EXHIBIT 10.44
Irrevocable Trust Agreement Number F/00098
between
Servicios Financieros
Navistar, S.A. de C.V.,
Sociedad Financiera de
Objeto Limitado
as the
Trustor
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Banco J.P. Morgan S.A.,
Institucion de Banca Multiple,
J.P. Morgan Grupo
Financiero, Division Fiduciaria
as the
Trustee
November 30,
2004
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CONTENTS
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BACKGROUND
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DECLARATIONS
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CLAUSES
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FIRST. Defined
Terms
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SECOND.
Constitution
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THIRD. Parties
and Beneficiaries of the Trust
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FOURTH.
Purposes of the Trust
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FIFTH.
Acceptance
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SIXTH. Trust
Assets
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SEVENTH.
Operation of the Trust
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EIGHTH.
Transfers of Loans
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NINTH.
Substitution, Repurchase or Acquisition of Loans
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TENTH. Issuance
and Placement of Securities
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ELEVENTH.
Proceeds from Securities Certificates Placements
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TWELFTH.
Administration of Loans; Deposit of Loan Documents
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THIRTEENTH.
Opening of Collection Accounts
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FOURTEENTH.
Collection Accounts
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FIFTEENTH.
Establishment of Common Funds
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SIXTEENTH.
Opening of Operative Accounts
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SEVENTEENTH.
Initial Funding of Operative Accounts
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EIGHTEENTH.
General Account
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NINETEENTH.
Administration of Operative Accounts
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TWENTIETH.
Issue Maintenance Expense Account
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TWENTY-FIRST.
Interest Payment Account
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TWENTY-SECOND.
Principal Payment Account
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TWENTY-THIRD.
Reserve Account "A"
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TWENTY-FOURTH.
Reserve Account "B"
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TWENTY-FIFTH.
Subordinate Payment Account
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TWENTY-SIXTH.
Revolving Account
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TWENTY-SEVENTH.
Deposit Account
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TWENTY-EIGHTH.
Holders of Securities; Guarantor
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TWENTY-NINTH.
Powers and Obligations of the Trustee; Defense of Trust
Assets
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THIRTIETH.
Trustee’s Obligations to Report; Access to
Information
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THIRTY-FIRST.
Loan Reviews
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THIRTY-SECOND.
Powers and Obligations of the Common Representative
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THIRTY-THIRD.
The Technical Committee
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THIRTY-FOURTH.
Appraisal
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THIRTY-FIFTH.
Fees
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THIRTY-SIXTH.
Expenses
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THIRTY-SEVENTH.
Indemnity
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THIRTY-EIGHTH.
Amendments
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THIRTY-NINTH.
Notices
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FORTIETH.
Duration, Irrevocability and Termination
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FORTY-FIRST.
Loan Repurchase and Reversion
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FORTY-SECOND.
Assignment
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FORTY-THIRD.
Dismissal and Resignation of the Trustee
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FORTY-FOURTH.
Fiscal Responsibility
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FORTY-FIFTH.
Nature of the Trust
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FORTY-SIXTH.
Clause Titles
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FORTY-SEVENTH.
Applicable Law; Jurisdiction
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ANNEXES
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EXHIBIT 10.44
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IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT NUMBER F/00098
EXECUTED BY AND BETWEEN SERVICIOS FINANCIEROS NAVISTAR, S.A. DE
C.V., SOCIEDAD FINANCIERA DE OBJETO LIMITADO, AS THE TRUSTOR, (THE
"TRUSTOR" ) REPRESENTED BY JANET LYNN FILIPIAK AND JOSÉ
ALFREDO CHACON PEREZ, AND BANCO J.P. MORGAN S.A., INSTITUCION DE
BANCA MULTIPLE, J.P. MORGAN GRUPO FINANCIERO, DIVISION FIDUCIARIA,
AS THE TRUSTEE (THE "TRUSTEE" ), REPRESENTED BY HECTOR LOYO
URRETA, PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND, DECLARATIONS AND
CLAUSES.
BACKGROUND
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The parties
wish to implement a securitization mechanism for Loans (as said
item is defined below), by a fiduciary assignment by the Trustor in
favor of the Trustee of the rights and obligations under the
corresponding Loan Agreements and, if applicable, Insurance
Policies (as defined below) and the endorsement of the respective
Notes (as defined below) subject to the terms and conditions
established in this Agreement and in the respective Trust Transfer
Agreements (as defined below).
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The principal
purpose of the Trust (as defined below) will be, following an
acquisition by the Trustee of Loan Packages (as defined below), (i)
to issue Securities (as defined below) with the characteristics
indicated in this Agreement, and which will be indicated in the
respective Characteristics Letters (as defined below) in one or
various issues (as defined below), (ii) to deliver to the Trustor
all or part of the proceeds from the placement of the Securities
and/or any other consideration agreed on in exchange for the Loan
Package assigned by the Trustor to the Trustee, (iii) in the event
that the respective Characteristics Letter so stipulates, the
acquisition of Additional Loans (as defined below) during the
respective Revolving Period (as defined below), and (iv) to pay
with any funds that form part of the Trust Assets (as defined
below) and that correspond to the Securitization Transaction (as
defined below) the interest and principal and any other amounts
payable under the Securities issued.
