Common use of Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates Clause in Contracts

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.

Appears in 27 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (BNP Paribas Mortgage Securities LLC), Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Assets LLC), Trust Agreement (Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities Vii Inc)

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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor., the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or

Appears in 13 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-8), Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2002-8), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Collateralized Asset Backed Bonds Ser 2004 3)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (New Century Mort Sec Inc Home Equity Loan Trust 2003 6), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2004-3), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Collaterlized Ab Bond Series 2003-3), Trust Agreement (IMPAC CMB Trust Series 2004-10), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Collateralized Asset Backed Bonds Ser 2004 4)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. . No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Shellpoint Mortgage Acceptance LLC), Trust Agreement (Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp), Trust Agreement (Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or and holding of such Certificate Certificates will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Codepermissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement that such Person is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of a Plan, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2005-8), Trust Agreement (IMPAC CMB Trust Series 2005-5), Trust Agreement (IMPAC CMB Trust Series 2005-5)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall The Trust hereby appoints Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as Certificate Registrar and Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will be bound by the initial provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than transfers to Affiliates of the Depositor) shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor, (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, the Originator or the DepositorDepositor and (c) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Agreement. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Registrar, the Depositor Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Seller, the Originator, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with a transfer of any such Certificate to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-3), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-4, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-4), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2006-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-2f), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2002 9f), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-9f)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective ixxxxxment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-3), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-4)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall The Trust hereby appoints Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as Certificate Registrar and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will be bound by the initial provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than transfers to Affiliates of the Depositor) shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor, (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, the Originator or the DepositorDepositor and (c) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Agreement. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with a transfer of any such Certificate to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-4), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-2), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, kept a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08 hereof, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08 hereof. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish that it is (a) a REIT, (b) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary, or (c) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary. Such Certificateholder can establish its non-foreign status as (a), (b) or (c) above by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS a Form W-9 of Representation and Warranty Regarding Certificateholder’s Status as a REIT or Qualified REIT Subsidiary in the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status form set forth in Exhibit C H for the initial holder and Exhibit I for any subsequent holders hereto. . In addition, any Retained Notes will be subject to the same restrictions and consequences discussed in the preceding sentences and in Section 2.07 herein applicable to the Certificates unless either (a) as of the time of the sale or transfer of such Retained Notes: (i) the owner of the Certificates is (x) a REIT, (y) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or (z) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary; (ii) no modifications have been made to the Basic Documents as of the date of such sale or transfer; (iii) the rating of the Retained Notes as of the date of such sale or transfer is not lower than the rating for such Retained Note as of the Closing Date; and (iv) no adverse changes have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of) the legal authorities applicable to the Closing Date tax opinions or (b) a “will be debt” tax opinion is delivered with respect to such Retained Notes from a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor), which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, that such transferee (A) is a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined under Rule 144A, and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel that establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). In addition, any Retained Notes will be subject to same ERISA restrictions and consequences discussed above applicable to the Certificates unless either (a) as of the date such Retained Notes are sold or transferred: (i) the owner of the Certificates is (x) a REIT, (y) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or (z) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary; (ii) no modifications have been made to the Basic Documents as of the date of such sale or transfer; (iii) the rating of the Retained Notes as of the date of such sale or transfer is not lower than the rating for such Retained Notes as of the Closing Date; and (iv) no adverse changes have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of) the legal authorities applicable to the Closing Date tax opinions or (b) a “will be debt” tax opinion is delivered with respect to such Retained Notes from a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar (a) a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto and (b) an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that after such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) the Trust will be a Qualified REIT Subsidiary for federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor and the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-4), Trust Agreement (Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3), Trust Agreement (Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mort Prod Inc Gmacm Home Eq Ln Tr 2004 He1), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No transfer or assignment of any Certificate shall be made without the prior written consent of the Insurer, provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicers or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicers and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee and each Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such planIndenture Trustee, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect each Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicers to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicers. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and each Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-4), Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-4), Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-4)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Bond Insurer an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization and reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Insurer, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds Series 2002-3), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Ipac CMB Trust Series 2003-1), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, any Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions effect that the purchase and holding of ERISACertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, ) and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, or such other certifications as the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer may deem desirable or necessary in order to establish that such Person is not an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or any Person (including, without limitation, an insurance company investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who is using "plan assets," within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, of any Plan (each, a "Plan Investor") to effect such acquisition. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Plan Investor and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2006-Hi5), Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2007-Hi1), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, the Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. D. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Encore Credit Receivables Trust 2005-1), Trust Agreement (Encore Credit Receivables Trust 2005-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall The Trust hereby appoints Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as Certificate Registrar and Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will be bound by the initial provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than transfers to Affiliates of the Depositor) shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor, (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, the Originator or the DepositorDepositor and (c) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Agreement. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with a transfer of any such Certificate to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-2), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-3)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years or as otherwise required by law. