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Oct 29, 4:41 PM ET
Regional Management Corp. 8-K
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Article IDEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions. Certain capitalized terms in this Agreement are defined in and shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Part A of Schedule II to this Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in Part B of Schedule II shall be applicable to this Agreement.
Article IICONVEYANCE OF LOANS
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Loans. (a) In consideration of the Issuer’s promise to pay the Purchase Price with respect to the Sold Assets, the Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, convey, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Issuer from time to time, without recourse except as provided herein, all its right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (i) the Purchased Assets, (ii) the right to receive all Collections with respect to the Purchased Assets after the applicable Cut-Off Date, (iii) all rights of the Depositor under the Loan Purchase Agreement and (iv) all proceeds thereof (such property, collectively, the “Sold Assets”); provided, however, that the Sold Assets shall not include any (x) Reassigned Loan released in connection with any Issuer Loan Release or (y) Loan reconveyed to the Depositor, Servicer or Subservicer in accordance with the express terms hereof. Purchased Assets shall not include any Loan reconveyed to the Seller in accordance with the terms hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, although the 2025-2A SUBI Certificate conveyed by the Depositor to the Issuer
hereunder represents a beneficial interest in the 2025-2A SUBI Loans, no 2025-2A SUBI Loans are being sold hereunder, and the 2025-2A SUBI Loans continue to be the property of the North Carolina Trust.
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Issuer. (a) The Issuer hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest to the Sold Assets purchased by, and conveyed to, the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01. The Issuer further acknowledges that, prior to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Depositor delivered to it a Loan Schedule relating to the Initial Loans (other than the 2025-2A SUBI Loans).
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor Relating to the Depositor. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Issuer, as of the Closing Date and each Addition Date that:
Section 2.04 Reserved.
Section 2.05 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor Relating to this Agreement and the Loans.
Section 2.06 Repurchase Obligations. (a) Upon obtaining actual knowledge of, or receipt of written notice by, the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer of a breach of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.05(a) hereof (or under Section 4.02(a) of the Loan Purchase Agreement as incorporated pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(iv) of this Agreement) by the Depositor with respect to a Loan sold hereunder to the Issuer at the time such representations and warranties were made, which breach materially adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders in such Loan, the party discovering or receiving notice of such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Seller, the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (it being understood that the discovering party shall not be required to notify itself); provided, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have discovered, or deemed to have notice or knowledge of, any event, including, without limitation, with respect to a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth herein or any other Transaction Document, unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or shall have received written notice thereof. In the case of a breach of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.05(a)(i), (iii), (iv) or (vi) hereof, the Depositor shall immediately exercise its rights under Section 6.01 of the Loan Purchase Agreement to require the Seller to cure such breach, or if such breach is not cured during the applicable cure period, to repurchase such Loan, in each case, in accordance with and subject to Section 6.01 of the Loan Purchase Agreement. The obligations of the Depositor to require the Seller to cure or the obligations of the Depositor to repurchase the affected Loan shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy, under this Agreement or otherwise, against the Depositor in respect of a breach by the Depositor of any representations or warranties contained in Section 2.05(a)(i), (iii), (iv) or (vi) hereof. In the case of a breach of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.05(a)(ii)
or (v) with respect to any Loan, which breach materially adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders in such Loan (any such breach, a “Direct Depositor Breach”), the Depositor shall either cure such breach in all material respects within forty-five (45) days from the date on which the Depositor is notified of, or discovered, such breach or repurchase the affected Loan at the applicable Repurchase Price in accordance with Section 2.06(b) hereof. The obligations of the Depositor to so cure such breach or repurchase the affected Loan shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy under this Agreement or otherwise against the Depositor in respect of a breach by the Depositor of any representations or warranties contained in Section 2.05(a)(ii) or (v) hereof.
Section 2.07 Covenants of the Depositor. The Depositor hereby covenants to the Issuer and the Servicer, that:
Section 2.08 Addition of Loans. (a) The Depositor, with the consent of the Issuer (which it may provide or withhold in its sole discretion), may designate from time to time Additional Loans to be sold to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement in exchange for the Purchase Price, in each case (other than in the case of a Renewal Loan with respect to a Renewal Loan Replacement) on the applicable Addition Date and in the case of a Renewal Loan with respect to a Renewal Loan Replacement, on a Payment Date.