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This Trust may
carry out one or more Securitization Transactions, that is, it may
acquire one or more Loan Packages and on the basis of each one of
said Loan Packages, may issue Securities in one or several issues.
For this purpose the Trust Assets will be divided in as many Common
Funds (as defined below) as Loan Packages are pledged in Trust.
With respect to the foregoing, a Common Fund as specified below
will correspond to each Issue.
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DECLARATIONS
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The Trustor,
through its representative, declares that:
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It is a
variable capital stock company legally incorporated under the laws
of the United Mexican States ("Mexico") and empowered to enter into
this Agreement. Copies of the official document containing the
articles of incorporation of the Trustor and its current by-laws
are attached to this Agreement as Annex "A" ;
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It has been
authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit to
incorporate and operate as a limited purpose financial company. A
copy of the official action, which evidences said authorization is
attached to this Agreement as Annex "B" ,
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It wishes to
constitute this Trust in order to implement a securitization
mechanism for Loans;
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In addition to
executing this Trust Agreement, and in order to implement the
above-mentioned securitization mechanism, to carry out each
Securitization Transaction under this Trust it will execute with
the Trustee, (i) one or more Trust Transfer Agreements, according
to which it will pledge a Loan Package to the Trust and (ii) in the
event that in accordance with the terms of said Securitization
Transaction it will take on the administration of the corresponding
Loans, an Administration Agreement, (as defined below) according to
the terms of which it will assume the Administration of the Loans
corresponding to said Securitization Transaction. Said agreements
will be executed substantially in the same terms and with
the
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same background
data, declarations and clauses as contained in the samples of a
Trust Transfer Agreement and Administration Agreement which are
attached hereto as Annex "C" and Annex "D"
respectively.
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Each
Securitization Transaction and the respective Issue of Securities
effected under this Trust will have the characteristics established
in this Trust, as well as those described in a Characteristics
Letter in which the Trustor, with the support of an Underwriter (as
defined below) establish the respective terms and conditions. Said
document will contain such information and will be drawn up in
accordance with the sample which is attached hereto as Annex
"E ", without prejudice, in such case, to including additional
information or omitting certain information required in said Annex
when so required by the particular Securitization
Transaction;
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The signing of
this Agreement and fulfillment of the obligations hereunder do not
constitute a default on the part of the Trustor, nor do they
contravene the terms of (i) its by-laws, (ii) any agreement,
contract, instrument, security or certificate executed or
subscribed by the Trustor, including obligations to forbear
contained in credit agreements to which it is a party, (iii) any
law, regulation, circular or rule applicable to the Trustor or to
its assets; or (iv) any judicial, arbitration or administrative
resolution applicable to the Trustor.
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It has obtained
and they continue in force, all the consents, permits and
authorizations, both from the government and of any other type,
that are required according to applicable laws, in order to execute
this Agreement and comply with the obligations hereunder, and it
agrees to participate as the Trustor and Beneficiary under the
terms of this Agreement;
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This Agreement
constitutes a valid and demandable obligation against the Trustor,
in accordance with its terms; and
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Its
representative has sufficient powers to execute this Agreement on
its behalf and in its representation, and said powers have not been
modified, revoked or limited in any manner, and he is fully
qualified in accordance with the laws to undertake it under the
terms of this Agreement. A copy of the official document that
contains the powers granted to its representative is attached
hereto as Annex "F".
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The Trustee
through its representative declares that:
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It is a
full-service banking institution legally incorporated under the
laws of Mexico, empowered to execute this Agreement and assume
obligations in accordance with Agreement terms. A copy of the
official document that contains the articles of incorporation of
the Trustee and its current by-laws are attached hereto as Annex
"G"
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It has been
authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit to
incorporate and operate as a multiple banking institution and to
execute trust transactions as Trustee;
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It wishes to
enter into this Agreement and accept its designation as trustee to
carry out each and every one of the acts necessary or appropriate
to accomplish the purposes of this Trust and fulfill its
obligations under its terms; and
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The signing of
this Agreement and fulfillment of the obligations hereunder do not
constitute a default on the part of the Trustee to comply with nor
do they contravene the terms of (i) its by-laws, (ii) any
agreement, contract, instrument, security or certificate executed
or subscribed by the Trustee, (iii) any law, regulation, circular
or rule applicable to the Trustee; or (iv) any judicial,
arbitration or administrative resolution applicable to the
Trustee.
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It has obtained
all the agreements, permits and authorizations, be they
governmental or of any other kind, required by the terms of
applicable laws to sign this Agreement and to fulfill its
obligations hereunder;
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This Agreement
constitutes a valid and demandable obligation against the Trustee,
in accordance with its terms;
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Without
detriment to the provisions of the preceding declaration, it has
obtained authorization from Banco de Mexico in the terms of
Circular 2019/95 of said institution for the signing of this
Agreement, as recorded in the official letter attached to this
Agreement as Annex "H" ; and
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Its
representative has sufficient powers to enter into this Agreement
on its behalf and in its representation, and said powers have not
been modified, revoked or limited in any way, and he has full legal
capacity to undertake it under the terms of this Agreement. A copy
of the official document containing the powers granted to its
representative is attached to this Agreement as Annex "I"
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Through their
representatives, the parties declare that pursuant to the
provisions of Article 106, Section XIX, subparagraph b) of the LIC,
(as defined below), the Trustee unequivocally explained to the
Trustor, and the Trustor acknowledges that the value and legal
consequences of said precept were explained; said Article reads as
follows:
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Article 106.-
Credit Institutions shall be prohibited from.XIX.- In carrying out
the transactions referred to in Section XV of Article 46 of this
Law...
