 11.07.

EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

51

SECTION 11.08.

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

51

SECTION 11.09.

SEPARABILITY

51

SECTION 11.10.

BENEFITS OF INDENTURE

51

SECTION 11.11.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

51

SECTION 11.12.

GOVERNING LAW

51

 

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SECTION 11.13.

COUNTERPARTS

51

SECTION 11.14.

RECORDING OF INDENTURE

51

SECTION 11.15.

TRUST OBLIGATION

51

SECTION 11.16.

NO PETITION

52

SECTION 11.17.

INSPECTION

52

SECTION 11.18.

CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

52

SECTION 11.19.

DISCLAIMER AND SUBORDINATION

52

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Page

 

 

 

Exhibit A-1

Form of Class A-1 Note

A-1-1

Exhibit A-2

Form of Class A-2 Note

A-2-1

Exhibit A-3

Form of Class A-3 Note

A-3-1

Exhibit A-4

Form of Class A-4 Note

A-4-1

Exhibit B

Form of Class B Note

B-1

Exhibit C

Form of Class C Note

C-1

Exhibit D

Form of Note Depository Agreement

D-1

 

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INDENTURE

 

Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (this “Indenture”), between Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 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 Contracts secured by the Motorcycles (which Contracts shall be listed in the List of Contracts); (ii) certain monies due under the Contracts after the Cutoff Date, including, without limitation, all payments of principal and interest with respect to any Motorcycles to which a Contract relates received after the Cutoff Date and all other proceeds received on or in respect of such Contracts (other than payments of principal and interest due on or prior to the Cutoff Date); (iii) security interests in the Motorcycles; (iv) amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Fund, including all Eligible Investments therein and all income from the investment of funds therein and all proceeds therefrom; (v) proceeds from claims under any theft, physical damage, credit life, disability or other individual insurance policies, debt insurance policies or debt cancellation agreements in respect of individual Motorcycles or obligors under the Contracts; (vi) its 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 and Class C 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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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“Class A-2 Final Distribution Date” 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 A-2.

 

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

 

“Class A-3 Final Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class A-3 Notes” means the Class A-3 Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3.

 

“Class A-3 Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class A-4 Final Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Class A-4 Notes” means the Class A-4 Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4.

 

“Class A-4 Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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

 

“Class B Final Distribution Date” 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 B.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“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.

 

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“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Controlling Class” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the 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 Indenture 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 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

 

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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 The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 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 Rate” means the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3 Rate, the Class A-4 Rate, the Class B Rate and/or the Class C Rate, as applicable.

 

“Issuer” means Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 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.

 

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“Note” means, as the context requires, a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note, a Class A-4 Note, a Class B Note or a Class C Note.

 

“Note Depository Agreement” means one or more agreements dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency, relating to the Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit D 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 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

 

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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.

 

“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 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, 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.

 

“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 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.

 

“United States” means the United States of America.

 

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.

 

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“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

 

(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 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.

 

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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 the Notes for original issue in the Classes and aggregate principal amounts as set forth below:

 

Class

 

Aggregate Principal Amount

 

Class A-1

 

$

130,000,000

 

Class A-2

 

$

182,000,000

 

Class A-3

 

$

148,000,000

 

Class A-4

 

$

77,610,000

 

Class B

 

$

25,820,000

 

Class C

 

$

36,570,000

 

 

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 $100,000 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 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.

 

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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 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 or a beneficial interest in a Note shall be required to represent, or in the case of a Book Entry Note, will be deemed to represent by its acceptance of the Note, that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring the Note or a beneficial interest in 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, holding and disposition of the Note or a beneficial interest in the Note do not give rise to a

 

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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 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.

 

(i)            the Note Registrar and the Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee; and

 

(iv)          without the consent of the Issuer and the Indenture 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 Indenture 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

 

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any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, 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 or 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 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

 

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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;

 

(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

 

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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 applicable Note Depository Agreement, and (B) Indenture Trustee or the Administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Administrator or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, notifies the Clearing Agency of its intent to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency and requests a withdrawal of the Book-Entry Notes held by the Clearing Agency, and after receipt by the Clearing Agency Participants of an important notice issued by the Clearing Agency notifying the Clearing Agency Participants of such withdrawal request, the Clearing Agency Participants holding beneficial interests in the Book-Entry Notes agree to initiate such termination, or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the 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 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.

 

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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 held by persons other than the Trust Depositor or one of its affiliates be treated as indebtedness for all federal, state, local, and foreign income and franchise tax purposes.  The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note agree to treat the Notes held by persons other than the Trust Depositor or one of its affiliates 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, (iii) for the benefit of the Class A-3 Notes, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, (iv) for the benefit of the Class A-4 Notes, to the Class A-4 Noteholders, (v) for the benefit of the Class B Notes, to the Class B Noteholders, and (vi) for the benefit of the Class C Notes, to the Class C Noteholders.  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 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 or the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.02(b) and 8.03 shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such accounts 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 under the Notes, 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.

 

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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

 

(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

 

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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 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 financing statements on Form UCC1.  All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith describing the Collateral shall contain a statement to the following effect:  “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as permitted in the Indenture, will violate the rights of the Secured Party.”  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; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to monitor or file any financing statements, continuation statements, financing statement amendments or any other instrument.

 

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

 

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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.

 

(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;

 

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(iii)          except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (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 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 March 31 of each year commencing March 31, 2010, 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 the prior calendar 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;

 

(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

 

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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 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 personalty).

 

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

 

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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.  Prior to the execution of an amendment pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall give written notice of such proposed amendment to the Rating Agencies.

 

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.

 

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

 

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(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;

 

(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

 

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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 of the Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five days;

 

(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 Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class 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

 

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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 Required Holders may declare the principal 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

 

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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.

 

(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 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 or (C) there has been an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i) or (ii) and the Indenture Trustee determines that the 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 the Administrator and obtains the consent of the Required Holders, and the Administrator provides written notice to each Rating Agency.  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

 

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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 5.05.        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;

 

(ii)           the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class 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.

 

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In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes of the Controlling Class, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class, 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 this 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, 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

 

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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.  Prior to the time a judgment or decree for payment of money due has been obtained as described in Section 5.03, the Required Holders may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default (i) in payment of principal or interest on any of the Notes or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of all Noteholders.  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 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 Controlling Class 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 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

 

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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 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 or 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 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.

 

(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

 

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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.

 

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

 

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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 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;

 

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(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.

 

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 the Administrator with prompt written notice of any such transaction and the Administrator shall provide each Rating Agency prompt notice thereof.

 

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

 

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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 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 Indenture 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,

 

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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 Indenture 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 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.  The Indenture Trustee or its parent shall have a long term unsecured debt rating of at least Baa3 by Moody’s and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $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 the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Indenture Trustee for one or more Classes of Notes so that there will be separate Indenture Trustees for the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and/or the Class C Notes, as applicable.  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.

 

Section 6.14.        Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee.  The Indenture Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Issuer as follows:

 

(a)           Organization. It has been duly organized and is validly existing as a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States and has the power to conduct its business and affairs as a trustee.

 

(b)           Authorization; Binding Obligations. It has the corporate power and authority to perform the duties and obligations of Trustee under this Indenture. It has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document to which it is a party, and all of the documents required to be executed by it pursuant hereto. Upon execution and delivery by the Issuer, this Indenture will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of it enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors and subject to equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought in a legal or equitable proceeding).

 

(c)           No Conflict. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of any Transaction Document to which it is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (i) is prohibited by, or requires it to obtain any consent, authorization, approval or registration under, any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree that is binding upon it or any of its properties or assets or (ii) will violate any provision of, result in any default or acceleration of any obligations under, result in the creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to, or require any consent under, any agreement to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

(d)           No Proceedings. There are no proceedings pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened against it before any federal, state, provincial or other governmental agency, authority, administrator or regulatory body, arbitrator, court or other tribunal, foreign or domestic, that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Collateral or the Noteholders or any action taken or to be taken by it under any Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

(e)           Eligible Trustee. It is an eligible trustee under the TIA as of the Closing Date.

 

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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).

 

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; and

 

(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.

 

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(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, 2011, 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 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.

 

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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) 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, as applicable.  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 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

 

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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 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 by the Issuer 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;

 

(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;

 

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(vi)          to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor Indenture Trustee 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; and

 

(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 required by the TIA.

 

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 by the Issuer 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.

 

(a)           The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, with prior notice by the Issuer to each Rating Agency and 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;

 

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

 

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(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.

 

(b)           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 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.

 

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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 Servicer 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.  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 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.

 

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

 

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(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) 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.

 

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

 

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(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 as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) 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 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 June 30, 2011, 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.

 

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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 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.

 

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(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, 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 or electronic mail 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 its 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 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.

 

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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, 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 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

 

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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 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

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

Title: 

 

Signature Page to Indenture

 



 

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-1

 

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 2010-1

 

[        ]% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-1

 

REGISTERED

 

$           

 

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.              

 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, 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 [                            ] (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 during the related Interest Period and will be computed for the actual number of days elapsed in the related Interest Period based on a 360-day year.  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. 

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

 

COMPANY, N.A.

 

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 [        ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 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 Servicer, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.

 

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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-1 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 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.  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

 

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under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the 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.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to represent that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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, holding and disposition of a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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.  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.

 

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 A-2

 

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 2010-1

 

[        ]% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES,

CLASS A-2

 

REGISTERED

 

$     

 

 

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.              

 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, 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 [                      ] (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 has 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 accrue for each Distribution Date during the related Interest Period and 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. 

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

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 [        ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 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 Servicer, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.

 

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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 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.  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

 

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Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the consent of the 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.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to represent that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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, holding and disposition of a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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.  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.

 

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 A-3

 

FORM OF CLASS A-3 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 2010-1

 

[        ]% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES,

CLASS A-3

 

REGISTERED

 

$      

 

 

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.              

 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, 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 [                      ] (the “Class A-3 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-3 Notes shall be made until the principal on the Class A-1 Notes has 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 accrue for each Distribution Date during the related Interest Period and 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. 

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF CLASS A-3 NOTE]

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its [        ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3 Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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-3 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-3 Notes will be payable on the earlier of the Class A-3 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-3 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-3 Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class A-3 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.

 

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-3 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 Servicer, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.

 

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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-3 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.

 

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.  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

 

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Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the consent of the 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.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to represent that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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, holding and disposition of a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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.  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.

 

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 A-4

 

FORM OF CLASS A-4 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 2010-1

 

[        ]% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES,

CLASS A-4

 

REGISTERED

 

$      

 

 

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.              

 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, 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 [                      ] (the “Class A-4 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-4 Notes shall be made until the principal on the Class A-1 Notes has 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 accrue for each Distribution Date during the related Interest Period and 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. 