Section 2.09 Optional Purchase and Optional Call. (a) On any Business Day occurring on or after the date on which the Aggregate Note Balance of the Outstanding Notes is reduced to 10% or less of the Initial Note Balance, the Servicer shall have the option to purchase all of the Sold Assets at a purchase price equal to the Redemption Price in accordance with Section 8.08(a) of the Indenture (an “Optional Purchase”). If the Servicer elects to exercise such Optional Purchase, it shall comply with all applicable conditions set forth in Sections 8.08(a) and (c) of the Indenture. Upon proper exercise of such Optional Purchase and deposit of the Redemption Price into the Principal Distribution Account and the Collection Account in accordance with Section 8.08(c) of the Indenture, all of the Sold Assets to be sold in connection with such Optional Purchase shall be sold to the Servicer. Such Redemption Price shall be applied to the Notes in accordance with the provisions for the redemption of such Notes on the applicable Redemption Date as set forth in the Indenture.
Section 2.10 Optional Reassignment of Loans. (a) Subject to Sections 8.05 and 8.07 of the Indenture, on any Loan Action Date occurring during the Revolving Period, the Servicer (at the direction of the Depositor or, in the case of 2025-2A SUBI Loans, the Initial Beneficiary), at its sole option, may require reassignment (or reallocation, as applicable) from the Issuer of its interests in Loans that were not Charged-Off Loans or Delinquent Loans, in each case, as of the end of the immediately preceding Collection Period; provided, that the Servicer shall select such Loans in a manner that the Issuer and the Servicer reasonably believe is not materially adverse to the interests of any Class of Noteholders. Any such Loans shall be reassigned to the Depositor (or in the case of any 2025-2A SUBI Loan, reallocated from the 2025-2A SUBI) for the Reassignment Price applicable to such Loans, such Reassignment Price to be paid (i) with respect to Reassigned Loans other than 2025-2A SUBI Loans, for so long as the Depositor is the holder of the Trust Certificate, and at the Depositor’s option, by an adjustment to the value of the Trust Certificate, if such adjustment is available, in which case the Issuer will not receive a cash payment; provided, that no adjustment to the value of the Trust Certificate shall cause non-compliance with Regulation RR) or (ii) otherwise, in immediately available funds to the Servicer (to be deposited in the Principal Distribution Account). Neither the Servicer (on behalf of the Depositor or the Initial Beneficiary, as applicable) nor the Depositor shall cause any such reassignment (or reallocation, as applicable) to occur on any Loan Action Date unless: (x) (i) no Reinvestment Criteria Event is outstanding and (ii) the reassignment of such Loans constitutes a Permitted Reassignment, in each case, after giving effect to all Loan Actions that occur on such Loan Action Date and (y) the Reassignment Price shall have been paid as described above. No such reassignment may cause the Issuer to breach or otherwise violate any provision of the Indenture.
Section 2.11 Optional Sale of Charged-Off Loans; Terminated Loan Price Deposits. The Servicer (or any Affiliate of the Servicer) may undertake to locate a third party purchaser that is not affiliated with the initial Servicer, any of its Affiliates, the Seller, the Depositor or the Issuer to purchase from the Issuer any Charged-Off Loans, and shall have the right to direct the Issuer to sell any such Loans to such third party purchaser; provided, that all recoveries and other amounts collected by the Issuer, the Depositor or the Servicer (or any Affiliate of the Servicer) with respect to any Charged-Off Loan (including proceeds of any disposition by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof to any third party) in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy shall be paid to the Issuer, by deposit in the Collection Account.