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuing Entity to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the TrustMortgage Loan Seller, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuing Entity to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). Prior to a REMIC Conversion, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless the proposed transferee shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto certifying that, following such transfer, it will be a Single Owner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificate may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Single Owner as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Certificates may not be transferred by the related lender under any such indebtedness or repurchase agreement upon a default under such indebtedness or agreement except in accordance with the foregoing. Following the REMIC Conversion, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition, unless the transferee shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the REMIC Class A Indenture Trustee and the Underlying REMIC Trust Trustee such representations, certifications and opinions of nationally recognized tax counsel as they may require to ensure that that transfer will not result in the imposition of any tax on any REMIC or adversely affect the REMIC status of the Trust or the Underlying REMIC Trust. In addition, the Certificate shall not be held by any Person that cannot own an interest in any residual interest in the Underlying REMIC Trust. The Certificate shall not be held by more than one Holder.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2006-1), Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2006-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-He2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to this Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to this Agreement, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificates by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) within the meaning of Section 856(a), a qualified REIT subsidiary (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2, Class A-3 Notes, Class M Notes, Class B-1 Notes, Class B-2 Notes, Class B-3 Notes, Class X Notes, Class B-4 Notes, Class B-5 Notes or Class B-6 Notes and Owner Trust Certificates (other than any Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2, Class A-3 Notes, Class M Notes, Class B-1 Notes, Class B-2 Notes, Class B-3 Notes, Class X Notes, Class B-4 Notes, Class B-5 Notes or Class B-6 Notes with respect to which a “will be debt” opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that, following such transfer, the Trust will continue to be treated for federal income tax purposes as either a disregarded entity or a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement, Trust Agreement (Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-6)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. . No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc), Trust Agreement (Long Beach Securities Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, any Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions effect that the purchase and holding of ERISACertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, ) and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, or such other certifications as the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer may deem desirable or necessary in order to establish that such Person is not an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or any Person (including, without limitation, an insurance company investing its general accounts, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who is using "plan assets," within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a "Plan Investor") to effect such acquisition. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Plan Investor and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2006-Hi4), Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2006-Hi2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. [NY01:241702.4] 16069-00382 12/19/96 10:59pm 8 Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C heretoF hereto or, alternatively, such Certificateholder will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate of 35 percent for foreign holders that are taxable as corporations and 39.6% for all other foreign holders, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable treaty. Each Certificateholder establishing its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent an additional Certificate of Non-Foreign Status and IRS Form W-9 no later than the end of the third year after the taxable year of the partnership in which the initial Certificate of Non-Foreign Status and IRS Form W-9 is submitted and no later than the end of the third year after the taxable year of the partnership during which each such additional Certificate of Non-Foreign Status and IRS Form W-9 is submitted. No Variable Funding Certificate, other than the Designated Certificate and any Capped Funding Certificate may be transferred. Subject to the provisions set forth below, Capped Funding Certificates may be transferred, provided that with respect to the initial transfer thereof by the Designated Seller prior written notification of such transfer shall have been given to the Rating Agencies and to the Credit Enhancer by the Designated Seller. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably [NY01:241702.4] 16069-00382 12/19/96 10:59pm 9 satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer of the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the DepositorDepositor provided, however, that if a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status is not provided to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor upon transfer, the transferee will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate of 35 percent, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable treaty. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bxxx xollective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan [NY01:241702.4] 16069-00382 12/19/96 10:59pm 10 may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, if such transfer or the registration of such transfer would cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes by causing the Issuer to have more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Issuer.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-2), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-He4), Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-He3)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode and will not subject the Depositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Depositor to the Seller and by the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. (in which case, the Depositor, the Seller and HMB Acceptance Corp., as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor, the Depositor to the Seller and the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Homebanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1), Trust Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder or Noteholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or and holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan, a Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any Plan, or a Person using Plan Assets of any Plan to acquire the Certificates) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2005-Hi3)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the TrustMaster Servicer, the Owner TrusteeSecurities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarSeller, the Servicer or the Depositor or and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (iia) in the case of any such certificate presented is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA its own account or the prohibited transaction provisions accounts of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.other "qualified institutional

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns Arm Trust, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2), Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns Arm Trust, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Paying Agent shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Indenture Trustee as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Indenture Trustee. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to September of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificateholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, LLC), Trust Agreement (Wachovia Asset Funding Trust, LLC)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ JPMorgan Chase Bank shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, or as an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a QRS, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from and the proposed transferee Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall Code and will not be an expense of subject the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Subservicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Backup Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Subservicer or the Backup Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state and local income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state and local income or franchise tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Origen Residential Securities, Inc.), Trust Agreement (Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust 2004-B)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor., the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp), Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2002-4f)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Loan Trust 2004-Hltv1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode and will not subject the Depositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Depositor to the Seller and by the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. (in which case, the Depositor, the Seller and HMB Acceptance Corp., as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor, the Depositor to the Seller and the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Homebanc Corp), Trust Agreement (Homebanc Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, or as an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a QRS, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from and the proposed transferee Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall Code and will not be an expense of subject the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Subservicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Backup Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Subservicer or the Backup Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state and local income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state and local income or franchise tax purposes or (iii) otherwise subject to entity level taxation for federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust Collateralized Notes, Series 2005-B), Trust Agreement (Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust Collateralized Notes, Series 2005-A)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate: (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder." (ii) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations are prohibited. (iii) (A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-He5), Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-He1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Certificate Registrar Depositor and the Depositor certifying to Certificate Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (iia) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii)(a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either to any Person (i) who is a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAPlan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer or (ii) unless such Person provides a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Phoenix Residential Securities, LLC), Trust Agreement (Phoenix Residential Securities, LLC)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2005-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, NA. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to June of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificteholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc 2002 He2 Trust)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions Title I of ERISA, or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a plan subject to any provisions under any federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or any Person acting directly or indirectly acquiring the Certificates for, on behalf of or with any such plan or using the assets of any such planPlan. No transfer, which representation letter sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall not be an expense made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a REIT within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the TrustCode or a QRS within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Certificates, the Class 4-A-2 Notes and the Subordinate Notes (other than any of the Class 4-A-2 Notes or Subordinate Notes with respect to which a "will be debt" opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel and furnished to the Securities Administrator) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or indirectly through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or Securities Administrator and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositortax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that that, following such transfer, the purchase or holding of such Certificate Trust will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed continue to be "plan assets" treated for federal income tax purposes as a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Issuer as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or Certificate Registrar, the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the TrustSecurities Administrator, the Owner TrusteeTrustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificate Registrar or provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor to or any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or DepositorAffiliate thereof.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2005-A9)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Certificates may be transferred (or re-transferred) unless 100% of all Certificates are transferred (or re-transferred) to one Person for federal income tax purposes, and no Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a REIT, as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” or by an entity that is wholly-owned by a REIT or a “qualified REIT subsidiary” and disregarded for federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-1, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2006-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrarsecurities administrator. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.07, the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentSecurities Administrator. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. 3.07 Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent Securities Administrator an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator and the Depositor certifying to Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor that and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" ” as defined under Rule 144A 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator and the DepositorDepositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities Administrator and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarMaster Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuing Entity to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarMaster Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarSecurities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate Registrar from the Issuing Entity to the Depositor, or Depositorby the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than a Residual Certificate) shall be made, and the Securities Administrator shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition, unless and until (1) the proposed transferee shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee (I) in the case of a transfer, sale, pledge or disposition, excluding a pledge to secure indebtedness or a transfer, sale, pledge or disposition pursuant to any repurchase agreement (but not excluding a disposition following a default under such indebtedness or repurchase transaction), (i) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto certifying that, following such transfer, sale, pledge or disposition, the proposed transferee will be either (A) a Single Owner or (B) a Proportionate Owner and (ii) an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel (which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trust), addressed to the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, to the effect that such transfer, sale, pledge or disposition will not cause the Trust to be (x) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or (y) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes, (II) an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel addressed to the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trust) to the effect that such transfer, sale, pledge or disposition will not cause the Trust to be (x) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, (y) treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes or (z) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes, or (III) an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel addressed to the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trust) to the effect that such transfer, sale, pledge or disposition will constitute a TMP Trigger Event, and (2) in the case of any transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition with respect to which the proposed transferee delivers the opinion described in the immediately preceding clause (III), the REMIC Conversion associated with such TMP Trigger Event (and all conditions precedent thereto, including the contribution to the Trust or provisions for payment to various parties of certain additional funds by such proposed transferor or proposed transferee pursuant to Article XI hereof), as described in Article XI hereof and Article XI of the Indenture, has been consummated. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor (or an affiliate thereof). Following the REMIC Conversion, each Holder of a Certificate shall consent and agree to any additional restrictions on the ability to transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of such Certificate that may be imposed on such Holder by amendment of this Trust Agreement by the parties hereto to ensure that any such transfer will not result in the imposition of tax on any REMIC created in connection with such REMIC Conversion or adversely affect such REMIC, including, but not limited to, a restriction on transfers of such Certificate to “disqualified organizations” within the meaning of Section 860E of the Code or to foreign Persons.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2007-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB-I Certificate or a Class R Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB-I Certificate or Class R Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each holder of a Class SB-I Certificate or Class R Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB-I Certificate or Class R Certificate, the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective invxxxxxnt funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of an SB-I Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of an SB-I Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 registration requirements of the Code, Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) is made in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.accordance with said Act and