(b)
Being responsible to trustors,
mandate principals or commission principals for a default of
debtors in relation to the loans granted, or of issuers in relation
to the securities acquired, unless the credit institutions are at
fault, as stipulated in the last part of Article 391 of the General
Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Transactions, or they
guarantee a yield from the funds which they have been requested to
invest.
If at the
conclusion of the Trust, mandate or commission constituted for the
granting of loans, the loans have not been paid in full by the
debtors, the institution shall transfer them to the Trustor or
beneficiary, as the case may be, or to the principal, and shall
refrain from paying them.
Trust, mandate
or commission agreements shall include the provisions of this
subparagraph, as well as a statement from the Trustee to the effect
that it unequivocally informed the persons from whom it received
assets or rights for contributions to the Trust of the content of
said paragraphs.
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On the basis of
the above Background Data and Declarations, the parties hereto
agree to be subject to the provisions to which they have mutually
agreed, contained in the following:
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CLAUSES
As used herein,
the terms set forth below will have the following meanings, (which
will equally apply to the singular and plural of said
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"Administrator"
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The company to
which the administration of the Loans corresponding to a specific
Securitization Transaction under the terms of an Administration
Agreement is assigned, provided that unless something different is
determined for a particular Securitization Transaction or so long
as it is not substituted under the terms of an Administration
Agreement, the Administrator of all the Securitization Transactions
carried out under this Trust will be SFN.
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"Substitute
Administrator"
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The company
that assumes the administration of the Loans corresponding to a
particular Securitization Transaction under the terms of the
Administration Agreement corresponding to said Securitization
Transaction, in the event that a Substitution Event has taken place
(as defined below).
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"Rating
Agencies"
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Standard &
Poor’s S. A. de C. V. and/or Fitch Mexico S. A. de C. V.
and/or Moody’s de Mexico, S. A. de C. V., their affiliates,
successors or assigns, or any others that substitute for
them.
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"Advances"
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Amounts in cash
that SFN may, but is not required, to pay on account of any
Borrower under the respective Loan Agreement, which will be
credited with respect to amounts owed by said Borrower (only for
purposes of the respective Securitization Transaction and without
affecting or redicomg the Borrower’s obligations), and which
SFN may recover once the respective Borrower makes the payment
previously paid in advance by SFN.
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"Attorney-in-Fact"
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Any third party
to whom the Trustee grants a power of attorney to represent it,
under the terms of clause 29 of this Agreement.
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"External
Credit Backing"
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Regarding any
Securitization Transaction, any real or personal guarantee,
insurance policy, letter of credit or any similar obligation
indicated in the Characteristics Letter and in the corresponding
Issue Documents, contracted for the purpose of guaranteeing,
assuring or increasing the probabilities of payment of interest,
principal and any other amounts payable under the Securities
Certificates.
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"Internal
Credit Support"
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With regard to
any Securitization Transaction, any characteristic of said
Securitization Transaction intended to increase the probabilities
of payment of interest, principal and any other amounts payable
under the Securities Certificates, including the establishment of
reserves, maintenance of income and subordinate series of
Securities Certificates.
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"Insurance
Companies"
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The insurance
institutions with which the Borrower or the Trustor, as applicable,
has contracted Insurance for a Loan.
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"Auditor"
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Galaz,
Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza, S.C. (Deloitte & Touche), their
successors, assignees or grantees, or any other firm of independent
accountants that replaces them.
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"Notice of
Placement"
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The notice of
placement (or other similar notice) published in connection with
the Securities Certificates issued under the Program.
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"BMV"
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La Bolsa
Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. [The Mexican Stock
Exchange]
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"Characteristics Letter"
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The document
that contains, with respect to a Securitization Transaction, the
terms and conditions of the Securitization Transaction and the
issue of Securities Certificates effected thereunder in accordance
with the provisions contained in the Seventh and Tenth Clauses,
among others, hereof .
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"Certification of Loans"
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The
certification that must accompany each notice of a transaction and
which will contain the information mentioned in the Eighth Clause
of this Agreement.
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"Securities
Certificates"
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The Credit
Instruments called Securities Certificates contemplated by the LMV
which the Trustee will issue singly or in series as the case may
be, according to each Issue, for Placement in compliance with the
purposes of this Agreement.
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"Ordinary
Securities Certificates"
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In the event
that an issue contemplates an ordinary series or class and a
subordinate series of Securities Certificates (irrespective of the
denomination given to said series), the Securities Certificates
pertaining to the ordinary series of said Issue, which shall have
preference as regards payment of interest, principal and any other
amount payable under same over the Securities Certificates that
compose the subordinate series.
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"Subordinate
Securities Certificates"
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In the event
that an Issue contemplates an ordinary series of Securities
Certificates (regardless of the denomination that is given to said
series) and a subordinate series of title deeds or Certificates
(whether or not they qualify as Securities Certificates and
irrespective of the denomination that is given to said series), the
title deeds or Certificates that make up the subordinate series of
said Issue, which shall be subordinate as regards payment of
interest, principal and any other amount payable under same to the
Ordinary Securities Certificates.