Section 2.12 Issuer Loan Exclusions. Subject to the conditions specified in, and in accordance with, Section 8.07 of the Indenture and the further conditions specified in this Section 2.12, on any Loan Action Date during the Revolving Period, the Servicer (at the direction of the Depositor or the Initial Beneficiary, as applicable) may require the Issuer to designate one or more Loans included in the Sold Assets (or in the case of the 2025-2A SUBI, one or more 2025-2A SUBI Loans) as an Excluded Loan or cause one or more Loans included in the Sold Assets (or in the case of the 2025-2A SUBI, one or more 2025-2A SUBI Loans) to cease to be designated as an Excluded Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, until such time as an Excluded Loan ceases to be so designated, it shall not be included in the Loan Action Date Loan Pool on any Loan Action Date (including the Loan Action Date on which it is designated as an Excluded Loan, but excluding the Loan Action Date on which it is de-designated as such) or taken into account for purposes of determining whether or not a Reinvestment Criteria Event has occurred as of the end of the Collection Period preceding any such Loan Action Date, but it shall otherwise continue to constitute a Sold Asset (or in the case of the 2025-2A SUBI, a 2025-2A SUBI Loan) and all Collections in respect thereof during any Collection Period shall constitute Available Funds on the corresponding Payment Date. The designation of a Loan or 2025-2A SUBI Loan as an Excluded Loan shall be effected by the delivery by the Depositor (or the Servicer on its behalf) to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee on or before the Monthly Determination Date relating to applicable Loan Action Date of a report identifying each such expected Loan (by loan number and Seller and Subservicer) as an Excluded Loan. The Excluded Loans outstanding from time to time for any
Loan Action Date shall be identified as such on each Loan Schedule delivered on the Monthly Determination Date relating to such Loan Action Date. On any Loan Action Date during the Revolving Period, an Excluded Loan may be de-designated as such by the delivery by the Depositor (or the Servicer on its behalf) to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee on or before the Monthly Determination Date relating to such Loan Action Date of a report identifying each such expected Loan (by loan number and Seller and Subservicer) as ceasing to be designated as an Excluded Loan. No Excluded Loan may be de-designated as such on any Loan Action Date unless such Loan would constitute an Eligible Loan as of the close of business on the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding such Loan Action Date if such last day were deemed to be such Loan’s Cut-Off Date.
Section 2.13 Investment Company Act Restriction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Depositor and the Issuer hereby acknowledge and agree that neither the Depositor nor the Issuer shall, and neither shall be required to, acquire any additional Loans (or, in the case of North Carolina Loans, beneficial interests therein) or related assets, or purchase, repurchase, reassign or otherwise dispose of any Loans (or, in the case of North Carolina Loans, beneficial interests therein) or related assets pursuant to this Agreement, for the primary purpose of recognizing gains or decreasing losses for the Depositor or the Issuer as a result of market value changes.
Article IIIADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF LOANS
Section 3.01 Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer. (a) The Issuer and the North Carolina Trust authorizes Regional Management to act as initial Servicer (but without transfer to Regional Management of the Issuer’s right to service the Loans) and Regional Management agrees to act as the initial Servicer, in each case hereunder.
Section 3.02 Servicing Compensation. As full compensation for its servicing activities hereunder and as reimbursement for its expenses as set forth in the immediately following paragraph, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee payable in arrears on each Payment Date on or prior to the termination of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement. The “Servicing Fee” for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period shall be an amount equal to the product of (i) 4.75%, (ii) the aggregate Loan Principal Balance as of the first day of such Collection Period, and (iii) one-twelfth. The Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Servicer solely to the extent that amounts are available for payment in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (including by the Servicer retaining Collections in an amount up to the aggregate accrued and unpaid Servicing Fee). For the avoidance of doubt, such Servicing Fee shall also constitute compensation for the Servicer’s services rendered pursuant to the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement and related North Carolina Trust Documents.
Section 3.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer and each Subservicer. The Servicer, each Subservicer and any Successor Servicer by its appointment hereunder hereby makes, with respect to itself only, on the Closing Date (or on the date of the appointment of such Successor Servicer) and on each Addition Date, the following representations, warranties and covenants on which each of (x) the Issuer shall be deemed to rely in accepting its interest in the Loans, (y) the Back-up Servicer shall be deemed to have relied in accepting its appointment as Back-up Servicer under the Back-up Servicing Agreement, and (z) the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have relied in accepting the grant of a security interest in the Loans and in entering into the Indenture:
Section 3.04 Adjustments. If (i) the Servicer or any Subservicer makes a deposit into the Collection Account or other applicable Note Account in respect of a Collection of a Loan and such Collection was received by the Servicer or such Subservicer in the form of a check or other payment which is not honored or is reversed for any reason or (ii) the Servicer or any Subservicer makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any Collection and deposits an amount that is less than or more than the actual amount of such Collection, the Servicer or such Subservicer shall appropriately adjust the amount subsequently deposited into the Collection Account or other applicable Note Account to reflect such dishonored or reversed payment or mistake. Any such adjustment shall be reflected in the records of the Servicer or the applicable Subservicer with respect to such Loan.
Section 3.05 Back-up Servicing Agreement. (a) The Servicer shall comply with its obligations under the Back-up Servicing Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party (in its capacity as Servicer).