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Samples: Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Credit Enhancer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Credit Enhancer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor Credit Enhancer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Credit Enhancer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Credit Enhancer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of the Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Rfmsii 2005-Hi1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non- foreignstatus as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion ofCounsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a)a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an bean expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled toconclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be awritten representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinionof Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not causethe Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, acorporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, whichOpinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of theproposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nomineeof an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as the initial Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. In the event the Owner Trustee receives any Certificates for re-registration or transfer, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status that otherwise complies with the foregoing requirements shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor. The Holder Depositor and (C) an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer that such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause the Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or other retirement plan arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode (collectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a Person acting indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "plan or using assets" of a Plan within the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense meaning of the TrustDepartment of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets Regulation") unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person seeking to acquire Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Heloc Asset-Backed Notes Series 2003-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject sub- ject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Issuer shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Desig- nated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee Issuer shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ The Bank of New York as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee trans- feree or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate aggre- gate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument instru- ment of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Regis- trar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration regis- tration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently subse- quently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person transfer of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Securities Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and Registrar or the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. Seller shall require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller certifying to the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit EG), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarRegis- trar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which certificate shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Administrator or the DepositorSeller. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor Seller against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation repre- sentation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, or if the proposed transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the proposed transferee is an insurance company which is purchasing such certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in section v(e) of prohibited transaction class exemption 95-60 ("ptce 95-60")), that the purchase and holding of such certificates are covered under ptce 95-60 and that ptce 95- 60 remains a valid and available exemption, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the TrustIssuer, the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorSeller, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or DepositorSeller. The Certificates shall not be listed for trading on an established securities market, nor be readily tradeable on a secondary market, nor be transferable through the substantial equivalent of a secondary market, nor shall the Issuer be permitted to have more than 100 partners, for income tax purposes, all within the meaning of Code Section 7704, and its attendant regulations, as applicable. If requested, in the discretion of the Seller, transfer of a Certificate shall be made only if accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Seller, to the effect such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, and will not cause the termination of the Issuer under the federal income tax rules applicable to partnerships in a manner having a material adverse tax impact to any existing Certificateholder (unless such Certificateholder provides its written consent to such transfer). Each Certificateholder agrees to provide information to the Administrator when so requested concerning the beneficial owner- ship of its Certificates as necessary for the Issuer to assure its compliance with the requirements for avoiding taxation at the entity level as a publicly traded partnership or otherwise. Each Certificateholder agrees to restrict the transfer of record ownership and beneficial ownership of its Certificates as requested by the Administrator based upon applicable governmental regulation, rulings or notices and any judicial decisions as may exist from time to time, as necessary or advisable for avoiding the Issuer's treatment as a publicly-traded partnership taxable as a corporation, or its termination for federal income tax purposes under Code Section 708 in a manner having a material adverse tax impact on any non-consenting existing Certificateholder.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Household Consumer Loan Trust 1997-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall The Trust hereby appoints Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. as Certificate Registrar and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will be bound by the initial provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor, (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, the Originator or the DepositorDepositor and (c) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Agreement. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Registrar, the Depositor Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Seller, the Originator, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with a transfer of any such Certificate to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The (a) A certificate registrar (the “Certificate Registrar Registrar”) shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, kept a Certificate Register certificate register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of the Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of the Certificates as herein providedprovided (the “Certificate Register”). _____________________________ The Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Certificateholders holding Certificates representing in the aggregate at least a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Trust (the “Majority Certificateholders”) shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. . (b) Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below in this Section 4 and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate19 below, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09this Section, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transfereestransferees (each, a “Transferee”), one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holderany Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every this Section. (c) Each Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange by a Certificateholder desiring such transfer or exchange (a “Transferring Certificateholder”) shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Transferring Certificateholder or such Holder's Transferring Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. . (d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificatesa Certificate, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expense, tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C heretoCertificate. (ae) an investment letter No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate, or of any of the right, title or interest of Borse Dubai or any other Certificateholder under this Trust Agreement, shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and any applicable state securities laws and is made in substantially accordance with provisions of any applicable laws, rules or regulations of any domestic (including federal, state or local) or foreign (i) court, tribunal or arbitrator, (ii) government or administrative, regulatory or other governmental department, agency, official, commission (including, without limitation, the form attached hereto as Exhibit DCommittee on Foreign Investment in the United States and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission), authority or instrumentality, and (iii) in form self regulatory authority, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and substance reasonably satisfactory any United States or non-United States securities exchange, commodities exchange, registered securities association, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, National Futures Association, any other board or body, whether United States or non-United States, that regulates brokers, dealers, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors or future commission merchants, governing or relating to the Certificate Registrar ownership, voting and transfer of, or the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trusteeexercise of any other rights with respect to, the Certificate Registrar or any interest therein, or any of the right, title or interest of Borse Dubai in respect of the Trust or this Trust Agreement, including, without limitation, the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws, and the Depositor Exon-Xxxxxx amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950, 50 U.S.C. Section 2158 et seq., as amended by Section 837(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 and the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, P.L. 110-49 and the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, the certificate of incorporation of Nasdaq as in effect from time to time, the rules subscribed to by Nasdaq, as an independent self regulatory organization, and available at xxxx://xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/nasdaq/display/index.html and the Nasdaq Stockholders Agreement, and, in the case of all right, title and interest of Borse Dubai or any other Certificateholder (whether now or in the future) in (x) any Certificate and (y) any certificate, instrument or other document evidencing or representing any Certificate and all other right, title and interest of Borse Dubai or any other Certificateholder in respect of the Trust or this Trust Agreement, the provisions hereof (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Permitted Restrictions”). Therefore, each Certificateholder agrees, by its acceptance of such Certificate that such transferee it shall not resell, pledge, or otherwise transfer the Certificate except (A) in the United States, to a Transferee that is a "qualified institutional buyer" Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in rule 144A under Rule 144A the