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF CLASS A-4 NOTE]

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its [        ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the “Class A-4 Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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-4 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-4 Notes will be payable on the earlier of the Class A-4 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-4 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-4 Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class A-4 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.

 

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class A-4 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 Servicer, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.

 

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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-4 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.

 

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.  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

 

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Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the consent of the 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.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to represent that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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, holding and disposition of a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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.  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.

 

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 B

 

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 2010-1

 

[        ]% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES,

CLASS B

 

REGISTERED

 

$      

 

 

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.              

 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, 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 [                      ] (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.  No payments of principal of the Class B Notes shall be made until the principal on the Class A Notes has 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 accrue for each Distribution Date during the related Interest Period and 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. 

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

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 [        ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class B (the “Class B Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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.

 

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 Servicer, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.

 

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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.

 

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.  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

 

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Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the consent of the 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.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to represent that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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, holding and disposition of a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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.  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.

 

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 C 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 2010-1

 

[        ]% MOTORCYCLE CONTRACT BACKED NOTES,

CLASS C

 

REGISTERED

 

$      

 

 

 

 

 

No. R-

 

CUSIP No.              

 

 

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, 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 [                      ] (the “Class C 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 C Notes shall be made until the principal on the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes has 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 accrue for each Distribution Date during the related Interest Period and 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. 

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF CLASS C NOTE]

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its [        ]% Motorcycle Contract Backed Notes, Class C (the “Class C Notes”), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 C 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 C Notes will be payable on the earlier of the Class C 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 C 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 C Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class C 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.

 

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class C 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 Servicer, on any Distribution Date on or after the date on which the Pool Balance is less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.

 

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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 C 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.

 

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 held by persons other than the Trust Depositor or one of its affiliates will qualify as indebtedness secured by the Collateral.  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, agrees to treat the Notes held by persons other than the Trust Depositor or one of its affiliates 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.

 

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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 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.

 

Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to represent that (i) it is not, and is not acquiring a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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, holding and disposition of a Note or a beneficial interest in a 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.  Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note is deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.

 

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 NOTE DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT

 

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EX-5.1 5 a10-21586_1ex5d1.htm EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

[Letterhead of Winston & Strawn LLP]

 

November 19, 2010

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

222 West Adams Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

Re:                               Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-157910) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and amended by Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 that became effective on April 28, 2009 (collectively, as so amended, the “Registration Statement”) and (b) the offering of notes (the “Notes”) described in the related prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2010 and prospectus dated November 15, 2010 (collectively, the “Prospectus”), which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  As described in the Prospectus, the Notes will be issued on or about November 23, 2010 by Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Trust”), a statutory trust formed by the Company pursuant to a trust agreement between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee.  The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”) between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as indenture trustee. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Prospectus.

 

We are familiar with the proceedings to date with respect to the proposed issuance and delivery of the Notes and have examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the forms of the documents and agreements referred to in the Prospectus (including the current draft of the Indenture (including the form of Notes included as exhibits thereto)), and such other documents, records and questions of law, and satisfied ourselves as to such matters of fact, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter.

 

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.  In making our examination of documents that will be executed in connection with the issuance of the Securities, we have assumed that the parties to such documents will have at the time of execution of such documents, the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the

 



 

validity and binding effect of such documents.  As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral and written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.  In addition, we have also relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all certificates and other statements, representations, documents, records, financial statements and papers reviewed by us, and the accuracy and completeness of all representations, warranties, schedules and exhibits contained in such documents, with respect to the factual matters set forth therein.

 

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, assuming the due authorization of the Indenture by the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, when the Notes have been duly executed and issued by the Trust and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and sold by the Trust, and payment of the agreed consideration for the Notes shall have been received by the Trust, the Notes will be validly issued and binding obligations of the Trust and entitled to the benefits afforded by the Indenture, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws), and general principles of equity, including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

We do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion letter to cover, and accordingly we express no opinion as to, the application of the securities or blue sky laws of the various states to the offering of the Notes.

 

This opinion letter is limited to the laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Illinois, and we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.

 

Our opinions set forth in this letter are based on the facts in existence and the laws in effect on the date hereof and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update our opinions herein, regardless of whether changes in such facts or laws come to our attention after the delivery hereof.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the report on Form 8-K of even date herewith relating to the Trust.  In giving such consent, we do not concede that we are experts within the meaning of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder or that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

 


EX-8.1 6 a10-21586_1ex8d1.htm EX-8.1

Exhibit 8.1

 

[Letterhead of Winston & Strawn LLP]

 

November 19, 2010

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

222 West Adams Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

Re:                               Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-157910) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and amended by Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 that became effective on April 28, 2009 (collectively, as so amended, the “Registration Statement”) and (b) the offering of notes (the “Notes”) described in the related prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2010 and prospectus dated November 15, 2010 (collectively, the “Prospectus”), which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  As described in the Prospectus, the Notes will be issued on or about November 23, 2009 by Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Trust”), a statutory trust formed by the Company pursuant to a trust agreement between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee.  The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”) between the Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as indenture trustee. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Prospectus.

 

We have examined the question of whether the Notes will have the tax treatment described in the Prospectus. Our opinion is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, current administrative rulings, judicial decisions, and other applicable authorities, all as in effect on the date of such opinion.  All of the foregoing authorities are subject to change or new interpretation, both prospectively and retroactively, and such changes or interpretation, as well as the changes in the facts as they have been represented to us or assumed by us, could affect our opinion.  Our opinion does not foreclose the possibility of a contrary determination by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) or by a court of competent jurisdiction, or of a contrary position by the IRS or Treasury Department in regulations or rulings issued in the future.  Furthermore, our opinion assumes that all the transactions contemplated by the Prospectus will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus.

 

Based on the foregoing, and such legal and factual investigations as we have deemed appropriate, we are of the opinion that for federal income tax purposes:

 

(1)  the Notes, assuming they are issued in accordance with the Prospectus, will have the federal income tax treatment described in the Prospectus; and

 



 

(2)  we hereby adopt and confirm the information appearing under the caption “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the Prospectus and confirm that it represents our opinion with respect to the matters discussed therein.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the report on Form 8-K of even date herewith relating to the Trust and to a reference to this firm (as counsel to the Registrant) under the headings “Prospectus Summary—Tax Status,” “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” and “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus, without implying or admitting that we are “experts” within the meaning of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Prospectus, including this exhibit.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

 


EX-10.1 7 a10-21586_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

TRANSFER AND SALE AGREEMENT

 

 

by and between

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,

as Seller

 

 

and

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

as Purchaser

 

Dated as of November 1, 2010

 

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I  DEFINITION

1

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

GENERAL

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE II TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS; ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT

1

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

CLOSING

1

SECTION 2.02.

CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING

2

SECTION 2.03.

ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT

3

 

 

 

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING SELLER

4

SECTION 3.02.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING EACH CONTRACT

5

SECTION 3.03.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE CONTRACTS IN THE AGGREGATE

8

SECTION 3.04.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE CONTRACT FILES

9

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

9

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

CUSTODY OF CONTRACTS

9

SECTION 4.02.

FILING

9

SECTION 4.03.

NAME CHANGE OR RELOCATION

9

SECTION 4.04.

COSTS AND EXPENSES

10

SECTION 4.05

SALE TREATMENT

10

SECTION 4.06

SEPARATENESS FROM TRUST DEPOSITOR

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE V REMEDIES UPON MISREPRESENTATION

10

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

REPURCHASES OF CONTRACTS FOR BREACH OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI INDEMNITIES

11

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

SELLER INDEMNIFICATION

11

SECTION 6.02.

LIABILITIES TO OBLIGORS

11

SECTION 6.03.

TAX INDEMNIFICATION

11

SECTION 6.04.

OPERATION OF INDEMNITIES

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

12

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRUST

12

SECTION 7.02.

MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION

12

SECTION 7.03.

TERMINATION

12

SECTION 7.04.

ASSIGNMENT OR DELEGATION BY SELLER

12

SECTION 7.05.

AMENDMENT

13

SECTION 7.06.

NOTICES

13

SECTION 7.07.

MERGER AND INTEGRATION

14

SECTION 7.08.

HEADINGS

14

SECTION 7.09.

GOVERNING LAW

14

SECTION 7.10.

NO BANKRUPTCY PETITION

14

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

Form of Assignment

Exhibit B

Form of Officer’s Certificate

 

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THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of November 1, 2010, 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 purchase of Contract Assets hereunder to convey all right, title and interest in such Contract Assets to Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Trust”) pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2010 by and among Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit, as Servicer, the Trust, as issuer (the “Issuer”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 $600,000,000 (less fees and expenses in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and certain deposits to the Reserve Fund on the Closing Date) in cash as the purchase price therefor, (i) all the right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Contracts listed on the 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 after the Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto on or prior to the Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of Seller under any theft, physical damage, credit life, disability or other individual insurance policy (including a “forced placed” policy, if any), any

 



 

debt insurance policy 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 certain 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), 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.  To the extent the cash purchase price for the Contract Assets sold by the Seller to the Trust Depositor is less than the principal balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date, the difference shall be deemed to be a capital contribution by the Seller to the Trust Depositor.

 

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 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.

 

(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 Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and identifying those Contracts which do not so conform.

 

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(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)           A UCC financing statement naming Seller as debtor, naming Trust Depositor as assignor secured party and the Issuer as secured party and listing the Contract Assets as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada, as well as a UCC financing statement naming the Issuer as debtor, naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and listing the Collateral as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Delaware.

 

(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.

 

ARTICLE III

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Seller makes the following representations and warranties, on which Trust Depositor will rely in purchasing the Contract Assets on the Closing Date and concurrently reconveying the same to the Trust, and on which the Trust, the Indenture Trustee 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, 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.

 

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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, 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 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. 

 

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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 5.00% 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 that:

 

(a)           List of Contracts.  The information set forth in the List of Contracts is true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the Cutoff Date.

 

(b)           Payments.  As of the Cutoff Date, 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 or under a debt insurance policy or debt cancellation agreement.

 

(c)           No Waivers.  As of the Closing Date, 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 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.  The Seller, in accordance with its policies and procedures, has determined that, as of the date of origination of each Contract, the related Obligor had obtained or agreed to obtain physical damage insurance covering the Motorcycle.  The terms of each Contract require that for the term of such Contract the Motorcycle securing such Contract will be covered by physical damage insurance.

 

(g)           Origination.  Each Contract (i) was originated by a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealer or by Eaglemark Savings Bank, in each case, in the regular course of its business, (ii) was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and (iii) has been purchased by Seller in the

 

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regular course of its business.  Each Contract was sold by Eaglemark Savings Bank or such motorcycle dealer, as the case may be, to the Seller without any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of Eaglemark Savings Bank or, to the knowledge of the Seller, such motorcycle dealer.