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"CNBV"
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The National
Banking and Securities Commission or any competent authority or
authorities that may replace it.
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"Underwriting"
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The placement
among public investors of the Securities Certificates issued by the
Trustee under each Securitization Transaction .
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"Technical
Committee"
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The technical
committee that shall be established for each Securitization
Transaction under the terms and conditions contained in the
Thirty-Third Clause of this Agreement.
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"Voucher"
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The
non-negotiable instrument which the Trustee will issue if so
requested in writing by the Trustor, in favor of the Trustor, and
which represents of Trustor’s rights (as the beneficiary)
under the respective Securitazation Transaction.
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"Administration Agreement"
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With respect to
a Securitization Transaction, the Collection and Administration
Services Agreement whereby the Trustee will request the
Administrator to administer the Loans corresponding to the
respective Securitization Transaction
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"Underwriting Agreement"
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With regard to
Securities Certificates issued under a Securitization Transaction,
the underwriting agreement to be executed between the Trustee, the
Underwriter and the Trustor, in order for the Underwriter to place
the Securities Certificates.
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"Loan
Agreement"
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The agreement
for opening a fixed asset loan or any other loan agreement with
similar collateral under the terms of which SFN has extended a Loan
and which contemplates posting the corresponding
Guarantee.
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"Trust
Contribution Agreement"
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In relation to
a Securitization Operation, the Trust Contribution Agreement
whereby the Trustor shall transfer to the Trustee its rights
derived from the Loans, the Additional Loans (if applicable), the
Special Loans (if applicable), the Notes and the respective
Insurance Policies (if applicable).
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"Loans"
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Any existing or
future loans granted by the Trustor under Loan Agreements to
natural persons who engage in business activity in Mexican
territory or to corporate entities who operate in Mexican
territory, for the acquisition of Transportation Equipment and any
accessory rights of any kind related to said loans (including, if
applicable) the respective insurance policies) which the Trustor
pledges to the Trust in connection with a Securitization
Transaction.
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"Additional
Loans"
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In the event
that a Securitization Transaction contemplates the existence of a
Revolving Period, the Loans that are contributed by the Trustor
during the Revolving Period.
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"Special
Loans"
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The Loans
contributed by the Trustor to the Trust in connection with a
Securitization Transaction, in accordance with the provisions of
subparagraph (i)(3) of the Eighth Clause.
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"Eligibility
Criteria"
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Will have the
meaning, with respect to the Loans pledged to this Trust in
connection with a Securitization Transaction, given to such term in
the respective ¨Trust Contribution Agreements.
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"Deposit
Accounts"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction, will be
opened by the Trustee and which will be used, among others, to (i)
receive from the Trustor the funds corresponding to each Loan that
forms part of the respective Loan Package as a "guarantee deposit",
and (ii) apply said funds to make payments owed under the
respective Loans (pursuant to instructions from the Administrator)
or to complete the funds that are to be kept in other Operating
Accounts pursuant to the Twenty-seventh Clause of this
Agreement.
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"Issue
Maintenance Expense Account"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction, the Trustee
will open and which will be used, among others, to (i) receive
funds from the General Account and (ii) apply said funds to the
payment of Issue Maintenance Expenses as described in the
Nineteenth and Twentieth Clauses of this Agreement.
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"Interest
Payment Account"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction, the Trustee
will open and which will be used, among others, to (i) receive
funds from the General Account, and in certain cases, other
Operating Accounts and (ii) apply said funds to pay Interest due
under the Securities Certificates, as described in the Nineteenth
and Twenty-first Clauses of this Agreement.
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"Principal
Payment Account"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction, the Trustee
will open and which will be used, among others, to (i) receive
funds from the General Account, and in certain cases, from other
Operating Accounts and (ii) apply said funds to payments of
principal due under the Securities Certificates, as described in
the Nineteenth and Twenty-Second Clauses of this
Agreement
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"Subordinate
Payment Account"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction that
contemplates Ordinary Security Certificates and Subordinate
Certificates, the Trustee will open and which will be used, among
others, to (i) receive funds from the General Account and (ii)
apply said funds to payments due under the Subordinate Certificates
and, if applicable, fund other Operating Accounts, as described in
the Nineteenth and Twenty-Fifth Clauses of this
Agreement
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"Reserve
Account "A"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction, the Trustee
will open and which will be used, among others, to (i) receive
funds from the General Account and (ii) keep said funds so that, if
necessary, they may be applied to complete the funds that should be
maintained in other Operating Accounts, as described in the
Nineteenth and Twenty-Third Clauses of this Agreement.
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"Reserve
Account "B"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction, the Trustee
will open and which will be used, among others, to (i) receive, if
said account must be funded (according to the terms of the
corresponding Securitization Transaction), funds from the General
Account and (ii) keep said funds so that, if necessary, they may be
applied to complete the funds that must be maintained in other
Operating Accounts, as described in the Nineteenth and
Twenty-Fourth Clauses of this Agreement.
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"Revolving
Account"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction that
contemplates a Revolving Period, the Trustee will open and which
will be used, among others, to (i) receive funds from the General
Account, and (ii) apply said
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funds to pay
the Trustor the price (which may be determined by an Appraiser) in
relation to the contribution of Additional Loans during the
Revolving Period, as described in the Twenty-sixth Clause of this
Agreement.