Section 3.06 Monthly Servicer Report. Not later than the Monthly Determination Date relating to each Payment Date, but in no event later than the second Business Day preceding each Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, each Rating Agency, the Back-up Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee the Monthly Servicer Report, in substantially the form set forth in the Indenture. The Servicer shall calculate and provide to the Indenture Trustee in writing all applicable original issue discount information relating to the Notes in a timely manner in order to enable the Indenture Trustee to perform any reporting obligations with respect thereto.
Section 3.07 Annual Compliance Certificate. The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee on or before March 31 of each calendar year, beginning with March 31, 2027, an Officer’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, together with an agreed upon procedures letter delivered by a firm of nationally recognized
independent public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer or the Seller) with respect to the Servicer’s activities under the Transaction Documents.
Section 3.08 Copies of Reports Available. A copy of each Monthly Servicer Report and Officer’s Certificate (but not letters or reports from the independent public accountants) provided pursuant to Section 3.06 or 3.07 will be made available by the Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders via its website at www.ctslink.com.
Section 3.09 Notices To Regional Management Corp. In the event that Regional Management is no longer acting as Servicer, any Successor Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee each Monthly Servicer Report, Officer’s Certificate and report required to be provided thereafter pursuant to Section 3.06, 3.07 or 3.08.
Section 3.10 Subservicing. (a) Each Subservicer shall be responsible for the servicing and administration of the Loans for which such Subservicer is designated as the Subservicer on the Loan Schedule; provided, however, that the Servicer may redesignate the Subservicers for particular Loans from time to time; further provided, that any such redesignation will comply with licensing regulations applicable to such Subservicers. Each Subservicer shall service and administer the related Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01. As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under this Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicers, and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Loans. The Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense.
Section 3.11 Custody of Receivable Files.
Article IVCOLLECTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
Section 4.01 Collections and Allocations. (a) The Servicer shall comply with its obligations in Article VIII of the Indenture.
Article VOTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE DEPOSITOR
Section 5.01 Liability of the Depositor. The Depositor shall be liable for all obligations, covenants, representations and warranties of the Depositor arising under or related to this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party. The Depositor shall be liable only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by it in its capacity as a Depositor.
Section 5.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor. (a) The Depositor shall not dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, limited liability company or other entity or convey, transfer or sell (other than conveyances hereunder) its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:
Section 5.03 Limitations on Liability of the Depositor. Subject to Section 5.01, none of the Depositor or any of the directors, officers, employees, agents, members or managers of the Depositor acting in such capacities shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Servicer, any Subservicer, the Seller, the North Carolina Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or any other Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in good faith in such capacities pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, it being expressly understood that such liability is expressly waived and released as a condition of, and consideration for, the execution of this Agreement; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and its duties hereunder. The Depositor and any director, officer, employee, member or manager or agent of the Depositor may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person (other than the Depositor) respecting any matters arising hereunder.
Section 5.04 Limitations on Liability of the Depositor.
Article VIOTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SERVICER AND THE SUBSERVICERS
Section 6.01 Liability of Servicer and the Subservicers. The Servicer and the Subservicers shall be liable under this Article VI only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer or such Subservicer in its capacity as Servicer or Subservicer, as applicable, subject to Section 3.10(e).
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer or a Subservicer. Neither the initial Servicer nor a Subservicer shall consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity or convey, transfer or sell its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person (other than any conveyance, transfer or sale by a Subservicer of its properties and assets to the initial Servicer or another Subservicer, provided that the transferor Subservicer continues to exist after such conveyance, transfer or sale), unless:
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer, the Subservicers and Others. (a) Except as provided in Section 6.04, neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, partners, members, managers, employees or agents of the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer shall be under any liability to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the North Carolina Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or any other Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith in its capacity as Servicer in accordance with this Agreement and the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (or, if the Servicer is not Regional Management, gross negligence) in the performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and its duties hereunder. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee, partner, shareholder, member or manager or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person (other than the Servicer) respecting
any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties as Servicer in accordance with this Agreement and which in its reasonable judgment may involve it in any material expense or liability. In furtherance of its obligations hereunder, the Servicer may, in its sole discretion, undertake any such legal action which it may deem necessary or desirable for the benefit of the Issuer and the Noteholders with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Issuer and the Noteholders hereunder.