 

(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 Harley-Davidson motorcycle 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, in any material respect 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.

 

(j)            Contract in Force.  As of the Closing Date, 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 validly assigned by Eaglemark Savings Bank to Seller (where applicable) and by Seller to the Trust Depositor.  Seller’s security interest has been validly assigned by the Seller to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement and by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Immediately prior to the transfer, assignment and conveyance thereof, each Contract is secured by a first priority, validly perfected security interest in the Motorcycle covered thereby in favor of the Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank as secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority, validly perfected security interest in the Motorcycle covered thereby in favor of the Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank as secured party, except, in each case, as to priority for any lien for taxes, labor, materials or of any state law enforcement agency affecting a Motorcycle.

 

(l)            Good Title.  Each Contract was purchased by Seller for value and taken into possession prior to the Cutoff Date 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 Issuer 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, immediately upon the transfer of each Contract by the Seller, the Trust Depositor shall have good and marketable title to each Contract free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, loan, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and, immediately upon the transfer of each Contract by the Trust Depositor, the Issuer shall have good and marketable title to each Contract free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, loan, pledge, charge, claim or security interest.

 

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(m)          No Defaults.  As of the Cutoff Date, 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 Cutoff Date, no Motorcycle had been repossessed.

 

(n)           No Liens.  As of the Closing Date 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 liens prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Contract.

 

(o)           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.

 

(p)           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.

 

(q)           One Original.  Each Contract is evidenced by only one original executed tangible record constituting or forming a part of each Contract that is “tangible chattel paper” or a single “authoritative copy” of each electronic record constituting or forming a part of each Contract that is “electronic chattel paper,” which tangible record or “authoritative copy” is held (or, in the case of “electronic chattel paper,” maintained) by the Servicer or its designee, as custodian on behalf of the Issuer (quoted terms have the meaning assigned to them in the UCC).

 

(r)            No Government Obligors.  No Obligor is the United States government or an agency, authority, instrumentality or other political subdivision of the United States government.

 

(s)           Lockbox Bank.  All Obligors have been instructed to make payments to a Lockbox Account (either directly by remitting payments to a Lockbox, or indirectly by making payments through direct debit, the telephone or the internet to an account of the Servicer which payments will be subsequently transferred from such account to one or more Lockbox Banks), and no person claiming through or under Seller has any claim or interest in a Lockbox Account other than the related Lockbox Bank; provided, however, that other Persons may have an interest in certain other collections therein not related to the Contracts.

 

(t)            Obligor Bankruptcy.  At the Cutoff Date, no Obligor was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding (according to the records of the Seller) within the one year preceding the Cutoff Date.

 

(u)           Chattel Paper.  Each Contract constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper” within the meaning of the UCC.

 

(v)           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.

 

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(w)          Selection Criteria.  Each Contract is secured by a new or used Motorcycle.  No Contract has a Contract Rate less than 1.000%.  Each Contract amortizes the amount financed over an original term no greater than 84 months.  Each Contract has a Principal Balance of at least $500.00 as of the Cutoff Date.

 

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, that:

 

(a)           Amounts.  The sum of the aggregate Principal Balances payable by Obligors under the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date equals or exceeds the sum of the principal balance of  the Notes on the Closing Date.

 

(b)           Characteristics.  The Contracts have the following characteristics: (i) all the Contracts are secured by Motorcycles; (ii) no Contract has a remaining maturity of more than 84 months; and (iii) the final scheduled payment on the Contract with the latest maturity is due no later than September 25, 2017.  Approximately 68.35% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of new Motorcycles and approximately 31.65% is attributable to loans for purchases of used Motorcycles.  No Contract was originated after the Cutoff Date.  Approximately 98.91% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of Motorcycles manufactured by Harley-Davidson, approximately 0.43% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans to purchase Motorcycles manufactured by Buell and approximately 0.67% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans to purchase Motorcycles not manufactured by Harley-Davidson or Buell.

 

(c)           Marking Records.  As of the Closing Date, Seller has caused the Computer File 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.

 

(d)           No Adverse Selection.  No selection procedures adverse to Noteholders have been employed in selecting the Contracts.

 

(e)           True Sale.  The transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement constitute valid sales, transfers and assignments 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.

 

(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 Cutoff Date is attributable to Delta Loans.

 

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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 that:

 

(a)           Possession.  Immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer, or its custodian, will have possession of each original Contract and the related complete Contract File.  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 or its custodian.

 

(b)           Bulk Transfer Laws.  The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Contracts and the Contract Files by Seller pursuant to this 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 by the Servicer, or its custodian, for the benefit of the Trust as the owner thereof in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 4.02.        Filing.  On or prior to the Closing 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.  All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in favor of the Trust Depositor or the Trust in connection herewith describing the Contract Assets as collateral shall contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as permitted in the Transfer and Sale Agreement or Sale and Servicing Agreement, will violate the rights of the Secured Party.”

 

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

 

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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 Trust Depositor and the Trust 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, the Issuer’s and the Indenture Trustee’s 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 to the Trust Depositor as a sale or capital contribution for all purposes, although the Seller and the Trust Depositor acknowledge that the consolidated financial statements of the Seller and the Trust Depositor shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, as a result of the consolidation required by generally accepted accounting principles, the transfers will be reflected as a financing by the Seller in its consolidated financial statements; provided, however, that (i) appropriate notations shall be made in any such consolidated financial statements (or in the accompanying notes) to indicate that the Trust Depositor is a separate legal entity from the Seller and to indicate that the Trust Depositor’s assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debts and other obligations of the Seller, (ii) such assets shall also be listed separately on any balance sheet of the Trust Depositor prepared on a stand alone basis, and (iii) following the occurrence of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event in respect of the Seller, the Contracts and Contract Assets purportedly conveyed to the Trust Depositor hereunder would not constitute part of the Seller’s estate in bankruptcy.

 

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 LLP (or in any related certificate of Seller) delivered on the Closing Date, upon which the conclusions expressed therein are based.

 

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 Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Depositor, that it shall repurchase a Contract (together with all related Contract Assets), at its Repurchase Price, not later than two Business Days prior to the first Distribution Date after the last day of the calendar month in which the Seller becomes 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 described on the List of Contracts with respect to an incorrect 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 one Business Day prior to such Distribution Date cash in an amount sufficient to cure any deficiency or discrepancy; and provided further that with respect to a breach of a

 

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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.

 

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 covenants and agrees to pay, and to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust Depositor, the Trust, the Trustees or the Noteholders from, any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person as a result of or relating to the transactions contemplated herein and in the other Transaction Documents, including any sales, gross receipts, gross margin, general corporation, tangible personal property, Illinois personal property replacement 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, 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 Depositor, 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.

 

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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 the Rating Agencies notice of such merger or consolidation within thirty (30) days after completion of the same.

 

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 Notes is reduced to zero; provided, that Seller’s representations and warranties and indemnities by Seller shall survive termination.

 

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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 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.

 

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.

 

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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 States 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:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

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 November 1, 2010 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 Contracts listed on the 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 after the Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto on or prior to the Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of Seller under any theft, physical damage, credit life, disability or other individual insurance policy (including a “forced placed” policy, if any), any debt insurance policy 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 certain 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 November 1, 2010 made by and among the undersigned, as servicer, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as indenture trustee.

 

A-1



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be duly executed this [          ] day of                             .

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

Title:

 

A-2



 

Exhibit B

Transfer and Sale

Agreement

 

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

(See Exhibit C to the Sale and Servicing Agreement)

 


EX-10.2 8 a10-21586_1ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

 

 

 

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

 

among

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2010-1,

as Issuer,

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

as Trust Depositor,

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,

as Servicer

 

and

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Indenture Trustee

 

 

Dated as of November 1, 2010

 

 

 

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE One DEFINITIONS

1

Section 1.01.

Definitions

1

Section 1.02.

Usage of Terms

18

Section 1.03.

Section References

18

Section 1.04.

Calculations

18

Section 1.05.

Accounting Terms

18

ARTICLE Two TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS

18

Section 2.01.

Closing

18

Section 2.02.

Conditions to the Closing

19

ARTICLE Three REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

20

Section 3.01.

Representations and Warranties Regarding the Trust Depositor

21

Section 3.02.

Representations and Warranties Regarding the Servicer

22

ARTICLE Four PERFECTION OF TRANSFER AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS

23

Section 4.01.

Custody of Contracts

23

Section 4.02.

Filing

25

Section 4.03.

Name Change or Relocation

25

Section 4.04.

Costs and Expenses

25

ARTICLE Five SERVICING OF CONTRACTS

25

Section 5.01.

Responsibility for Contract Administration

25

Section 5.02.

Standard of Care

26

Section 5.03.

Records

26

Section 5.04.

Inspection

26

Section 5.05.

Trust Accounts

26

Section 5.06.

Enforcement

28

Section 5.07.

Trustees to Cooperate

29

Section 5.08.

Costs and Expenses

29

Section 5.09.

Maintenance of Security Interests in Motorcycles

29

Section 5.10.

Successor Servicer/Lockbox Agreements

29

Section 5.11.

Separate Entity Existence

30

ARTICLE Six THE TRUST DEPOSITOR

30

Section 6.01.

Covenants of the Trust Depositor

30

Section 6.02.

Liability of Trust Depositor; Indemnities

32

Section 6.03.

Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Trust Depositor; Certain Limitations

33

Section 6.04.

Limitation on Liability of Trust Depositor and Others

34

Section 6.05.

Trust Depositor Not to Resign

34

ARTICLE Seven DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE FUND

34

Section 7.01.

Monthly Distributions

34

Section 7.02.

Fees

34

Section 7.03.

Advances

34

Section 7.04.

Reserved

35

Section 7.05.

Distributions; Priorities

35

Section 7.06.

Reserve Fund

38

Section 7.07.

Reserved

39

Section 7.08.

Purchase of Contracts for Breach of Representations and Warranties

39

Section 7.09.

Reassignment of Reacquired Contracts

40

Section 7.10.

Servicer’s Purchase Option

40

Section 7.11.

Purchase of Contracts for Breach of Servicing Obligations

40

 

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ARTICLE Eight EVENTS OF TERMINATION; SERVICE TRANSFER

41

Section 8.01.

Events of Termination

41

Section 8.02.

Waiver of Event of Termination

42

Section 8.03.

Service Transfer

42

Section 8.04.

Successor Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor Servicer

42

Section 8.05.

Notification to Securityholders

42

Section 8.06.

Effect of Transfer

43

Section 8.07.

Database File

43

Section 8.08.

Successor Servicer Indemnification

43

Section 8.09.