Securities Act) in a transaction not involving a public offering, exempt from registration under the Securities Act, or (bB) solely with respect pursuant to any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided that, in the case of any transfer, pursuant to this clause (B) the Transferee shall deliver to the Designated CertificateTrustee such opinions of counsel and certificates as the Trustee shall reasonably require. (f) Prior to the registration of transfer, an investment letter (each Transferee shall execute and deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Transferring Certificateholder a certificate, substantially in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit EC (the “Transferee Certificate”), acceptable to which in part acknowledges the continuing Borse Dubai Transfer Rights, and in form each Transferring Certificateholder, or its attorney-in-fact, shall execute and substance reasonably satisfactory deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorTransferee a certificate, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (substantially in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable D (the “Transferor Certificate”). With respect to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to compliance with the requirements of this Section 4, the Certificate Registrar and Trustee may conclusively rely on the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the executed Transferee Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. and Transferor Certificate. (g) The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer Transferee shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, Registrar (the Servicer and the Depositor “Indemnified Parties”) against any liability that may result if the transfer is not in compliance with the Permitted Restrictions, in so exempt far as they are applicable to the Transferee (other than their applicability due to the identity, nature, size or other attribute of the Transferring Certificateholder) and the Transferring Certificateholder shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Indemnified Parties against any liability that may result if the transfer is not made in accordance compliance with such federal and state laws. No transfer the Permitted Restrictions, in so far as they are applicable to the Transferring Certificateholder (other than their applicability due to the identity, nature, size or other attribute of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (iTransferee) a representation letter other than any liability resulting from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, Trustee’s gross negligence or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositorwillful misconduct.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Borse Dubai LTD)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicers and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a REIT within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code or a QRS within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Certificates and the Subordinate Notes (other than any Subordinate Notes with respect to which a “will be debt” opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel and furnished to the Securities Administrator) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or indirectly through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that, following such transfer, the Trust will continue to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Issuer as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Paying Agent shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Indenture Trustee as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Indenture Trustee. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to September of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificateholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Securities Act, or Yield Maintenance Agreement. (ba) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Asset Sec Series 2004 - HE1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as the initial Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. In the event the Owner Trustee receives any Certificates for re-registration or transfer, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status that otherwise complies with the foregoing requirements shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor. The Holder Depositor and (C) an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, that such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause the Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or other retirement plan arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode (collectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a Person acting indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "plan or using assets" of a Plan within the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense meaning of the TrustDepartment of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets Regulation") unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person seeking to acquire Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. In addition, no transfer of any portion of a Class [_] or a Class [_] Certificate shall be made, and any attempted or purported transfer of a Class [_] or Class [_] Certificate shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee, unless: (i) following such transfer, for federal income tax purposes, 100% of the Class [_] and Class [_] Certificates are treated as owned by the same person or persons in the same proportions as they are owned, or (ii) the transferee provides the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certifi cate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Kxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Company shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Company) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the Company and the Depositor that which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (A) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Company and the Note Insurer that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the Company and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the Depositor Company and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the DepositorCompany. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described above in this paragraph. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Note Insurer and the Depositor Company against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification set forth in clause (a) of this paragraph will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Company to PacificAmerica Money Center, Inc. or by the pledge of any such Certificate by PacificAmerica Money Center, Inc. to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Capital, Inc. ("MLMCI") and the certification set forth in clause (b) of this paragraph will not be required in connection with the pledge of any such Certificate by PacificAmerica Money Center, Inc. to MLMCI. No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Company, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Note Insurer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or Depositor.investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer or pledge of any such Certificate by the Company to an affiliate of the Company (in which case, the Company or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Company of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Company. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective xxxxxtment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. (v) Reserved. (vi) Reserved

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-Hs3)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Sponsor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrarsecurities administrator. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentSecurities Administrator. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Certificates may be transferred (or re-transferred) unless 100% of all Certificates are transferred (or re-transferred) to one Person for federal income tax purposes, and no Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent Securities Administrator an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a REIT, as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" or by an entity that is wholly-owned by a REIT or a "qualified REIT subsidiary" and disregarded for federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Securities Administrator and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Securities Administrator shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Securities Administrator) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor that and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the DepositorDepositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarMaster Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Master Servicer, the DepositorServicer, the Sponsor, the Securities Administrator. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarMaster Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarSecurities Administrator, the Master Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Owner Trustee, the TrustMaster Servicer, the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator, the Sponsor and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Master Servicer, the Depositor Securities Administrator, the Sponsor and the Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Sponsor and the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate Registrar by the Seller to an affiliate of the Seller (in which case, the Seller or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Securities Administrator, shall be a written representation) from the Seller of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Seller. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1)