Section 6.04 Servicer Indemnification of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee (as such and in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee (as such and in its individual capacity) and any trustees predecessor thereto (including the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar), and the Back-up Servicer (as such and in its individual capacity), the North Carolina Trust, the North Carolina Trustees and their respective directors, officers, employees, partners, members or managers and agents from and against any and all loss, liability, expense, damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of any acts or omissions of the Servicer (including in its capacity as 2025-2A SUBI Servicer and as custodian of any Contracts pursuant to Section 3.11) or a Subservicer with respect to the Issuer in breach of this Agreement or the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party (other than such as may arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Owner Trustee, the Back-up Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable), including any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any action, Proceeding or claim. In addition, the Servicer shall indemnify and hold the Issuer harmless for any tax or fee to which the Issuer or the North Carolina Trust becomes subject in any jurisdiction by reason of the Servicer or a Subservicer being located in such jurisdiction or performing servicing activities in such jurisdiction. Indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.04 shall not be payable from the Sold Asset or the 2025-2A SUBI Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Servicer nor any Subservicer shall in any event be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Servicer or such Subservicer, as
applicable, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
Section 6.05 Resignation of the Servicer and the Subservicers. (a) The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties imposed on it hereunder, under the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement or the Indenture except upon a determination that (i) the performance of its duties hereunder, under the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement or the Indenture is no longer permissible under applicable law and (ii) there is no reasonable action which the Servicer could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder, under the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement or the Indenture permissible under applicable law. Any determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Back-up Servicer and the Indenture Trustee. No resignation shall become effective until a Successor Servicer (which shall be the Back-up Servicer unless the Back-up Servicer is the resigning Servicer) or the Indenture Trustee shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 8.02 hereof, the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement and the Indenture (other than in the case of the Back-up Servicer, any such duty or obligation that it is not required to assume under the express terms of the Back-up Servicing Agreement, the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or the Indenture). If within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date of the determination that the Servicer may no longer act as Servicer as described above, the Indenture Trustee is unable to appoint a Successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall serve as Successor Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it is legally unable or unwilling so to act, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution qualifying as an Eligible Servicer as the Successor Servicer hereunder. The Issuer shall give prompt notice to each Rating Agency upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer.
Section 6.06 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Loans. The Servicer and each Subservicer (including in its capacity as custodian or subcustodian,
as applicable) shall provide to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, access to the documentation regarding the Loans in such cases where the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, is required in connection with the enforcement of the rights of the Issuer, the North Carolina Trust or the Noteholders or by applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation, such access being afforded without charge but only (a) upon reasonable request, (b) during normal business hours, (c) subject to the Servicer’s or Subservicer’s, as applicable, normal security and confidentiality procedures and (d) at reasonably accessible offices in the continental United States designated by the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer or Subservicer, as applicable. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the obligation of the Depositor, the Issuer, the North Carolina Trust, the Subservicer and the Servicer to observe any applicable law or regulation prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Loan Obligors and the failure of the Servicer or Subservicer to provide access as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
Section 6.07 Delegation of Duties. In the ordinary course of business (and subject to the standard of care set forth in Section 3.01), the Servicer (including any Successor Servicer) may at any time delegate its duties hereunder with respect to the Loans to any Person or enter subservicing arrangements with any Person (including the Subservicers) that agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy and this Agreement. Such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its liability and responsibility with respect to such duties, and shall not constitute a resignation pursuant to Section 6.05.
Section 6.08 Examination of Records. The Depositor, each Subservicer (with respect to the Loans being subserviced by it) and the Servicer shall indicate generally in their computer files or other records that the Loans have been conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the 2025-2A SUBI Supplement. Each of Depositor, each Subservicer and the Servicer shall, prior to the sale or transfer to a third party of any loan held in its custody, examine its computer records and other records to determine that such loan is not, and does not include, a Loan. Upon such examination and conclusion that such loan is not, and does not include, a Loan, the Depositor, each Subservicer and the Servicer shall be free to sell, transfer or otherwise assign such loan.
Section 6.09 Servicer Power of Attorney. The Issuer and the North Carolina Trust hereby authorize the Servicer acting alone or through an Affiliate, including the Subservicers, to execute, deliver and perform any and all agreements, documents or certificates as the Issuer may be requested or required by the Issuer or the North Carolina Trust, as applicable, to undertake in connection with enforcing its rights as the legal title holder to the Loans. In connection with the enforcement of any rights of the Issuer or the North Carolina Trust, as applicable, with respect to any Loan, the Issuer or the North Carolina Trust, as applicable, shall furnish the Servicer or Subservicers, as applicable, with a power of attorney (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and any other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to enforce such rights on behalf of the Issuer.