Responsibilities of the Successor Servicer

43

Section 8.10.

Limitation of Liability of Servicer

44

Section 8.11.

Merger or Consolidation of Servicer

44

Section 8.12.

Servicer Not to Resign

44

Section 8.13.

Appointment of Subservicer

44

ARTICLE Nine REPORTS

45

Section 9.01.

Monthly Reports

45

Section 9.02.

Officer’s Certificate

45

Section 9.03.

Other Data

45

Section 9.04.

Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria and Attestation; Annual Officer’s Certificate

45

Section 9.05.

Monthly Reports to Noteholders

46

Section 9.06.

Regulation AB

47

Section 9.07.

Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee

47

Section 9.08.

Exchange Act Reporting

48

ARTICLE Ten TERMINATION

49

Section 10.01.

Sale of Trust Assets

49

ARTICLE Eleven MISCELLANEOUS

49

Section 11.01.

Amendment

49

Section 11.02.

Protection of Title to Trust

50

Section 11.03.

Governing Law

51

Section 11.04.

Notices

51

Section 11.05.

Severability of Provisions

53

Section 11.06.

Assignment

53

Section 11.07.

Third Party Beneficiaries

53

Section 11.08.

Counterparts

53

Section 11.09.

Headings

53

Section 11.10.

No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and Subordination

53

Section 11.11.

Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee

54

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

Form of Assignment

A-1

Exhibit B

Form of Closing Certificate of Trust Depositor

B-1

Exhibit C

Form of Closing Certificate of Seller/Servicer

C-1

Exhibit D

Reserved

D-1

Exhibit E

Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Indenture Trustee’s Assessment of Compliance

E-1

Exhibit F

Form of Indenture Trustee’s Annual Certificate

F-1

Exhibit G

Form of Certificate Regarding Reacquired Contracts

G-1

Exhibit H

List of Contracts

H-1

Exhibit I

Form of Monthly Report to Noteholders and the Certificateholder

I-1

Exhibit J

Seller’s Representations and Warranties

J-1

Exhibit K

Lockbox Bank and Lockbox Account

K-1

Exhibit L

Reserved

L-1

 

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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of November 1, 2010, among Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (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”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (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 a 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”) purchased 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:

 

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Issuer, Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (in its capacity as administrator), the Trust Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.

 

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 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.  At the time of initial issuance of the Securities, the initial aggregate principal amount of the Securities will be less than or equal to the Pool Balance.

 

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

 

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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 Purchase 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 Servicer in connection with an optional purchase of the Contracts pursuant to Section 7.10, (vi) the interest component of the aggregate of the Purchase Prices for Contracts purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.11, 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 Purchase Prices for Contracts reacquired by the Trust Depositor pursuant to Section 7.08, (iv) the principal component of all amounts paid by the Servicer in connection with an optional purchase of the Contracts pursuant to Section 7.10, and (v) the principal component of the aggregate of the Purchase Prices for Contracts purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.11.

 

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.

 

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 November 15, 2010 relating to the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trusts.

 

Buell” means Buell Motorcycle Company, LLC.

 

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.

 

Certificate means a Trust Certificate (as such term is defined in the Trust Agreement), representing a beneficial equity interest in the Trust and issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

 

Certificate Balance” means, on any Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Balance reduced by all distributions of principal previously made in respect of the Certificates.

 

Certificate Distribution Account” has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.

 

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Certificate Monthly Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the Certificate Percentage of the Principal Distributable Amount (as reduced by the Note Principal Distributable Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any First Priority Principal Distributable Amount and Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount, if any for such Distribution Date) for such Distribution Date.

 

Certificate Percentage” means (i) for each Distribution Date until the Notes have been paid in full, 0%; and (ii) thereafter, 100%.

 

Certificate Pool Factor” means, with respect to the Certificates on any Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the outstanding principal balance of the Certificates on such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any reductions thereof to be made on such Distribution Date) divided by the Initial Certificate Balance.

 

Certificate Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, as of the close of any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Certificate Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date over the amount in respect of principal that is actually deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account on such Distribution Date.

 

Certificate Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (x) the Certificate Monthly Principal Distributable Amount for each Distribution Date and (y) any outstanding Certificate Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the immediately preceding Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Certificate Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the Certificate Balance. In addition, on the Distribution Date as of which all of the Contracts are to be purchased pursuant to Section 7.11, the principal required to be deposited into the Certificate Distribution Account will include the amount necessary to reduce the Certificate Balance to zero.

 

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 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A Note is registered in the Note Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.

 

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

 

Class A-1 Final Distribution Date” means the December 2011 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 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Class A-1 Rate means 0.31325% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year).

 

Class A-2 Final Distribution Date” means the November 2013 Distribution Date.

 

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Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered in the Note Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.

 

Class A-2 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Class A-2 Rate” means 0.83% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).

 

Class A-3 Final Distribution Date” means the February 2015 Distribution Date.

 

Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered in the Note Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.

 

Class A-3 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Class A-3 Rate” means 1.16% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).

 

Class A-4 Final Distribution Date” means the September 2015 Distribution Date.

 

Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered in the Note Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.

 

Class A-4 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Class A-4 Rate” means 1.53% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).

 

Class B Final Distribution Date” means the January 2016 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.

 

Class B Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Class B Rate” means 1.99% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).

 

Class C Final Distribution Date” means the April 2018 Distribution Date.

 

Class C Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class C Note is registered in the Note Register, as such term is defined in the Indenture.

 

Class C Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Class C Rate” means 2.59% 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 November 23, 2010.

 

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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 File” means the computer file 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 transferred to the Trust by the Trust Depositor pursuant to this 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 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement.

 

Contract File” means, as to each Contract, (a) the original copy (or with respect to “electronic chattel paper,” the “authoritative 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 (or with respect to “electronic chattel paper,” the “authoritative 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 (quoted terms have the meaning assigned to them in the UCC).

 

Contract Rate” means, as to any Contract, the annual rate of interest with respect to such Contract.

 

Contracts” means the motorcycle conditional sales contracts or promissory note and security agreements described in the List of Contracts and constituting part of the Trust Corpus, and includes, without limitation, all related security interests and any and all rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto after the Cutoff Date, but excluding any rights to receive payments which are collected pursuant thereto on or prior to the Cutoff Date.

 

Controlling Class” means the Class A Notes (voting together as a single class, if applicable) for so long as any Class A Notes are outstanding, then the Class B Notes for so long as any Class B Notes are outstanding, and then the Class C Notes for so long as any Class C Notes are outstanding.

 

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

 

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Contracts since the Cutoff Date through the end of the related Due Period by (ii) the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date.

 

Cutoff Date” means the close of business on October 31, 2010.

 

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 in 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 date 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 Business Day, with the first such Distribution Date hereunder being December 15, 2010.

 

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 first Determination Date or first Distribution Date, the Due Period shall be the period from the Cutoff Date to and including November 30, 2010.

 

Eligible Account” means a segregated 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, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 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:

 

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(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, master notes, promissory notes, demand notes or other short term debt obligations 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)                                  notes or bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (b);

 

(f)                                    Repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the United States government or any agency, instrumentality or establishment of the United States government (“Government Securities”), in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (b), or entered into with an entity (acting as principal) which has, or whose parent has, a credit rating from the Rating Agency in the highest credit category granted thereby; and

 

(g)                                 any other investment with respect to which the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.

 

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.

 

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

 

Final Distribution Date” means the Class A-1 Final Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Distribution Date, the Class A-3 Final Distribution Date, the Class A-4 Final Distribution Date, the Class B Final Distribution Date or the Class C Final Distribution Date, as the case may be.

 

First Priority Principal Distributable Amount means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the result of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes on that preceding Distribution Date), minus (b) the Aggregate Principal Balance at the end of Due Period related to that Distribution Date; provided, however, that the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes (after giving effect

 

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to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes on that preceding Distribution Date); provided, further, that the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount on or after the Final Distribution Date for a class of Class A Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to pay such class of Class A Notes in full.

 

Form 10-D Disclosure Item” means with respect to any Person, any litigation or governmental proceedings pending against such Person, or any of the Issuer, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Servicer of such Person, or in the case of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person, has actual knowledge thereof, in each case that would be material to the Noteholders.

 

Form 10-K Disclosure Item” means with respect to any Person, (a) any Form 10-D Disclosure Item, (b) any affiliations between such Person and the Seller, the Servicer, the Trust Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (each, an “Item 1119 Party”), to the extent such Person, or in the case of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person, has actual knowledge thereof and (c) any relationships or transactions between such Person and any Item 1119 Party that are outside the ordinary course of business or on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, and that are material to the investors’ understanding of the Notes, but only to the extent such Person, or in the case of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person, has actual knowledge of such relationships or transactions.

 

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 0.00225% and the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due 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 Certificate Balance” means $70,765,786.32.

 

Initial Class A-1 Note Balance means $130,000,000.

 

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Initial Class A-2 Note Balance” means $182,000,000.

 

Initial Class A-3  Note Balance means $148,000,000.

 

Initial Class A-4 Note Balance means $77,610,000.

 

Initial Class B Note Balance means $25,820,000.

 

Initial Class C Note Balance means $36,570,000.

 

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 (i) with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1 Notes, the period from and including 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 such Distribution Date and (ii) with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes, Class B Notes and Class C 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, the Class A-3 Rate, the Class A-4 Rate, the Class B Rate or the Class C Rate, as applicable.

 

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 to be deposited into the Collection Account on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5.05(b).

 

Issuer means the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1.

 

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.

 

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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 (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 a Lockbox Bank identified on Exhibit K hereto and any other Lockbox hereafter established to accept collections on the Contracts.

 

Lockbox Account means the account maintained with the Lockbox Bank and identified on Exhibit K hereto and any other account hereafter established to accept collections on the Contracts.

 

Lockbox Agreement means the Amended and Restated Lockbox Administration Agreement dated as of July 14, 2009 by and among the Lockbox Bank, the Servicer, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Warehouse Funding Corp., a Nevada corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Eaglemark Customer Funding Corporation IV, and Bank of America, 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; such term shall also include any other agreement having substantially the same terms as the existing agreement described above, between or among a Lockbox Bank, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer, the Trust Depositor and any other parties in respect of any Lockbox Account.

 

Lockbox Bank means the financial institution maintaining the Lockbox Account and identified on Exhibit K hereto or any successor thereto and any other financial institution at which a Lockbox Account is maintained.

 

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 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 related Due Period.

 

Monthly Report” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.05.

 

Monthly Servicing Fee” means, as to any Distribution Date, one-twelfth of the product of 1.00% and the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the beginning of the related Due Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date after the Closing Date, as of the Cutoff Date.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.

 

Motorcycle” means a motorcycle manufactured by a subsidiary of Harley-Davidson, Inc. (or in certain limited instances Buell or certain other manufacturers) securing a Contract.