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"General
Account"
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The account
which, in relation to each Securitization Transaction, the Trustee
will open and which will be used, among others, to (i) receive,
whether by transfer from Collection Accounts or directly, payments
made under the Loans, payments made by the Insurance Companies
under the Insurance Policies, advances made by SFN, payments made
by the respective counterpart under any swap, option or other
derived financial instrument and any other payments that must be
made to said account and (ii) distribute funds to other Operating
Accounts, as described in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Clauses of
this Agreement.
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"Collection
Accounts"
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With respect to
all Securitization Transactions carried out hereunder, the accounts
opened by the Trustee and which will be used, among other things,,
to i) receive payments made under the Loans and, if applicable,
payments made by Insurance Companies under insurance policies, and
(ii) distribute funds to the General Accounts of each
Securitization Transaction, as described in the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Clauses hereof.
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"Operating
Accounts"
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With respect to
each Securitization Transaction, the General Account, the Issue
Maintenance Expense Account, the Interest Payment Account, the
Principal Payment Account, the Reserve "A" Account, the Reserve "B"
Account, the Deposit Account and, if applicable, the respective
Subordinate Payment Account and the Revolving Account, and such
other accounts which, in the terms of each Securitization
Transaction are necessary, whether in addition to or in
substitution of the above mentioned accounts.
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"Complaints"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the Thirty-seventh Clause hereof.
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"Borrower"
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Any borrower,
whether a natural or corporate person of any kind constituted under
the laws of any jurisdiction (if such be the case) under a
Loan.
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"Business
Day"
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Any day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, when the principal
offices of banks in Mexico City, Federal District are open to the
public for banking transactions and are not legally required or
authorized to close.
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"Credit
Documents"
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The Loan
Agreements, the Notes, the Insurance policies (if applicable) and
all other documents related to the Loans that are to be included in
the respective file in accordance with sound financial and
commercial practices.
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"Issue
Documents"
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Documents that
must be subscribed in connection with each Issue, including the one
or more Certificates, any document that evidences External Credit
Backing, the Notice of Placement, Program Prospectus and the
respective Supplement, the Placement Agreement the one or more
Trust Contribution Agreements and the Administration Agreement, and
any swap, option or other derived financial instrument contracted
in this respect.
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"Issue"
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Each issue of
Securities Certificates effected by the Trustee under a
Securitization Transaction, in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof, of the respective Characteristics Letter and the
other Issue Documents.
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"Transportation Equipment"
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Trucks, tractor
trucks, buses, chassis, bodywork and related equipment, whether new
or used, (including, among others, satellite tracking equipment,
trailer casings and dollies) and excluding spare parts.
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"Event of
Substitution"
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Those cases
described in an Administration Agreement in which the respective
Administrator may be replaced by the respective Substitute
Administrator.
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"Special
Contribution Date"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the Eighth Clause of this Agreement.
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"Transaction
Date"
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The date when
the registration transaction (exchange) of Securities Certificates
issued under a BMV Securitization Transaction is
effected.
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"Revolving
Date"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the Eighth Clause of this Agreement
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"Transfer
Date"
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For each
Securitization Transaction, the day (or, if that day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately following) indicated in
the respective Characteristics Letter for transfering funds from
the General Account to the other Operating Accounts, as described
in the Nineteenth Clause hereof.
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"Fourth
Beneficiary"
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In regard to
each Issue, if said Security Transaction has External Credit
Backing, and according to the terms of said Securitization
Transaction the Guarantor is a beneficiary of the Trust and the
Securitization Transaction contemplates the issue of Subordinate
Certificates whose holders are the Third Beneficiaries, the
Trustor.
If the Trustor
is a Second or Third Beneficiary, there will be no fourth
Beneficiary.
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"First
Beneficiaries"
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In regard to
each Securitization Transaction and each one of the Holders of
Securities Certificates if there are Ordinary Securities
Certificates and Subordinate Certificates (that qualify as
Securities Certificates) the First Beneficiaries will be the
holders of Ordinary Securities Certificates, as indicated in the
respective Characteristics Letter.
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"Second
Beneficiaries"
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With respect to
each Securitization Transaction, in the event that said
Securitization Transaction (i) has External Credit Backing, and in
accordance with the terms of said Securitization Transaction the
Guarantor is a beneficiary of the Trust, the Guarantor, or (ii)
does not have External Credit Backing, or having such External
Credit Backing, the terms of the Securitization Transaction do not
provide for the Guarantor being a beneficiary of the Trust, each
one of the Holders of Subordinate Certificates, or, in the event
that the Securitization Transaction does not contemplate the issue
of Subordinate Certificates, the Trustor, as stipulated in the
respective Characteristics Letter.
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"Third
Beneficiaries"
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With respect to
each Issue, in the event that said Securitization Transaction (i)
has External Credit Backing and in keeping with the terms of said
Securitization Transaction the Guarantor is a beneficiary of the
Trust, each one of the Holders of Subordinate Certificates, or in
the event that the Securitization Transaction does not contemplate
the issue of Subordinate Certificates, the Trustor (ii) does not
have External Credit Backing, or having such External Credit
Backing, the terms of the Securitization Transaction do not provide
for the Guarantor being a beneficiary of the Trust and the
Securitization Transaction contemplates the issue of Subordinate
Certificates whose Holders are Second Beneficiaries, the
Trustor.