Article VIIINSOLVENCY EVENTS
Section 7.01 Rights upon the Occurrence of an Insolvency Event. The Depositor shall, on the day that any Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Depositor, immediately cease to transfer Additional Loans to the Issuer and the Depositor shall promptly give notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer thereof. Loans transferred to the Issuer prior to the occurrence of such Insolvency Event and Collections in respect of such Loans transferred to the Issuer shall continue to be a part of the Sold Assets and shall be allocated and distributed to Noteholders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture.
Article VIIISERVICER DEFAULTS
Section 8.01 Servicer Defaults. If any one of the following events (a “Servicer Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
Section 8.02 Indenture Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. (a) On and after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section 8.01, the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under this Agreement and the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement until the earlier of (i) the date specified in the Termination Notice or otherwise specified by the Indenture Trustee and (ii) the Servicing Transfer Date. The Indenture Trustee shall as promptly as possible after the giving of a Termination Notice appoint (at the written direction of the Required Noteholders in the case of a Successor Servicer that is not the Back-up Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) an Eligible Servicer (which shall be the Back-up Servicer unless the Back-up Servicer is then acting as the Servicer) as a successor Servicer (the “Successor Servicer”), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed or has not accepted its appointment at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may delegate any of its servicing obligations to an Affiliate or agent in accordance with Section 3.01(b) and Section 6.07. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it is legally unable or unwilling so to act, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution qualifying as an Eligible Servicer as the Successor Servicer hereunder and under the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall give prompt notice to each Rating Agency upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer.
Section 8.03 Rule 15Ga-1 Compliance. (a) To the extent a Responsible Officer of the Successor Servicer receives a demand for the repurchase of a Loan based on a breach of a representation or warranty made by the Seller (or, with respect to the 2025-2A SUBI Loans, the Servicer) of such Loan (each, a “Demand”), the Successor Servicer agrees (i) if such Demand is in writing, promptly to forward such Demand to the Depositor, and (ii) if such Demand is oral, to instruct the requesting party to submit such Demand in writing to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor.
Article IXTERMINATION
Section 9.01 Termination of Agreement as to Servicing. Unless earlier terminated as contemplated herein, the appointment of the Servicer and the Subservicers under this Agreement and the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement and the respective obligations and responsibilities of the Issuer, the Depositor, the North Carolina Trust, the Servicer, the Subservicers and the Indenture Trustee to the Servicer and the Subservicers, as applicable, under this Agreement and the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Servicer and the Subservicers under this Agreement and the 2025-2A SUBI Servicing Agreement except with respect to the obligations described in Section 10.07, shall terminate on the date of termination of the Trust Agreement. Such termination shall be automatic, without any required action of the Depositor, the North Carolina Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or any Noteholder. The obligations and responsibilities of the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, unless such obligations and responsibilities are terminated earlier as contemplated herein.
Article XMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Amendment; Waiver of Past Defaults; Assignment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Servicer, the Depositor, the North Carolina Trust, and the Issuer by a written instrument signed by each of them, but without consent of any of the Noteholders, (i) to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein, (ii) to conform the terms of this Agreement to the description hereof in the PPM, or (iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under or related to this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any of the Noteholders as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Depositor to such effect delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer and the Rating Agency Notice Requirement shall have been satisfied with respect to such amendment. Additionally, this Agreement may be amended from time to time (including in connection with the issuance of a supplement certificate or to change the definition of Collection Period, Monthly Determination Date or Payment Date) by the Servicer, the North Carolina Trust, the Depositor and the Issuer by a written instrument signed by each of them, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders; provided that (i) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of any such amendment, stating that the Depositor reasonably believes that such amendment will not have an Adverse Effect and (ii) the Rating Agency Notice Requirement shall have been satisfied with respect to any such amendment. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended by the Servicer, the North
Carolina Trust, the Depositor and the Issuer by a written instrument signed by each of them, but without the consent of the Noteholders, upon satisfaction of the Rating Agency Notice Requirement with respect to such amendment (without anything further) as may be necessary or advisable in order (a) to avoid the imposition of any withholding taxes or state or local income or franchise taxes imposed on the Issuer’s property or its income or (b) to amend the Intercreditor Agreement, including but not limited to adding and/or removing one or more Intercreditor Accounts.