 

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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 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.

 

Noteholder” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

Note Depository Agreement” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

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 for the related Interest Period at the applicable 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 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, as of the close of any Distribution Date, the excess of the Note Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date over the amount in respect of principal that is actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such Distribution Date.

 

Note Principal Distributable Amount means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (x) the Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date and  (y) the Note Principal

 

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Carryover Shortfall as of the close of the immediately preceding Distribution Date, minus the aggregate amount of the First Priority Distributable Amount and the Second Priority Distributable Amount distributed on such Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Note Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (after giving effect to other amounts distributable in respect of principal on the Class A Notes and Class B Notes to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account in respect of the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount and the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount on such Distribution Date); and provided, further, that the Note Principal Distributable Amount (i) on or after 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 Amount of the Class A-1 Notes to zero, (ii) on or after 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 Amount of the Class A-2 Notes to zero, (iii) on or after the Class A-3 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-3 Notes on such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-3 Notes to zero, (iv) on or after the Class A-4 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-4 Notes on such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-4 Notes to zero, (v) on or after 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 Amount of the Class B Notes to zero, and (vi) on or after the Class C 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 C Notes on such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the Outstanding Amount of the Class C Notes to zero.

 

Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, in each case as executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture.

 

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.

 

Outstanding Amount” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

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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.

 

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 Cutoff Date, 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 because of a breach of representation or warranty or is purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.11 hereof, or if (y) the Servicer gives notice of its intent to purchase the Contracts in connection with an optional termination of the Trust pursuant to 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 (i) in respect of the first Distribution Date after the Closing Date, the excess of (x) the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the Cutoff Date over (y) the Aggregate Principal Balance as of the last day of the Due Period relating to the first Distribution Date, and (ii) on any Distribution Date thereafter, the Aggregate Principal Balance Decline for that Distribution Date.

 

Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus together with the Supplement.

 

Purchase Price” means, with respect to a Contract to be reacquired or purchased 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.

 

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 any Trust Account 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,

 

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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.

 

“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 within ten days of such Rating Agency’s receipt of such notice (or such shorter period as is acceptable to each Rating Agency) such Rating Agency shall not have notified the Trust Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in writing that such action will result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any Class of Notes.

 

Record Date” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

 

Regulation AB means Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. Sections 229.1100-229.1123, as amended from time to time and as clarified and interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff from time to time.

 

Reimbursement Amount” has the meaning assigned in Section 7.03 hereof.

 

Required Holders” means (i) prior to payment in full of the Notes, Noteholders evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class and (ii) after payment in full of the Notes, Certificateholders evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate Certificate Balance.

 

Reportable Event” means any event required to be reported on Form 8-K.

 

Reserve Fund” means the Reserve Fund established and maintained pursuant to Section 7.06 hereof.

 

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 Initial Deposit” means $6,707,657.86.

 

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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) 3.75% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the 12th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date, (b) 4.25% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the 12th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the 24th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date, (c) 4.75% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the 24th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the 36th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date or (d) 5.25% with respect to any Distribution Date occurring thereafter; (ii) the Average Loss Ratio for such Distribution Date is equal to or greater than 6.00% with respect to such Distribution Date; or (iii) the Cumulative Loss Ratio for such Distribution Date is equal to or greater than (a) 2.25% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the 12th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date, (b) 3.50% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the 12th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the 24th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date, (c) 5.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the 24th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the 36th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date, (d) 6.00% with respect to any Distribution Date which occurs within the period from the day after the 36th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date to, and inclusive of, the 48th Distribution Date occurring after the Closing Date; or (e) 6.75% for any Distribution Date occurring thereafter.

 

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 Indenture 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.

 

Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the result of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes and Class B Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes and Class B Notes on that preceding Distribution Date), minus (b) the sum of (i) the amount of principal distributed in respect of the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount on such Distribution Date and (ii) the Aggregate Principal Balance at the end of Due Period related to that Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount shall not exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes and Class B Notes (after giving effect to the other amounts distributable in respect of principal on the Class A Notes and Class B Notes to be deposited in the Note Distribution Account in respect of the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount on such Distribution Date); provided, further, that the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount on or after the Final Distribution Date for the Class B Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to pay the Class B Notes in full.

 

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Securities” means the Notes and Certificates, or any of them.

 

Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Securityholders” means the Holders of the Notes and Certificates.

 

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.

 

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 Criteria” means the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

 

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.

 

Shortfall” means, with respect to a Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (a) the sum of the amounts payable pursuant to (1) clauses (iv) through (x) of Section 7.05(a), (2) clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 7.05(b) or (3) clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 7.05(c), as applicable, over (b) Available Monies for such Distribution Date minus the amounts payable pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 7.05(a) 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)                                  2.70% 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

 

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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, Initial Class A-3 Note Balance, Initial Class A-4 Note Balance, Initial Class B Note Balance, Initial Class C Note Balance and the Initial Certificate Balance;

 

provided, however, in no event shall the Specified Reserve Fund Balance be greater than the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes.  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 Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or any successor thereto.

 

Successor Servicer” means a servicer described in Section 8.03(b).

 

Supplement” means the Prospectus Supplement dated November 17, 2010.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Transfer and Sale Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Note Depository 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 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 October 1, 2010, between the Trust Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

 

Trust Corpus” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a) hereof.

 

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

 

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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” has the meaning set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated November 17, 2010, by and among the Trust Depositor, the Seller and the Underwriters.

 

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 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

 

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A hereto, without recourse other than as expressly provided herein, for a purchase price in cash of $600,000,000 (less fees and expenses in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and certain deposits to the Reserve Fund on the Closing Date) and the Trust’s issuance of the Certificates to the Trust Depositor, (i) all the right, title and interest of the Trust Depositor in and to the Contracts listed on the 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 after the Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto on or prior to the Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any theft, physical damage, credit life, disability or other individual insurance policy (and rights under a “forced placed” policy, if any), any debt insurance policy 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 certain 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 the 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 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 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 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (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 Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and which identifies those Contracts which do not conform.

 

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(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)                                 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, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; and a UCC financing statement naming the Trust Depositor as debtor, naming the Trust as assignor secured party (and the Indenture Trustee as secured party) and identifying the Trust Corpus as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; and a UCC financing statement naming the Trust as debtor, and naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Collateral as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Delaware.

 

(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 Contracts after the 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 Indenture 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.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Seller under the Transfer and Sale Agreement has made 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, 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

 

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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 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, 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 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, but shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Contracts to the Trust.

 

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.

 

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(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 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 by the Servicer, or its custodian, for the benefit of, and as agent for, the Trust as the owner thereof and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(b)                                 The Servicer agrees to maintain the related Contract Files at its offices, or the offices of one of its custodians, where they are currently maintained, or at such other offices of the Servicer, or its custodian, as shall from time to time be identified to the Trustees by written notice except that in the case of any Contracts constituting “electronic chattel paper,” the “authoritative copy” thereof shall be maintained by the Servicer in a computer system such that the Servicer maintains “control” over such

 

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“authoritative copy” (quoted terms have the meaning assigned to them in the UCC).  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, or cause the Servicer’s custodian to 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, or its custodian, 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;

 

(iii)                               attend to all details in connection with maintaining custody of the Contract Files on behalf of the Trust; and

 

(iv)                              at all times maintain, or cause the Servicer’s custodian to maintain, the original of the fully executed Contract (or, in the case of “electronic chattel paper,” the “authoritative copy” of such Contract) in accordance with its customary practices and procedures, except as may be necessary to conduct collection and servicing activities in accordance with its customary practices and procedures (quoted terms have the meaning assigned to them in the UCC).

 

(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 notes and security agreements.  The Servicer shall promptly report to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee any failure by it, or its custodian, 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.

 

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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 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.  All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in favor of the Trust Depositor or the Trust in connection herewith describing the Contract Assets as collateral shall contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as permitted in the Transfer and Sale Agreement or Sale and Servicing Agreement, will violate the rights of the Secured Party.”

 

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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Section 5.02.                         Standard of Care.  In managing, administering, servicing and making collections on the Contracts pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer will exercise that degree of 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 File 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 Trust Accounts, each with and in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders (and, in the case of the Reserve Fund, the Certificateholders).  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) 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 after the Cutoff Date (which for the purpose of this paragraph (b)(i) shall include those monies in the Lockbox Account allocable to 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 Purchase 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);

 

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(v)                                 All amounts paid by the Servicer in connection with an optional purchase of the Contracts described in Section 7.10;

 

(vi)                              The aggregate of the Purchase Prices for Contracts purchased by the Servicer as described in Section 7.11; 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) as contemplated herein.

 

(c)                                  Reserved.

 

(d)                                 The Servicer shall direct the Indenture Trustee to, and 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) 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.

 

(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 the short-term debt security rating of the Servicer is at least “Prime-1” by Moody’s and “A-1” 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.

 

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(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 acting as agent for the Trust pursuant to the Lockbox Agreement shall use its best efforts to cause Obligors to make all payments on the Contracts to the Lockbox Account (either directly by remitting payments to the Lockbox, or indirectly by making payments through a credit card, direct debit, the telephone or the internet to an account of the Servicer which payments will be subsequently transferred from such account 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 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 Certificateholders as owners 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)                                  Subject to Section 5.02, the Servicer may grant extensions, rebates or adjustments on a Contract; provided, however, that if the Servicer extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Contract beyond the Class C Final Distribution Date, it shall promptly purchase such Contract pursuant to Section 7.11.

 

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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.

 

Section 5.07.                         Trustees to Cooperate.  Upon payment in full on any Contract, the Servicer 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.  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 each 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

 

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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 a 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 a 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 LLP (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)                                  Existence.  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 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.

 

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(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.

 

(h)                                 Separate Entity Existence.  The Trust Depositor shall:

 

(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

 

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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 LLP delivered on the Closing Date (or in any related certificate delivered in connection therewith), upon which the conclusions expressed therein are based.

 

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 as a result of or relating to the transactions contemplated herein and in the other Transaction Documents, including any sales, gross receipts, gross margin, 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 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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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, 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

 

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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 Rating Agency Condition shall be satisfied with respect to any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section.

 

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.

 

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 Certificateholders 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 Certificateholders.

 

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.  (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

 

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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)(i).

 

Section 7.04.                         Reserved.

