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Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement for Securities Offered Pursuant to a Transaction — Form S-3 Filing Table of Contents
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1: S-3/A Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement HTML 1.33M
2: EX-1.1 Underwriting Agreement HTML 134K
3: EX-3.1 Articles of Incorporation/Organization or By-Laws HTML 38K
4: EX-3.2 Articles of Incorporation/Organization or By-Laws HTML 57K
5: EX-4.1 Indenture HTML 486K
6: EX-4.2 Short-Form Trust Agreement HTML 28K
7: EX-4.3 Amended and Restated Trust Agreement HTML 116K
8: EX-4.4 Eligible Lender Trust Agreement (Depositor) HTML 54K
9: EX-4.5 Eligible Lender Trust Agreement (Issuer) HTML 55K
10: EX-5.1 Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP With Respect to HTML 15K
Legality
11: EX-8.1 Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP With Respect to HTML 15K
Tax Matters
12: EX-99.1 Master Terms Purchase Agreement HTML 87K
13: EX-99.2 Master Terms Sale Agreement HTML 100K
14: EX-99.3 Servicing Agreement HTML 160K
15: EX-99.4 Subservicing Agreement HTML 95K
16: EX-99.5 Administration Agreement HTML 200K
17: EX-99.6 Remarketing Agreement HTML 96K
EX-3.1 — Articles of Incorporation/Organization or By-Laws
The name
of the Corporation is SLC Student Loan Receivables I, Inc. (the
"Corporation").
ARTICLE
II
A. The
purposes for which the Corporation is organized are limited solely to: (a)
purchasing or otherwise acquiring from time to time student loans originated or
acquired by The Student Loan Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("SLC") (the
"Student Loans"), transferring such Student Loans to one or more trusts
established by the Corporation to issue securities backed by such Student Loans
and filings one or more registration statements with the Securities and Exchange
Commission with respect to the public issuance of such securities, (b) acquiring
equity interests in the trusts to which the Corporation transfers Student Loans
and (c) transacting any and all lawful business for which a corporation may be
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware that is incident, reasonable
and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing.
B. Notwithstanding
any other provision in these Articles of Organization (these "Articles") and any
provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Corporation:
1. The
Corporation shall not do any of the following, without the affirmative vote of
100% of the members of its Board of Directors, which Board of Directors is
required to consider the interests of creditors of the Corporation when
conducting such vote:
(a)
file
or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
case or proceeding; institute any proceedings under any applicable
insolvency law or otherwise seek relief under any laws relating to the
relief from debts or the protection of debtors
generally;
(b)
seek
or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official for the
Corporation or a substantial portion of its
property;
(c)
make
any assignment for the benefit of the creditors of the Corporation;
and
(d)
take
any action in furtherance of the foregoing subparagraphs (a) through
(c);
2. The
Corporation shall not do any of the following:
(a)
dissolve,
liquidate, consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the
assets of the Corporation;
(b)
engage
in any business activity unrelated to the acquisition, transfer and
securitization of the Student
Loans;
(c)
own
any assets other than those related to, or derived from, the Student
Loans;
(d)
engage
in transactions with affiliates except on a commercially reasonable
basis;
(e)
take
any action that is reasonably likely to cause the Corporation to become
insolvent; or
(f)
incur
any indebtedness other than ordinary operating expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of the Corporation's
business.
C. The
Corporation's Board of Directors shall at all times on or after the date of its
first acquisition of the Student Loans have at least two members each of whom is
an "Independent Director." Independent Director shall mean, when used
with respect to any Person (as hereinafter defined and including, without
limitation, any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such
spouse who has the same home as such Person) who:
(i)
is
in fact independent; and
(ii)
is
not at the time of initial appointment and has not been at any time during
the preceding five (5) years and will not be while
serving:
(a)
a
stockholder, officer, director (other than as the Independent Director),
employee or partner, attorney or counsel of the Corporation, SLC or any
affiliate of either of them,
(b)
a
creditor, customer, supplier or other person who derives any of its
purchases or revenues from its activities (other than in payment for its
role as Independent Director or costs related thereto) with the
Corporation, SLC or any affiliate of either of
them,
(c)
a
person or other entity controlling or under common control with any such
stockholder, partner, creditor, customer, supplier or other person (as
used herein, the term "control" means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management,
policies or activities of a person or entity, whether through ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise),
or
(d)
a
member of the immediate family of any such stockholder, officer, employee,
partner, creditor, customer, supplier or other
person.
For the
purposes of the definition of Independent Director, "Person" shall mean any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, estate, trust,
unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or municipal government
or any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting in such
capacity on behalf of the foregoing. In the event of the death,
incapacity, resignation or removal of an Independent Director, the Corporation's
Board of Directors shall promptly appoint a replacement Independent
Director.
D. Notwithstanding
any other provision in these Articles and any provision of law that otherwise so
empowers the Corporation, the Corporation shall at all times:
(a)
maintain
books and records separate from any other person or
entity;
(b)
maintain
its bank accounts separate from any other person or
entity;
(c)
hold
all of its assets in its own name and not commingle its assets with those
of any other person or entity;
(d)
conduct
its own business in its own name;
(e)
maintain
separate financial statements, showing its assets and liabilities separate
and apart from those of any other person or entity and shall not have its
assets listed on the financial statement of any other
entity;
(f)
pay
its own liabilities and expenses only out of its own
funds;
(g)
observe
all corporate and other organizational
formalities;
(h)
maintain
an arm's length relationship with its affiliates and enter into
transactions with affiliates only on a commercially reasonable
basis;
(i)
pay
the salaries of its own employees, if any, from its own
funds;
(j)
maintain
a sufficient number of employees, if any, in light of its contemplated
business operations;
(k)
not
guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other entity or
person;
(l)
not
hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any
other person or entity;
(m)
not
acquire the obligations or securities of its affiliates, shareholders or
partners;
(n)
not
make loans to any other person or entity or buy or hold evidence of
indebtedness issued by any other person or entity (other than cash,
investment-grade securities and Student
Loans);
(o)
allocate
fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an
affiliate, including paying for office space and services performed by any
employee of an affiliate;
(p)
use
stationery, invoices and checks bearing its own
name;
(q)
not
pledge its assets for the benefit of any other person or
entity;
(r)
hold
itself out as a separate entity;
(s)
promptly
correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate
identity;
(t)
not
identify itself as a division of any other person or
entity;
(u)
maintain
adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;
and
The total
number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 1,000
shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, with an authorized capital of
ten dollars ($10.00).
The
initial registered office shall be located at Corporation Trust Center, 1209
Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware19801, and the initial registered agent
shall be The Corporation Trust Company, who is a resident of New Castle County,
Delaware, and whose business address is the same as the address of the initial
registered office.
ARTICLE
IV
No
director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
except for liability to the extent provided by applicable law (i) for any breach
of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which such director
derived an improper personal benefit. No repeal or modification of
this Article shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the
Corporation in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of
such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE
V
The
number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be established by
the Corporation's Bylaws, or in the absence of a bylaw establishing the number
of Directors, the number of Directors shall be three until such time as the
Corporation is required to have Independent Directors pursuant to Article II
paragraph C. hereof, and thereafter five, including at