Section 10.02 Protection of Right, Title and Interest of Issuer. (a) The Depositor shall cause this Agreement, all amendments and supplements hereto and all financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements and any other necessary documents covering the Issuer’s right, title and interest to the Sold Assets (and the Issuer hereby authorize the Depositor to make such filings on its behalf to the extent that the applicable UCC provides that the Issuer is the person authorized to make such filings) to be promptly recorded, registered and filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and protect the right, title and interest of the Issuer hereunder to the Sold Assets. The Depositor shall deliver to the Issuer and Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available following such recording, registration or filing. The Depositor shall cooperate fully with the Servicer in connection with the obligations set forth above and will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent of this paragraph.
Section 10.03 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.04 Notices. All demands, notices, instructions, directions and communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will be considered effective when delivered by hand, electronic communication (including e-mail) by courier, by overnight delivery service, or by certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid.
Section 10.05 Severability. If any part of this Agreement is held to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the rest of this Agreement will be considered severable and will continue in full force.
Section 10.06 Further Assurances. Each party must take all actions that are reasonably requested by any other party to effect more fully the purposes of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree to (a) provide access to the Contracts and related documentation in their possession for inspection by governmental regulatory agencies and (b) assist in the preparation of any routine reports required by regulatory bodies, if any.
Section 10.07 Nonpetition Covenant. (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law and notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, each of the Servicer, the Subservicers, the North Carolina Trust and the Issuer agree that it shall not file, commence, join, or acquiesce in
a petition or proceeding, or cause the Depositor to file, commence, join, or acquiesce in a petition or proceeding, that causes (a) the Depositor to be a debtor under any Debtor Relief Law or (b) a trustee, conservator, receiver, liquidator, or similar official to be appointed for the Depositor or any substantial part of its property.
Section 10.08 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement will effect a waiver of that right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement will preclude any other or further exercise of that right or remedy or any other right or remedy. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided under this Agreement are cumulative and not exhaustive.
Section 10.09 Counterparts; Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be considered an original, but all of which together will constitute one agreement. This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) an electronic signature that complies with the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (“E-SIGN”), state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (“UETA”), and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law including any relevant provisions of the UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”), in each case to the extent applicable; (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any notice provided for in this Agreement or any instrument required or permitted to be delivered hereunder, any party hereto receiving or relying
upon such notice or instrument shall be entitled to request execution thereof by original manual signature as a condition to the effectiveness thereof.
Section 10.10 Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement benefits and is binding on the parties hereto, and their respective successor and permitted assigns. Each of the Back-up Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are third-party beneficiaries 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 10.11 Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated otherwise herein, this Agreement contains all of the terms and conditions relating to its subject matter to which the parties have agreed. All prior understandings of any kind are superseded by this Agreement.
Section 10.12 Headings. The headings are for reference only and must not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 10.13 Schedules and Exhibits. All schedules and exhibits are fully incorporated into this Agreement.
Section 10.14 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations, warranties, and covenants in this Agreement will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Issuer and the grant of a security interest in the Purchased Assets to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
Section 10.15 Limited Recourse. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no recourse under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Depositor as contained in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or any other agreement, instrument or document to which the Depositor is a party shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, affiliate, officer, employee or director of the Depositor by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the agreements of the Depositor contained in this Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and documents entered into pursuant hereto or in connection herewith are, in each case, solely corporate obligations of the Depositor. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Depositor shall not, and shall not be obligated to, pay any fees, costs, indemnified amounts or expenses due pursuant to this Agreement until payment in full of all amounts that the Depositor is obligated to pay for deposit into the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement; and all amounts that the Depositor is obligated, in its capacity as depositor with respect to any Permitted Securitization, to pay for deposit into any collection account and any principal distribution account with respect to such Permitted Securitization pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement for such Permitted Securitization; provided, however, that the Noteholders shall be entitled to the benefits of the subordination of the Collections allocable to the Trust Certificate to the extent provided in the Indenture. Any amount which the Depositor does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in §101 of the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §101, et seq.), as amended from time to
time) against or obligation of the Depositor for any such insufficiency unless and until funds are available for the payment of such amounts as aforesaid.
Section 10.16 Rights of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, immunities and indemnities set forth in the Indenture, mutatis mutandis.