 

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 Servicer, the Reimbursement Amount to the Servicer for Advances previously made;

 

(ii)                                 to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee, including any unpaid Servicing Fee with respect to one or more prior Due Periods;

 

(iii)                              to the Indenture Trustee, any accrued and unpaid Indenture Trustee Fee with respect to one or more prior Due Periods;

 

(iv)                             to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the applicable Note Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date to the Class A Noteholders; 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 the Class A Notes, then the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be applied to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, pro rata, on the basis of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes;

 

(v)                         to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, second, to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full, third, to the Class A-3 Noteholders until the Class A-3 Notes have been paid in full and, fourth, to the Class A-4 Noteholders until the Class A-4 Notes have been paid in full;

 

(vi)                      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 to the Class B Noteholders;

 

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Distribution Date, first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, second, to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full, third, to the Class A-3 Noteholders until the Class A-3 Notes have been paid in full, fourth, to the Class A-4 Noteholders until the Class A-4 Notes have been paid in full and, fifth, to the Class B Noteholders until the Class B Notes have been paid in full;

 

(viii)                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 to the Class C Noteholders;

 

(ix)                        to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Note Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date, first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, second, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, until the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full, third, to the Class A-3 Noteholders until the Class A-3 Notes have been paid in full, fourth, to the Class A-4 Noteholders, until the Class A-4 Notes have been paid in full, fifth, to the Class B Noteholders until the Class B Notes have been paid in full and, sixth, to the Class C Noteholders until the Class C Notes have been paid in full;

 

(x)                           to the Certificate Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Certificate Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date to the Certificateholders;

 

(xi)                               any Excess Amounts to the Reserve Fund up to the Specified Reserve Fund Balance; and

 

(xii)                            any remaining amounts to the Trust Depositor as residual interestholder under the Trust Agreement.

 

(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) and (iii):

 

(i)                                     to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the applicable Note Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date to the Class A Noteholders; 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 the Class A Notes, then the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be applied to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, pro rata, on the basis of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes;

 

(ii)                                  to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the First Priority Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full and, second, pro rata, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, Class A-3 Noteholders and Class A-4 Noteholders, based on the outstanding principal amount of the related Classes of Notes, until such Classes of Notes have been paid in full;

 

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(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 to the Class B Noteholders;

 

(iv)                              to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Second Priority Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, second, pro rata, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, Class A-3 Noteholders and Class A-4 Noteholders, based on the outstanding principal amount of the related Classes of Notes, until such Classes of Notes have been paid in full and, third, to the Class B Noteholders until the Class B Notes have been paid in full;

 

(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 to the Class C Noteholders;

 

(vi)                              to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, all amounts remaining after distribution of amounts in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be allocated in the following order of priority:

 

(1)                                  to the Class A Noteholders, first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders, until the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full and, second, pro rata, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, Class A-3 Noteholders and Class A-4 Noteholders, based on the outstanding principal amount of the related Classes of Notes, until the outstanding principal balance of each such Class of the Notes has been paid in full;

 

(2)                                  to the Class B Noteholders, until the outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes has been paid in full; and

 

(3)                                  to the Class C Noteholders, until the outstanding principal balance of the Class C Notes has been paid in full;

 

(vii)                           to the Certificate Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Certificate Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date to the Certificateholders; and

 

(viii)                        any remaining amounts to the Trust Depositor as residual interestholder under the Trust Agreement.

 

(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) and (iii):

 

(i)                                     to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the applicable Note Interest Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date to the Class A Noteholders; 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 the Class A Notes, then the amount in the Note Distribution Account

 

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shall be applied to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, pro rata, on the basis of the Note Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class of Notes;

 

(ii)                                  to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, any amounts remaining after the distribution of amounts in clause (i) above to the Class A Noteholders first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full and, second, pro rata, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, Class A-3 Noteholders and Class A-4 Noteholders, based on the outstanding principal amount of the related Classes of Notes, until such Classes of Notes have been paid in full;

 

(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 to the Class B Noteholders;

 

(iv)                              to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, all amounts remaining after distribution of amounts in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, to the Class B Noteholders in reduction of the outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes until the outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes has been paid in full;

 

(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 to the Class C Noteholders;

 

(vi)                              to the Note Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, all amounts remaining after distribution of amounts in clauses (i) through (v) above, to the Class C Noteholders in reduction of the outstanding principal balance of the Class C Notes until the outstanding principal balance of the Class C Notes has been paid in full;

 

(vii)                           to the Certificate Distribution Account, together with any amounts deposited therein pursuant to Section 7.06, the Certificate Principal Distributable Amount with respect to such Distribution Date to the Certificateholders; and

 

(viii)                        any remaining amounts to the Trust Depositor as residual interestholder under the Trust Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding that the Notes have been paid in full, the Indenture Trustee shall continue to maintain the Collection Account hereunder until the Pool Balance has been reduced to zero.

 

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 Class A Notes and Class B Notes.

 

(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

 

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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, second, to the Note Distribution Account, the amount of such Shortfall relating to the Note Principal Distributable Amount and third, to the Certificate Distribution Account, the amount of such Shortfall relating to the Certificate 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 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.                         Reserved.

 

Section 7.08.                         Purchase 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 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 Purchase Price, not later than two Business Days prior to the first Distribution Date after the last day of the calendar month in which the Seller becomes aware or receives written notice from the Trustees, 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 described on the List of Contracts with respect to an incorrect 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 prior to the first Distribution Date after the last day of the calendar month in which the Seller becomes aware of such inaccuracy, cash in an amount sufficient to cure any deficiency or discrepancy; and provided further that

 

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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.  The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Trustees and the Noteholders against the Seller with respect to a breach of a representation or warranty of the Seller shall be to require the Seller to reacquire the related Contract pursuant to this Section 7.08.

 

Section 7.09.                         Reassignment of Reacquired Contracts.  Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Collection Account of the Purchase Price as described in Section 7.08, Section 7.10 or Section 7.11, 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 or the Servicer, as applicable, all of the Trust’s right, title and interest in the reacquired or purchased 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.                         Servicer’s Purchase Option.  On written notice to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee at least 20 days prior to a Distribution Date, and provided that the Pool Balance is then less than 10% of the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date, the Servicer may (but is not required to) purchase on that Distribution Date all outstanding Contracts (and related Contract Assets) 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 outstanding Certificate Balance of all Certificates, the Reimbursement Amount (if any) as well as accrued and unpaid Monthly Servicing Fees and the Indenture Trustee Fee to the date of such purchase.  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 Servicer.

 

Section 7.11.                         Purchase of Contracts for Breach of Servicing Obligations.  Upon a discovery by the Servicer or the Trustees of a breach of any of the covenants of the Servicer set forth in Section 5.02, 5.06 or 5.09 that materially adversely affects the Trust’s interest in a 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 Servicer of any of such covenants.  The Servicer, in accordance with this Section 7.11, shall purchase such Contract at its Purchase Price, two Business Days prior to the first Distribution Date after the last day of the calendar month in which the Servicer becomes aware, or receives written notice from the Trustees of any breach described in the preceding sentence which breach has not been cured; provided, however, that with respect to a breach of any of the covenants of the Servicer set forth in Section 5.02, 5.06 or 5.09 relating to the Contracts in the aggregate and not to any particular Contract the Servicer may select Contracts (without adverse selection) to purchase such that had such Contracts not been included as part of the Trust Corpus there would have been no breach of such covenant.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of the Servicer described in this Section 7.11 shall not terminate or be deemed released by any party hereto upon a Service Transfer pursuant to Article VIII.  The purchase obligation described in this Section 7.11 is in no way to be satisfied with monies in the Reserve Fund.  Upon Servicer’s payment of the Purchase Price of the

 

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Contract, any Event of Termination pursuant to Section 8.01(b) arising as a result of the Servicer’s breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 5.02, 5.06 or 5.09 with respect to such Contract shall be deemed not to have occurred.

 

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 to make any payment or deposit required to be made under the Notes hereunder or in the Transfer and Sale Agreement and the continuance of such failure for a period of four Business Days after the date on which a Servicing Officer discovers such failure or the Indenture Trustee provides written notice of such failure to the Servicer;

 

(b)                                 Failure on the Servicer’s part to observe or perform in any material respect any covenant or agreement in this Agreement or in the Transfer and Sale Agreement (other than a covenant or agreement, the breach of which is specifically addressed elsewhere in this Section) which failure shall (i) materially and adversely affect the rights of Noteholders and (ii) continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (A) to the Servicer by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or (B) to the Servicer, and to the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of Notes, evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes;

 

(c)                                  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;

 

(d)                                 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;

 

(e)                                  Any representation, warranty or statement of the Servicer made in this 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 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.

 

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Section 8.02.                         Waiver of Event of Termination.  The Required Holders may, by written notice delivered to the parties hereto, waive any Event of Termination other than an Event of Termination 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 hereunder (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 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; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to make payment for compensation or any other payment in order to effectuate 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

 

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and each Rating Agency at the addresses described in Section 11.04 hereof and to the Noteholders and Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing on the Note Register and the Certificate Register.

 

(b)                                 Within 10 days following any termination or appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Issuer 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 and Certificateholders at their addresses appearing on the Note Register and Certificate 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) thereafter, as of the last day of the preceding Due Period on each Determination Date prior to a Service Transfer and (iii) on and as of the Business Day before the actual commencement of servicing functions by the Successor Servicer following the occurrence of a Service Transfer.

 

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): (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.

 

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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, 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

 

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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 deliver to the Trustees and each Rating Agency 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.

 

Section 9.04.                         Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria and Attestation; Annual Officer’s Certificate.

 

(a)  The Servicer will:

 

(i)                                     deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency within 90 days after the end of each calendar year a report on its assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it during the preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as required by Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB under the Securities Act;

 

(ii)                                  cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency within 90 days after the end of each calendar year an attestation report that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as applicable, on the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with servicing criteria with respect to the prior calendar year; and

 

(iii)                               deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency within 90 days after the end of each calendar year, an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that (i) a review of the Servicer’s activities during the immediately preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first certificate, since the Closing Date) and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under the supervision of the officer signing such certificate and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled in all material respects all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such calendar year (or applicable portion of such calendar year), or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status of such failure.