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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, NA. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Bond Insurer an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization and reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Insurer, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Issuer shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Desig- nated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee Issuer shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ The Bank of New York as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person transfer of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Securities Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and Registrar or the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. Seller shall require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller certifying to the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit EG), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which certificate shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Administrator or the DepositorSeller. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor Seller against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, or if the proposed transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the proposed transferee is an insurance company which is purchasing such certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in section v(e) of prohibited transaction class exemption 95-60 ("ptce 95-60")), that the purchase and holding of such certificates are covered under ptce 95-60 and that ptce 95-60 remains a valid and available exemption, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the TrustIssuer, the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorSeller, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or Depositor.Seller. The Certificates shall not be listed for trading on an established securities market, nor be readily tradeable on a secondary market, nor be transferable through the substantial equivalent of a secondary market, nor shall the Issuer be permitted to have more than 100 partners, for income tax purposes, all within the meaning of Code Section 7704, and its attendant regulations, as applicable. If requested, in the discretion of the Seller, transfer of a Certificate shall be made only if accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Household Consumer Loan Trust 1997-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ LaSalle Bank National Association shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Trust shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated CertificateCertificates, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ LaSalle Bank National Association as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may conclusively rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. Prior to the effectiveness of any transfer of a Trust Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor, an opinion from a nationally recognized law firm shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, to the effect that the assets and liabilities of the proposed transferee should not, upon the bankruptcy of such proposed transferee, be consolidated with those of the Trust (a "Non-Consolidation Opinion").

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Superior Bank FSB Afc Mortgage Ln Asset Bk Notes Ser 1999-3)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective xxxxxtment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. (v) The provisions of this Section 3.05 set forth prior to this clause (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered to the Owner Trustee written notification from each Rating Agency to the effect that the modification, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current ratings, if any, if determined without regard to the Policy, of any Class of the Notes below the lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Notes as of the Closing Date by such Rating Agency, if determined without regard to the Policy.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective xxxxxtment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. shall be the initial txx xxitial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-9)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ First Union National Bank shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Company shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Company) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and the Depositor that which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (A) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Company and the Bond Insurer that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Depositor Company and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the DepositorCompany. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described above in this paragraph. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer and the Depositor Company against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification set forth in clause (a) of this paragraph will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Company to the Purchaser pursuant to the Ownership Transfer Agreement and by the Purchaser to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement or by the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC. to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mortgage Capital, Inc. ("MLMCI") and the certification set forth in clause (b) of this paragraph will not be required in connection with the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to MLMCI. No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Company, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Bond Insurer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or Depositorinvestigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer or pledge of any such Certificate by the Company to an affiliate of the Company (in which case, the Company or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Company of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Company. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates by the Company to the Purchaser pursuant to the Ownership Transfer Agreement and by the Purchaser to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.05 to the contrary, (i) on the Closing Date, the Company may transfer the Certificates to the Purchaser pursuant to the Ownership Transfer Agreement and the Purchaser may transfer the Certificates to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement and (ii) on or after the Closing Date, NCFC may pledge the Certificates to secure its obligations to MLMCI; provided, however, that MLMCI may not become the registered owner of any of the Certificates without complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.05, as applicable.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 (or successor form) and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject sub- ject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ First Union National Bank shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument instru- ment of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Regis- trar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Company shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Company) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and the Depositor that which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (A) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Company and the Bond Insurer that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Depositor Company and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the DepositorCompany. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described above in this paragraph. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer and the Depositor Company against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification set forth in clause (a) of this paragraph will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Company to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement or the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to MLMCI pursuant to the Master Assignment Agreement, and the certification set forth in clause (b) of this paragraph will not be required in connection with the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to MLMCI. No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds anx xxxurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Company, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Bond Insurer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or Depositorinvestigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Company to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement, or the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to MLMCI pursuant to the Master Assignment Agreement (in which case, the Company shall be deemed to have represented that neither NCFC nor MLMCI is a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan), and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Company regarding the status of such transferees. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates by the Company to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.05 to the contrary, on the Closing Date, (i) the Company may transfer the Certificates to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement and (ii) NCFC may pledge the Certificates to MLMCI pursuant to the Master Assignment Agreement, in each case without complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.05, as applicable.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Novastar Mortgage Funding Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Certificate Registrar Depositor and the Depositor certifying to Certificate Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate: (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder." (ii) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations are prohibited. (iii) (A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-He3)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, the Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. D. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. The remainder of this Section 3.05 shall apply subsequent to a TMP Trigger Event: Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (1) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (2) No Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Trust Certificate unless, in addition to the representation letters required to be delivered to the Trustee under the seventh paragraph of this Section 3.05 above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a “Transfer Affidavit”) of the initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I. (3) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Trust Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee. (4) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.05 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of a Trust Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Trust Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Trust Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 3.05 and this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter. The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Trust Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Trust Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate. (5) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee. The restrictions on Transfers of a Trust Certificate set forth in this Section 3.05 shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend on a Trust Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Sellers or the Master Servicer, to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Trust Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Trust Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Trust Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee. The preparation and delivery of all representation letters and opinions referred to above in this Section 3.05 in connection with any Transfers shall be at the expense of the parties to such Transfers.