Section 10.17 Series Liabilities. (a) The 2025-2A SUBI is a separate series of the North Carolina Trust as provided in Section 3806(b)(2) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, (b)(i) claims incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the 2025-2A SUBI or the 2025-2A SUBI Assets, including claims hereunder, shall be enforceable against the 2025-2A SUBI Assets only, and not against any UTI Assets or any SUBI assets other than the 2025-2A SUBI Assets (such other assets, “Other SUBI Assets”) and (ii) claims incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to any other SUBI, the UTI or any other North Carolina Trust Assets shall be enforceable against the North Carolina Trust Assets with respect to such other SUBI or the UTI or such other North Carolina Trust Assets only and not against 2025-2A SUBI Assets, (c) except to the extent required by law or specified in the North Carolina Trust Agreement, (i) North Carolina Trust Assets with respect to any other SUBI or with respect to the UTI shall not be subject to claims arising from or with respect to the 2025-2A SUBI, (ii) no creditor or holder of a claim relating to the 2025-2A SUBI Assets shall be entitled to maintain any action against or recover any UTI Assets or any Other SUBI Assets, and (iii) no creditor or holder of a claim relating to any other SUBI, the UTI or any other North Carolina Trust Assets shall be entitled to maintain any action against or recover any 2025-2A SUBI Assets, and (d) any purchaser, assignee or pledgee of an interest in the 2025-2A SUBI, the 2025-2A SUBI Certificate, any other SUBI, any other SUBI certificate, the UTI or the UTI Certificate must, prior to or contemporaneously with the grant of any such assignment, pledge or security interest, (i) give to the North Carolina Trust a non-petition covenant substantially similar to that set forth in Section 6.9 of the North Carolina Trust Agreement, and (ii) execute an agreement for the benefit of each holder, assignee or pledgee from time to time of the UTI or the UTI Certificate and any other SUBI or other SUBI certificate to release all claims to the UTI Assets and any Other SUBI Assets and in the event that such release is not given effect, to fully subordinate all claims it may be deemed to have against the UTI Assets and any Other SUBI Assets.
Section 10.18 Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each transfer and conveyance contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute an absolute sale of the related Sold Assets from the Depositor to the Issuer and that the related Sold Assets shall not be part of the Depositor’s estate or otherwise be considered property of the Depositor in the event of the bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, liquidation, conservatorship or similar proceeding relating to the Depositor or any of each of its property. The intent expressed in the first sentence of this paragraph should not be deemed to be an expression of the intended tax treatment of the conveyance of the Sold Assets. It is not intended that any amounts available for reimbursement of any Sold Assets be deemed to have been pledged by the Depositor to the Issuer to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor.
Section 10.19 Additional Subservicers. The Depositor agrees that, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, any Affiliate of Regional Management may be added as a party to this Agreement (an “Accession”) as a “Subservicer” (each such Person, an “Additional Subservicer”), upon the Depositor’s receipt of a written request from Regional Management requesting that such Additional Subservicer be added to this Agreement as a
Subservicer at least five (5) days prior to the first acquisition of Eligible Loans to be serviced by such Additional Subservicer:
Section 10.20 Limitation of Liability of WTNA.
Section 10.21 EU Securitization Regulation and UK Securitization Framework. None of the Issuer, Regional Management, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Initial Purchasers, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Custodian, the Back-up Servicer, their respective affiliates or any other person intends, nor is undertaking any obligation, to retain a material net economic interest of at least 5% of the nominal value of the transaction in the manner contemplated by the EU Securitization Requirements or the UK Securitization Framework, or to otherwise comply with the EU Securitization Requirements or the UK Securitization Framework including, without limitation, with the transparency requirements under Article 7 of the EU Securitization Regulation and Article 7 of the UK Securitization Regulation, or to take any other action or refrain from taking any action prescribed by or contemplated in the EU Securitization Regulation or the UK Securitization Framework, or for purposes of, or in connection with, compliance by any investor with the due diligence requirements of the EU Securitization Regulation or the UK Securitization Framework, or by any person with the requirements of any other law or regulation now or hereafter in effect in the UK, the EU or the EEA in relation to risk retention, due diligence and monitoring, credit granting standards, transparency or any other conditions with respect to investments in securitization transactions, and none of such parties makes any representations or assurances as regards the EU Securitization Requirements or the UK Securitization Framework.