 

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(b)                                 If the Trust is not required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act, or otherwise required by law to file the reports described in clause (a) above, such reports may be delivered on or before April 30 of each calendar year.  A copy of such reports may be obtained by any Noteholder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 9.05.                         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 pursuant to Article VII, deliver to the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Note Registrar and Paying Agent, to forward or otherwise make available via internet to each Noteholder and deliver to each Certificateholder that is not the Trust Depositor or an Affiliate thereof a statement as of the related Distribution Date substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (the “Monthly Report”) setting forth at least the following information:

 

(i)                                 the amount of Noteholder’s principal distribution;

 

(ii)                              the amount of Noteholder’s interest distribution;

 

(iii)                           the Certificate Principal Distributable Amount,

 

(iv)                          the amount of fees payable out of the Trust, separately identifying the Monthly Servicing Fee and the Indenture Trustee Fee;

 

(v)                             the amount of any Note Interest Carryover Shortfall, Note Principal Carryover Shortfall and Certificate Principal Carryover Shortfall on such Distribution Date and the change in such amounts from those with respect to the immediately preceding Distribution Date;

 

(vi)                          the Note Pool Factor for each Class of Notes and the Certificate Pool Factor, in each case of such Distribution Date;

 

(vii)                       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;

 

(viii)                    the remaining Principal Balance after giving effect to the distribution of principal to each Class of Notes to be made on such Distribution Date and the remaining Certificate Balance after giving effect to the distribution of principal to each Certificate to be made on such Distribution Date;

 

(ix)                            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;

 

(x)                               the number and aggregate principal balance of Contracts that became Liquidated Contracts during the immediately preceding Due Period, the Net Liquidation Proceeds and the Net Liquidation Losses for such Due Period;

 

(xi)                            the Loss Ratio, Average Loss Ratio, Cumulative Loss Ratio, the Delinquency Ratio and the Average Delinquency Ratio as of such Distribution Date;

 

(xii)                         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 and as of the last day of the

 

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Due Period relating to such Distribution Date (after giving effect to payments received during such Due Period);

 

(xiii)                      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 the Purchase Price for such Contracts;

 

(xiv)                     the aggregate Principal Balance and number of Contracts that were purchased by the Servicer pursuant to the Agreement with respect to the related Due Period, identifying the Purchase Price for such Contracts;

 

(xv)                        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;

 

(xvi)                     the amount otherwise distributable on the Class C 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.

 

(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), (iv) and (v) of this Section, attributable to such Noteholder.

 

(c)                                  The Indenture Trustee shall send 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.

 

Section 9.06.                         Regulation AB.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agree to comply with reasonable requests (which are practical from a timing perspective) made by the Trust Depositor or the Servicer in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB.  In connection therewith, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with the Servicer in connection with the satisfaction of the Trust Depositor’s and the Trust’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, subject to reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 9.07.                         Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)                                  As soon as available but no later than March 15 of each calendar year for so long as the Issuer is required to report under the Exchange Act, commencing in 2011, the Indenture Trustee shall:

 

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(i)                                     deliver to the Servicer a report regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18, Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified in Exhibit E or such criteria as mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee;

 

(ii)                                  deliver to the Servicer a report of a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and

 

(iii)                               deliver to the Servicer and any other Person that will be responsible for signing the certification required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) (a “Sarbanes Certification”) on behalf of the Issuer or the Servicer a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F in such form as mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee.

 

The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iii) above may rely on the certification provided by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Section 9.08.                         Exchange Act Reporting.

 

(a)                                  Form 10-D Filings.  So long as the Issuer is required to report under the Exchange Act, no later than each Distribution Date, each of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall notify the Servicer of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to such Person (to the extent there is any Form 10-D Disclosure Item), together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Servicer.

 

(b)                                 Form 8-K Filings.  So long as the Issuer is required to report under the Exchange Act, each of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Servicer, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which such Person (or in the case of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person) has actual knowledge.  Each Person shall have actual knowledge of any such event only to the extent that it relates to such Person or any action or failure to act by such Person.

 

(c)                                  Form 10-K Filings.  So long as the Issuer is required to report under the Exchange Act, no later than March 15 of each year, commencing in 2011, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall notify the Servicer of any Form 10-K Disclosure Item known to any Responsible Officer thereof or relating to the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as applicable, together with a description of any such Form 10-K Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Servicer.

 

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ARTICLE TEN

TERMINATION

 

Section 10.01.                  Sale of Trust Assets.

 

(a)                                  [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(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 Certificateholders 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 and provided, further, that in connection with any amendment pursuant to clause (iii) above, the Rating Agency Condition shall be satisfied.

 

(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 Certificateholders; 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, to the extent affected thereby, the Holders of the Certificates.

 

(c)                                  Prior to the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to this Section 11.01, the Issuer 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 and Certificateholder.  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

 

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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 and/or Certificateholders 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 manner by which such Reserve Fund is funded.  If the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to 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.

 

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(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 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.

 

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 or electronic mail transmission with a confirmation of receipt, in all cases addressed to the recipient as follows:

 

 

(i)

If to the Servicer or Seller:

 

 

 

 

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

 

 

222 West Adams Street, Suite 2000

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

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Attention: James Darrell Thomas

 

 

Telecopier No.: (312) 368-4372

 

 

 

 

(ii)

If to the Trust Depositor:

 

 

 

 

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

 

 

3850 Arrowhead Drive

 

 

Carson City, Nevada 89706

 

 

Attention: James Darrell Thomas

 

 

Telecopier No.: (775) 886-3490

 

 

 

 

 

with a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

 

 

222 West Adams Street, Suite 2000

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

 

Attention: James Darrell Thomas

 

 

Telecopier No.: (312) 368-4372

 

 

 

 

(iii)

If to the Indenture Trustee:

 

 

 

 

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

 

 

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

 

 

1100 North Market Street

 

 

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1605

 

 

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

 

 

Telecopier No.: (302) 636-4140

 

 

 

 

(v)

If to Moody’s:

 

 

 

 

 

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

 

7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich Street

 

 

New York, New York 10007

 

 

Attention: ABS Monitoring Department

 

 

Telecopier No.: (212) 298-7139

 

 

Email: servicerreports@moodys.com

 

 

 

 

(vi)

If to Standard & Poor’s:

 

 

 

 

 

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,

 

 

a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business

 

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55 Water Street / 41st Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10041-0003

 

 

Attention: ABS Surveillance Group

 

 

Telecopier No. (212)-438-2657

 

 

Email: servicer_reports@sandp.com

 

 

 

 

(vii)

If to the Underwriters:

 

 

 

 

 

At the address set forth in the Underwriting 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 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.

 

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 Securityholders aggregating not less than 66-2/3% of each Class.

 

Section 11.07.                  Third Party Beneficiaries.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no other 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 each 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

 

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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 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 The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. 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.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP., as Servicer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Sale & Servicing Agreement

 



 

Exhibit A

 

[Form of Assignment]

 

In accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of November 1, 2010 made by and between the undersigned, as Trust Depositor  (“Trust Depositor”), Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., as Servicer (“HDCC”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (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 Contracts listed on the 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 after the Cutoff Date, including any liquidation proceeds therefrom, but excluding any rights to receive payments which were collected pursuant thereto on or prior to the Cutoff Date), (ii) all rights of the Trust Depositor under any theft, physical damage, credit life, disability or other individual insurance policy (and rights under a “forced placed” policy, if any), any debt insurance policy 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 certain Contracts) and 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 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 Three of the Sale and Servicing 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.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be duly executed this            day of                           .

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit B

 

[Form of Closing Certificate of Trust Depositor]

 

Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp.

 

Officer’s Certificate

 

The undersigned certifies that he is [                      ] 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 November 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) by and among the Trust Depositor, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Indenture Trustee”), as Indenture Trustee,  Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (“Harley-Davidson Credit”), as Servicer, and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (“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 as of a recent date 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, the Trust Agreement; the Administration Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement (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 Preliminary Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) or the Prospectus and except as set forth therein.

 

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(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 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                           .

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

Title:

 



 

Exhibit C

 

[Form of Closing Certificate of Servicer/Seller]

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.

 

Officer’s Certificate

 

The undersigned certifies that he is [                          ] 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 November 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) by and among Harley-Davidson Credit, as Servicer, Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp. (“CFC”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (“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 as of a recent date, 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 and 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

 

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respective dates as of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) or 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 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.

 

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(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 authorized the filing of 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                       .

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

Title:

 



 

Exhibit D

 

[RESERVED]

 

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Exhibit E

 

SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

 

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified as below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria” (1):

 

Servicing Criteria

 

Reference

 

Criteria

 

Applicable
Servicing
Criteria

 

 

General Servicing Considerations

 

 

1122(d)(1)(i)

 

Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(1)(ii)

 

If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(1)(iii)

 

Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(1)(iv)

 

A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Collection and Administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(i)

 

Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

ü(2)

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(ii)

 

Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.

 

ü

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(iii)

 

Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(iv)

 

The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

ü

 


(1)

 

Each Assessment of compliance delivered by the Indenture Trustee shall be made only toward such portion(s) of servicing criteria applicable to the Indenture Trustee and not such other portion(s) applicable to other persons.

(2)

 

Solely with regard to deposits made by the Indenture Trustee.

 

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Servicing Criteria

 

 

 

 

 

Applicable
Servicing
Criteria

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(v)

 

Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.

 

ü(3)

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(vi)

 

Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(vii)

 

Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

Reference

 

Criteria

 

 

 

 

Investor Remittances and Reporting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(3)(i)

 

Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the Servicer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(3)(ii)

 

Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

ü

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(3)(iii)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(3)(iv)

 

Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.

 

ü

 


(3)

 

Assessment to be given by Indenture Trustee shall be only with respect to trust accounts maintained by the Indenture Trustee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement

 

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Pool Asset Administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(i)

 

Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(ii)

 

Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(iii)

 

Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(iv)

 

Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related asset pool documents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(v)

 

The Servicer’s records regarding the accounts and the accounts agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(vi)

 

Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s account (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(vii)

 

Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(viii)

 

Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(ix)

 

Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.

 

 

 

Reference

 

Criteria

 

 

1122(d)(4)(x)

 

Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s Account documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable Account documents and state laws;

 

 

 

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and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related Accounts, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(xi)

 

Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(xii)

 

Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.

 

 

 

Servicing Criteria

 

 

 

 

 

Applicable
Servicing
Criteria

1122(d)(4)(xiii)

 

Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(xiv)

 

Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(xv)

 

Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

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Exhibit F

 

FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

 

Dated:

 

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), certifies to Harley-Davidson Credit Corp. (the “Servicer”), its officers and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Issuer”), with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

(1)   It has reviewed the report on assessment of the Indenture Trustee’s compliance provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Securities Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act (the “Servicing Assessment”), that were delivered by the Indenture Trustee to the Seller pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2010, among Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer (collectively, the “Indenture Trustee Information”);

 

(2)   To the best of its knowledge, the Indenture Trustee Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Indenture Trustee Information (in making such statement, the Indenture Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to any information prepared or provided to it by a third person and upon which it relied in preparing our information); and

 

(3)   To the best of its knowledge, all of the Indenture Trustee Information required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture has been provided to the Servicer.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

 

 

COMPANY, N.A., as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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Exhibit G

 

[Form of Certificate Regarding Reacquired Contracts]

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

 

Certificate Regarding Reacquired Contracts

 

The undersigned certifies that he is the [                ] 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 November 1, 2010 by and among Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., as Trust Depositor, the Servicer, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, and Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (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/Servicer] on the date hereof pursuant to [Section 7.08 of the Agreement and Section 5.01 of the Transfer and Sale Agreement/Section 7.10 of the Agreement/Section 7.11 of the Agreement.]