If the Trustor
is a Second Beneficiary, there will be no Third
Beneficiary.
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"Trust"
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"Trustor"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 10.44
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"Trustee"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
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"Common
Fund"
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The fund which,
with respect to each Securitization Transaction, is to be
constituted by the Trustee and which will be composed of (i) the
rights stemming from the Loans corresponding to the Loan Package
covered by said Securitization Transaction and its accessories
(including Insurance Policies, if applicable), and (ii) the funds
derived from them and which will serve as a backing and source of
payment for the Securities issued under said Securitization
Transaction. Each Common Fund will be composed of the Operating
Accounts corresponding to said Securitization
Transaction.
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"Guarantor"
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The person,
company or entity that grants any type of External Credit Backing
in connection with a Securitization Transaction effected under the
Program.
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"Issue
Expenses"
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For each Issue,
the sum of the following items, as specified in the Underwriting
Agreement or in the Characteristics Letter of each Issue or in any
Issue Document or other related document (plus, if applicable, the
respective taxes):
(i) the fees
and expenses of the Underwriter for having structured the
Securitization Transaction;
(ii) the
commission and reasonable expenses of the Underwriter for the
Placement;
(iii) the fees
of the Common Representative and of the Trustee for acceptance of
their respective designations;
(iv) the
Appraiser’s fees charged for appraising the Loans initially
transferred to the Trust, if applicable;
(v) the duties,
fees and reasonable expenses derived from the respective Issue and
Underwriting including, but not limited to, duties and reasonable
expenses incurred in the registration of Securities Certificates in
the National Securities Registry and their listing in the BMV, the
deposit of the Instrument or Instruments with Indeval and, in such
case, the printing of the Underwriting Prospectus or final
supplement, and the publication of the Notice of Placement or any
publication and/or advertising related to the Issue;
(vi) any
commission or initial fee paid to the Guarantor, if
applicable;
(vii) any
commission or initial fee paid to the counterpart of any swap,
option or other derived financial instrument contracted by the
Trustee, if applicable;
(viii) the fees
of the Rating Agencies for the granting of ratings for the
Securities Certificates Issue;
(ix) the
expenses and fees of lawyers, consultants and external auditors
incurred in connection with the respective Issue and
Placement;
(x) the sums
advanced by the Trustor for opening the corresponding Operating
Accounts in accordance with the Second and Sixteenth
Clauses;
(xi) any other
expense related to an Issue as previously agreed upon by the
parties and established in the Underwriting Agreement, the
Characteristics Letter or any Issue Document or related
document.
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EXHIBIT 10.44
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"Maintenance
Expenses of the Issue"
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For each Issue,
means the sum of (plus, if applicable, taxes):
(i) the fees of
the Trustee;
(ii) the fees
of the Administrator, which will include in such case, in
accordance with the Administration Agreement, Collection Expenses,
as this term is defined in the Administration Agreement, and/or of
the Substitute Administrator;
(iii) the fees
of the Common Representative;
(iv) the
Appraiser’s fees, if applicable;
(v) the
Auditor’s fees, including fees for any revision conducted
under Clause Thirty-first hereof;
(vi) the cost
of maintaining on deposit with Indeval the Instrument or
Instruments that document the Securities Certificates of each
Issue;
(vii) fees of
the Rating Agencies for maintaining the rating of the Securities
Certificates;
(viii) the
direct, indispensable and necessary expenses to comply with
applicable legal provisions, in order to maintain the registration
of the Securities Certificates in the National Securities Registry
under the CNBV and their listing on the BMV, and those derived from
any publication related to each Issue is required under applicable
laws;
(ix) any
commission or fee paid to the Guarantor, if applicable;
(x) any
commission, premium or other consideration or payment owed to
counterpart of any swap, option or other derived financial
instrument contracted by the Trustee, if applicable, including any
settlement or payment required according to the terms of said swap,
option or other derived financial instrument;
(xi) any duly
documented expense derived from the modification of the Issue
Documents.
(xii) any
reasonable and duly documented expense stemming from the
supervisory activities of the Administrator incurred by the
Trustee, the Common Representative or the Members of the Technical
Committee under the Administration Agreement; with the
understanding that expenses corresponding to this suparagraph (xii)
may not represent for any particular month more than 15% of the sum
of all other Maintenance Expenses of the Issue unless any excess is
approved by an assembly of holders of Securities Certificates;
and
(xiii) any
other expense related to a Securitization Transaction that must be
paid in order to provide the proper fuctioning of same as
established in the Characteristics Letter or in any Issue Document
or other related document, as determined by the Technical Committee
of the Securitization Transaction.
Maintenance
Expenses of the Issue will never include Issue Expenses.
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EXHIBIT 10.44
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"Indeval"
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S.D. Indeval,
S.A. de C.V., Institucion para el Deposito de Valores (an
Institution for the Deposit of Securities).
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"Authorized
Institutions"
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Credit
institutions, brokerage firms and/or any other financial
institution listed in Annex "J" of this Agreement, their assigns or
successors in which the Collection Accounts and Operating and other
Accounts which the Trustee is to open in the terms hereof, may be
opened.