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Cwabs Trust 2005-Hyb9)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Enhancer, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Enhancer or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. Any Person acquiring Certificates must provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, unless such Person is acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of or with Plan Assets of a Plan and provides an Opinion of Counsel as described in the next preceding sentence. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate: (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder." (ii) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations are prohibited. (iii) (A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-He2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or and holding of such Certificate Certificates will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Codepermissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement that such Person is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of a Plan, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuing Entity, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Impac Secured Assets Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and the Note Insurer an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization satisfactory to the Note Insurer, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Home Loan Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, kept at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, Corporate Trust Office a Certificate Register for the Certificates in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Trustee will initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor, any other bank or trust company to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as the predecessor Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Certificate Registrar shall not be the initial Certificate Registrarrelieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Trustee shall at any time not be the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee shall have and maintain the right to inspect the Certificate Register or to obtain a copy thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, as to the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions information set forth below and to in the Certificate Register. No Transfer of any Certificate shall be made absent compliance with the provisions of Section 3.11 4.02(b), (c) and (d) below, to the extent applicable. (b) No Transfer of any Residual Certificate shall be made unless that Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that such a Transfer of a Residual Certificate is to be made without registration or qualification (other than in connection with the initial Transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor), the Trustee shall require receipt of: (i) if such Transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Certificateholder desiring to effect the Transfer and from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit C-1; and (ii) in all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such Transfer may be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor or the Trustee), together with copies of the written certification(s) of the Certificateholder desiring to effect the Transfer and/or such Certificateholder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based, if any. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee is obligated to register or qualify any such Certificates under the 1933 Act or any other securities laws or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the Transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer of any such Certificate shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the Transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. (c) No Transfer of a Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor and the Trustee are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor and the Trustee that the purchase of such Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Trust. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, any prospective Transferee of such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement (or other form acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee), which the Trustee may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor any certification will be required in connection with the initial Transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, representing and warranting, among other things, that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 4.02(d) and agrees to be bound by them. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this transaction has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (x) to require a transferor affidavit (a "Transferor Affidavit," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2) from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate and (y) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a Transferor Affidavit (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2) to the Trustee stating that, among other things, it has no actual knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Trustee written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of temporary Treasury regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder." (ii) The Trustee will register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Trustee as a condition to such registration. In addition, no Transfer of a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the Transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee. (A) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 4.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 4.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement. (B) If any purported Transferee shall become a holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 4.02(d) and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the rights of the holder of such Residual Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A) above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the Trustee shall have the right, without notice to the holder or any prior holder of such Residual Certificate, to sell such Residual Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Trustee on such terms as the Trustee may choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each Residual Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the Trustee. Such purchaser may be the Trustee itself or any Affiliate of the Trustee. The proceeds of such sale, net of the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Trustee or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to such purported Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (iv) The Trustee shall make available to the Internal Revenue Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC Provisions all information necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, including the information described in Treasury regulations sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5) with respect to the Designated Certificate"excess inclusions" of such Residual Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code that holds an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate having as among its record holders at any time any Person which is a Disqualified Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be accepted by the Trustee. (v) The provisions of this Section 4.02(d) set forth prior to this subsection (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered to the Trustee at the expense of the party seeking to modify, add to or eliminate any such provision the following: (A) written notification from each Rating Agency to the effect that the modification, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates; and (B) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such modification of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause the REMIC to cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause the REMIC to be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee or a Person other than the prospective transferee to be subject to a REMIC-tax caused by the Transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. (e) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the any office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.096.11, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated Transferee or Transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class of a like aggregate Percentage Interest. (f) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized denominations and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such Certificate to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 6.11. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Trustee duly executed by by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. . (g) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (ah) an investment letter (in substantially All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be canceled and destroyed by the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made Trustee in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositorits customary procedures.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities Vii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ LaSalle Bank National Association shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Trust shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated CertificateCertificates, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ LaSalle Bank National Association as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may conclusively rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. Prior to the effectiveness of any transfer of a Trust Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor, an opinion from a nationally recognized law firm shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, to the effect that the assets and liabilities of the proposed transferee should not, upon the bankruptcy of such proposed transferee, be consolidated with those of the Trust (a "Non- Consolidation Opinion").