 

2.                                      Upon deposit of the Purchase Price for such Contracts, such Contracts may, pursuant to Section 7.09 of the Agreement, be assigned by the Trustee to the Seller[/Servicer].

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed hereunto my signature this              day of                           .

 

 

Harley-Davidson Credit Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Printed Name:

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit H

 

[List of Contracts]

 

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Exhibit I

 

[Form of Monthly Report to Noteholders and Certificateholders]

 

[see attached]

 

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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, 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 contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party.

 

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(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, that:

 

(a)           List of Contracts.  The information set forth in the List of Contracts is true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the Cutoff Date.

 

(b)           Payments.  As of the Cutoff Date, 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 or under a debt insurance policy or debt cancellation agreement.

 

(c)           No Waivers.  As of the Closing Date, 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 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.  The Seller, in accordance with its policies and procedures, has determined that, as of the date of origination of each Contract, the related Obligor had obtained or agreed to obtain physical damage insurance covering the Motorcycle.  The terms of each Contract require that for the term of such Contract the Motorcycle securing such Contract will be covered by physical damage insurance.

 

(g)           Origination.  Each Contract (i) was originated by a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealer or by Eaglemark Savings Bank, in each case, in the regular course of its business, (ii) was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and (iii) has been purchased by Seller in the regular course of its business.  Each Contract was sold by Eaglemark Savings Bank or such

 

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motorcycle dealer, as the case may be, to the Seller without any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of Eaglemark Savings Bank or, to the knowledge of the Seller, such motorcycle dealer.

 

(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 the Transfer and Sale 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 Harley-Davidson motorcycle 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, in any material respect 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.

 

(j)            Contract in Force.  As of the Closing Date, 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 validly assigned by Eaglemark Savings Bank to Seller (where applicable) and by Seller to the Trust Depositor.  Seller’s security interest has been validly assigned by the Seller to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement and by the Trust Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.  Immediately prior to the transfer, assignment and conveyance thereof, each Contract is secured by a first priority, validly perfected security interest in the Motorcycle covered thereby in favor of the Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank as secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority, validly perfected security interest in the Motorcycle covered thereby in favor of the Seller or Eaglemark Savings Bank as secured party, except, in each case, as to priority for any lien for taxes, labor, materials or of any state law enforcement agency affecting a Motorcycle.

 

(1)           Good Title.  Each Contract was purchased by Seller for value and taken into possession prior to the Cutoff Date 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 Issuer 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, immediately upon the transfer of each Contract by the Seller, the Trust Depositor shall have good and marketable title to each Contract free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, loan, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and, immediately upon the transfer of each Contract by the Trust Depositor, the Issuer shall have good and marketable title to each Contract free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, loan, pledge, charge, claim or security interest.

 

(m)          No Defaults.  As of the Cutoff Date, 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,

 

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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 Cutoff Date, no Motorcycle had been repossessed.

 

(n)           No Liens.  As of the Closing Date 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 liens prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Contract.

 

(o)           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.

 

(p)           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.

 

(q)           One Original.  Each Contract is evidenced by only one original executed tangible record constituting or forming a part of each Contract that is “tangible chattel paper,” or a single “authoritative copy,” of each electronic record constituting or forming a part of each Contract that is “electronic chattel paper,” which tangible record or “authoritative copy” is held (or, in the case of “electronic chattel paper,” maintained) by the Servicer or its designee, as custodian on behalf of the Issuer (quoted terms have the meaning assigned to them in the UCC).

 

(r)            No Government Obligors.  No Obligor is the United States government or an agency, authority, instrumentality or other political subdivision of the United States government.

 

(s)            Lockbox Bank.  All Obligors have been instructed to make payments to a Lockbox Account (either directly by remitting payments to a Lockbox, or indirectly by making payments through direct debit, the telephone or the internet to an account of the Servicer which payments will be subsequently transferred from such account to one or more Lockbox Banks), and no person claiming through or under Seller has any claim or interest in a Lockbox Account other than the related Lockbox Bank; provided, however, that other Persons may have an interest in certain other collections therein not related to the Contracts.

 

(t)            Obligor Bankruptcy.  At the Cutoff Date, no Obligor was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding (according to the records of the Seller) within the one year preceding the Cutoff Date.

 

(u)           Chattel Paper.  Each Contract constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper” within the meaning of the UCC.

 

(v)           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.

 

(w)          Selection Criteria.  Each Contract is secured by a new or used Motorcycle.  No Contract has a Contract Rate less than 1.000%.  Each Contract amortizes the amount financed over an original term no greater than 84 months.  Each Contract has a Principal Balance of at least $500.00 as of the related Cutoff Date.

 

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(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, that:

 

(a)           Amounts.  The aggregate Principal Balances payable by Obligors under the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date equals or exceeds the sum of the principal balance of the Notes on the Closing Date.

 

(b)           Characteristics.  The Contracts have the following characteristics: (i) all the Contracts are secured by Motorcycles; (ii) no Contract has a remaining maturity of more than 84 months; and (iii) the final scheduled payment on the Contract with the latest maturity is due no later than September 25, 2017.  Approximately 68.35% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of new Motorcycles and approximately 31.65% is attributable to loans for purchases of used Motorcycles.  No Contract was originated after the Cutoff Date.  Approximately 98.91% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans for purchases of Motorcycles manufactured by Harley-Davidson, approximately 0.43% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans to purchase Motorcycles manufactured by Buell and approximately 0.67% of the Principal Balance of the Contracts as of the Cutoff Date is attributable to loans to purchase Motorcycles not manufactured by Harley-Davidson or Buell.

 

(c)           Marking Records.  As of the Closing Date, Seller has caused the Computer File 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 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 transactions contemplated by the Transfer and Sale Agreement and this Agreement constitute valid sales, transfers and assignments 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.

 

(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 Cutoff Date 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, that:

 

(a)           Possession.  Immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer, or its custodian, will have possession of each original Contract and the related complete Contract File.  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

 

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otherwise been correctly prepared.  The complete Contract File for each Contract currently is in the possession of the Servicer, or its custodian.

 

(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 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.

PO Box 15129

Palatine, IL  60055-5129

 

Lockbox Bank

 

The Bank of New York Mellon

 

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Exhibit L

 

RESERVED

 

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EX-10.3 9 a10-21586_1ex10d3.htm EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

 

 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

among

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2010-1,

 

as Issuer,

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP.,

 

as Administrator,

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER FUNDING CORP.,

 

as Trust Depositor,

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Indenture Trustee

 

 

Dated as of November 1, 2010

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION 1.

 

DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

 

1

SECTION 2.

 

RECORDS

 

7

SECTION 3.

 

COMPENSATION

 

7

SECTION 4.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO THE ISSUER

 

7

SECTION 5.

 

INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

 

7

SECTION 6.

 

NO JOINT VENTURE

 

7

SECTION 7.

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES OF ADMINISTRATOR

 

7

SECTION 8.

 

TERM OF AGREEMENT; RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR

 

8

SECTION 9.

 

ACTION UPON TERMINATION, RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL

 

9

SECTION 10.

 

NOTICES

 

9

SECTION 11.

 

AMENDMENTS

 

9

SECTION 12.

 

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

 

10

SECTION 13.

 

GOVERNING LAW

 

10

SECTION 14.

 

HEADINGS

 

10

SECTION 15.

 

COUNTERPARTS

 

10

SECTION 16.

 

SEVERABILITY

 

10

SECTION 17.

 

NOT APPLICABLE TO HARLEY-DAVIDSON IN OTHER CAPACITIES

 

10

SECTION 18.

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

10

SECTION 19.

 

THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY

 

11

SECTION 20.

 

SURVIVABILITY

 

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This Administration Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2010, among Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (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 The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 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 or the Sale and Servicing Agreement);

 

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:

 

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);

 

(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);

 

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(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 and of the appointment of a Successor Servicer (Section 3.07(d));

 

(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 delivery of written notice to each Rating Agency of amendments to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.21);

 

(R)           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);

 

(S)           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 and the delivery of written notice of such sale to the Rating Agencies (Section 5.04);

 

(T)           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);

 

(U)          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);

 

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(V)           the delivery of notice to the Rating Agencies of a successor Indenture Trustee by merger, conversion or consolidation of the Indenture Trustee (Section 6.09);

 

(W)         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);

 

(X)          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);

 

(Y)           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);

 

(Z)           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 Rating Agencies and the Noteholders of notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);

 

(AA)       the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.06);

 

(BB)        the duty to notify Noteholders of redemption of the Notes or to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Section 10.02);

 

(CC)        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));

 

(DD)       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));

 

(EE)         the notification of the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to provide notification;

 

(FF)         the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.06);

 

(GG)        the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.14); and

 

(HH)       the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

(ii)           The Administrator will:

 

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(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 (A) 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, (B) shall deliver on behalf of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, all notices required to be delivered to the Rating Agencies pursuant to the Transaction Documents and the Trust Agreement, and (C) 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 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

 

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the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payments (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder as contemplated in Section 5.01(d) 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 Certificateholders; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee shall retain responsibility for the distribution of information forms necessary to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.

 

(iv)          If the sole Certificateholder is not the Administrator or any of its Affiliates, 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.

 

(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;

 

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(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.

 

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.

 

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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 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.

 

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(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 Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator.  In the event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(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 or the Certificateholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided that such amendment will not, in the Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.  This Agreement may also be amended by the parties hereto with the written consent of the Owner Trustee, the Required Holders and the Holders of the Certificates evidencing a majority of the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Certificates 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 and/or the Certificateholders; 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 the Certificateholders, as the case may be, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the holders of Notes or Certificates, as applicable, which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all outstanding Notes or the consent of the holders of all outstanding Certificates, as applicable. 

 

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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 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

 

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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 countersigned by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and in no event shall The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. 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.

 

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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 2010-1

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON CREDIT CORP., as Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Printed Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Administration Agreement

 



 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

State of Illinois

)

 

 

 

)  SS.

 

 

County of Cook

)

 

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, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware Attention:  Trust Administration, by and through its duly elected and authorized officer,                                                          , on behalf of itself and of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2010-1 (the “Trust”) as Issuer under the Administration Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2010 (the “Administration Agreement”), among the Trust, Harley-Davidson Customer Funding Corp., The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 1st day of November, 2010.

 

 

 

 

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

)

 

 

 

)  SS.

 

 

County of New Castle

)

 

On                 , 2010 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:

 

 

 

 

Notary Public, State of Delaware

 

 

 

My Commission Expires

 

[SEAL]

 


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