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"Underwriter"
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The brokerage
firm contracted to perform structuring and brokerage functions in
the Securitization Transaction and the Underwriting of the
Securities Certificates under any Issue in accordance with the
terms of an Underwriting Agreement, with the understanding that for
any Issue, more than one brokerage firm may be contracted as an
Underwriter.
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"Permitted
Investments"
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Securities
issued or guaranteed by the Mexican Federal government or
securities issued or guaranteed by a Mexican multiple banking
institution with a minimum rating of mxAAA or Aaa.mx or AAA(mex) or
the equivalent and in repo transactions that involve any of said
securities with an expiration date no less than 28 days.
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"LGTOC"
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The General Law
of Credit Instruments and Transactions in force (or any substitute
law then in force).
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"LIC"
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The Law of
Credit Institutions in force (or any substitute law then in
force).
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"LMV"
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The Securities
Market Law in force (or any substitute law then in
force).
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"Member"
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Any Permanent
or Alternate Member of the Technical Committee.
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"Permanent
Member"
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Any person
designated as such to act as a member of a Technical Committee in
accordance with the Thirty-third Clause hereof.
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"Alternate
Member"
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Any person
designated as such to act as a member of a Technical Committee in
accordance with the Thirty-third Clause hereof.
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"Reported
Month"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the Thirtieth Clause of this Contract.
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"Mexico"
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Has the meaning
given to it in Declaration I (a) of this Agreement.
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"Transaction
Notice"
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The notice to
be made by the Trustor to the Trustee related to a Securitization
Transaction under this Trust and which will contain the information
and be accompanied by the documents indicated in this
Agreement.
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"Securitization Transaction"
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A
securitization transaction of Loans effected pursuant to the terms
of this Trust and the respective Issue Documents, with the
understanding that the term "Securitization Transaction" shall
include all acts necessary to implement it, including the
Contribution of Loans, the Issue of Securities and the execution of
transactions related to the administration of the Loans.
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"Notes"
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The promissory
notes or similar credit instruments subscribed by the Borrowers
under the Loan Agreements.
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"Loan
Packages"
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The composite
of Loans and, if applicable, Additional Loans and Special Loans
that are pledged to the Trust by the Trustor, in connection with a
Securitization
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Transaction in
particular, and which will serve to back up and will be a payment
source for the Securities issued under said Securitization
Transaction.
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"Fiscal
Liabilities"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the Forty-fifth Clause of this Agreement.
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"Trust
Assets"
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The equity of
this Trust, which will be composed of the properties described in
the Sixth Clause hereof.
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"Revolving
Period"
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If applicable,
the period during which the Trustor will have the right to transfer
Additional Loans to the Trust in connection with a specific
Securitization Transaction, in accordance with the terms of that
particular transaction and subject ot the guidelines established in
the Eighth Clause of this Agreement.
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"Indemnified
Persons"
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Has the meaning
given to it in the Thirty-seventh Clause hereof.
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"Program"
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The program for
the issuance of Securities Certificates of the Trustee authorized
by the CNBV.
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"Regulations"
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The Bylaws of
the BMV in force, or any other provision that replaces
it.
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"Common
Representative"
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For each Issue,
the company contracted to perform the duties of the common
representative of Holders of Securities Certificates corresponding
to said Issue, which the Trustor designates and which is to
subscribe the respective Instrument, with the understanding that
one and the same common representative may represent the Holders of
one or more Issues and any successor or assign thereof.
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"Required
Balance in Reserve Account "A"
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In relation to
each Securitization Transaction, the amount that must be maintained
in Reserve Account "A" as indicated in the Characteristics Letter
and in the corresponding Issue Documents.
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"Required
Balance in Reserve Account "B"
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In relation to
each Securitization Transaction, the amount that must be maintained
in Reserve Account "B", if applicable, as indicated in the
Characteristics Letter and in the corresponding Issue
Documents.
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"Insurance
Policies"
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Automobile
insurance policies for a full or partial coverage that may be
purchased for the unit, and Life-Borrower insurance policies that
may be purchased for natural person Borrowers, by the Borrower or
the Trustor, in the terms of any Loan Agreement.
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"SFN"
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Servicios
Financieros Navistar, S.A. de C.V., Sociedad Financiera de Objeto
Limitado.
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"Request for
Special Contribution"
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Has the meaning
given it in the Eighth Clause hereof.
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"Request for
Revolving Period"
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Has the meaning
given it in the Eighth Clause of this Agreement.
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"Supplement"
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The supplement
corresponding to each Issue of Securities Certificates that
establishes the terms and conditions thereof.
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"Holder"
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A corporate
entity of any kind or a natural person who, at any time, is the
legitimate owner or holder of one or more Securities.
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"Instrument"
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The document
which, under the terms of Article 14 Bis 7 of the LMV, will cover
one or more Securities Certificates of the same series and
class.
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"Unit"
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The
Transportation Equipment financed under a Loan
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 10.44
(continued)
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"Securities"
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The Securities
Certificates and, if applicable, Subordinate Certificates issued by
the Trustee in relation to a Securitization Transaction.
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"Appraiser"
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The person,
company or entity that may be contracted to provide appraisal
services in relation to the Loans, their successors, assigns or
grantees.
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SECOND.
Constitution.
The Trustor
hereby constitutes an irrevocable management trust with the Trustee
through a $25,000.00 (Twenty-five thousand pesos 00/100 Mx.Cy.)
contribution to the Trust, as per the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
The above sum
shall be applied, as necessary, for the opening of Collection
Accounts to be used in connection with the Securitization
Operations and the Operating Accounts to be employed in connection
with the first Securitization Operation carried out under this
Trust. The funds applied towards the opening of the Operating
Accounts mentioned hereinabove will be reimbursed to the Trustor in
accordance with the contents of the Eleventh Clause hereinafter.
Any surplus funds remaining after opening the accounts referred to
above will be returned to the Trustor by the Trustee.
The execution
of this Agreement by the Trustee shall constitute proof of receipt
by the Trustee of the cash mentioned hereinabove, as per the terms
hereof.
THIRD.
Parties and Beneficiaries of the Trust.
The following
persons are parties to or beneficiaries of this Agreement, as per
the terms set out in front of their respective names:
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Servicios
Financieros Navistar, S.A. de C.V., Sociedad Financiera de Objeto
Limitado.
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Banco J.P.
Morgan, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, J.P. Morgan Grupo
Financiero, Division Fiduciaria.
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All the
Securities Certificate Holders of each Issue and, should there be
any Ordinary Securities Certificates and Subordinate Certificates
(that may qualify as securities certificates), the First
Beneficiaries shall be the Holders of Ordinary Securities
Certificates.
Holders of
Securities Certificates (Ordinary Securities Certificates, if
applicable) of each Issue will be First Beneficiaries regarding the
right to receive payment of any amounts owed in connection with
said Securities Certificates (including interest and principal)
and, if applicable, regarding any other rights they may have in
connection with the corresponding Issue.
Should an Issue
provide for the issuing of Ordinary Securities Certificates and
Subordinate Certificates (that may qualify as Securities
Certificates), only the Holders of Ordinary Securities Certificates
shall be First Beneficiaries, provided that the Holders of
Subordinate Certificates shall be beneficiaries as per the
provisions hereinafter.
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(ii) Should the Securitization Operation have
External Credit Backing and, as per the terms of said
Securitization Operation, the Guarantor is a beneficiary of the
Trust, the Guarantor
Will have the status of Second Beneficiary, if
applicable, regarding its right to
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EXHIBIT 10.44
(continued)
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receive payment
of any amounts, paid under the Securities, of the funds that
constitute the corresponding Common Fund. Said right shall be
subject to the condition that the Operating Accounts corresponding
to the relevant Securitization Operation must have been duly
integrated as per the terms of this Agreement’s Nineteenth
Clause.
(ii) Should the
Securitization Operation not have an External Credit Backing or,
having such External Credit Backing, the terms of the
Securitization Operation do not provide for the Guarantor to be a
beneficiary of the Trust and the Securitization Operation does not
provide for the issuing of Subordinate Certificates, each of the
Holders of Subordinate Certificates
of each Issue
will be Second Beneficiaries regarding the right to receive payment
of any amounts due under said Subordinate Certificates (including
interest and principal) and, if applicable, regarding any other
right granted as per the terms of the corresponding
Issue
(iii) Should
the Securitization Operation not have an External Credit Backing
or, having such External Credit Backing, the terms of the
Securitization Operation do not provide for the Guarantor to be a
beneficiary of the Trust and the Securitization Operation does not
provide for the issuing of Subordinate Certificates, the
Trustor
will be Second
Beneficiary regarding (a) the right to receive any surpluses
corresponding to a Securitization Operation once the corresponding
Operating Accounts have been integrated and (b) the right granted
to it as per this Agreement’s Forty-First Clause for the
reacquisition of the Loans corresponding to a Securitization
Operation, once the corresponding Securities have been fully paid
and, in the case of premature amortization of the Securities and,
if applicable, regarding any other rights granted to it as per the
terms of the corresponding Issue.
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(ii) Should the Securitization Operation have
External Credit Backing and, as per the terms of said
Securitization Operation, the Guarantor is a beneficiary of the
Trust and the Securitization Operation provides for the issuing of
Subordinate Certificates.
Each of Holder
of the Subordinate Certificates will be Third Beneficiaries
regarding the rights mentioned hereinabove supposing they were
Second Beneficiaries.
(ii) Should the
Securitization Operation (1) have External Credit Backing and, as
per the terms of said Securitization Operation, the Guarantor is a
beneficiary of the Trust and the Securitization Operation does not
provide for the issuing of Subordinate Certificates or (2) not have
an External Credit Backing or, having such External Credit Backing,
the terms of the Securitization Operation do not provide for the
Guarantor to be a beneficiary of the Trust and the Securitization
Operation provides for the issuing of Subordinate Certificates the
Holders of which shall be Second Beneficiaries, the
Trustor
Will be Third
Beneficiary regarding the rights mentioned hereinabove provided
they were Second Beneficiaries.
Were the
Trustor Second Beneficiary, there would be no Third
Beneficiary.
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EXHIBIT 10.44
(continued)
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Should the
Securitization Operation (1) have External Credit Backing and, as
per the terms of said Securitization Operation, the Guarantor is a
beneficiary of the Trust and the Securitization Operation provides
for the issuing
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