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Afc Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Notes Series 2000-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Issuer shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Desig- nated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee Issuer shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ The Bank of New York as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person transfer of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and Registrar or the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. Seller shall require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller certifying to the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit EG), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which certificate shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Administrator or the DepositorSeller. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor Seller against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, or if the proposed transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the proposed transferee is an insurance company which is purchasing such certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in section v(e) of prohibited transaction class exemption 95-60 ("ptce 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such certificates are covered under ptce 95-60, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the TrustIssuer, the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorSeller, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or DepositorSeller. The Certificates shall not be listed for trading on an established securities market, nor be readily tradeable on a secondary market, nor be transferrable through the substantial equivalent of a secondary market, nor shall the Issuer be permitted to have more than 100 partners, for income tax purposes, all within the meaning of Code Section 7704, and its attendant regulations, as applicable. If requested, in the discretion of the Seller, transfer of a Certificate shall be made only if accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Seller, to the effect such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation and will not cause the termination of the Issuer under the federal income tax rules applicable to partnerships. Each Certificateholder agrees to provide information to the Administrator when so requested concerning the beneficial ownership of its Certificates as necessary for the Issuer to assure its compliance with the requirements for avoiding taxation at the entity level as a publicly traded partnership or otherwise. Each Certificateholder agrees to restrict the transfer of record ownership and beneficial ownership of its Certificates as requested by the Administrator based upon applicable governmental regulation, rulings or notices and any judicial decisions as may exist from time to time, as necessary or advisable for avoiding the Issuer's treatment as a publicly-traded partnership taxable as a corporation, or its termination for federal income tax purposes under Code Section 708.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Household Consumer Loan Trust 1997-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor., the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1)

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Backed Term Notes Ser 2003-He1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Company shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Company) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the Company and the Depositor that which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (A) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Company and the Note Insurer that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the Company and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the Depositor Company and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Note Insurer or the DepositorCompany. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non- Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described above in this paragraph. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Note Insurer and the Depositor Company against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification set forth in clause (a) of this paragraph will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Company to PacificAmerica Money Center, Inc. or by the pledge of any such Certificate by PacificAmerica Money Center, Inc. to Mxxxxxx Lxxxx Mortgage Capital, Inc. ("MLMCI") and the certification set forth in clause (b) of this paragraph will not be required in connection with the pledge of any such Certificate by PacificAmerica Money Center, Inc. to MLMCI. No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Kxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Company, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Note Insurer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or Depositor.investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer or pledge of any such Certificate by the Company to an affiliate of the Company (in which case, the Company or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Company of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Company. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicers and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a REIT within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code or a QRS within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Certificates and the Subordinate Notes (other than any Subordinate Notes with respect to which a "will be debt" opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel and furnished to the Securities Administrator) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or indirectly through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that, following such transfer, the Trust will continue to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Issuer as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicers and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a REIT within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code or a QRS within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Certificates and Class X Notes and Class B Notes (other than any Class X Notes or Class B Notes with respect to which a “will be debt” opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel and furnished to the Securities Administrator) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or indirectly through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that, following such transfer, the Trust will continue to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the parties thereto as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2005-7)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, the Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. D. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No transfer of a the Owner Trust Certificate shall be made unless the intended transferee certifies in the form of Exhibit J hereto to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) and the Indenture Trustee that, in connection with such transfer, it will acquire both the Owner Trust Certificate and a representation letter from the proposed transferee 100% Percentage Interest in each Class of Privately Offered Notes then outstanding, thus becoming a Single Owner upon completion of such transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trust Certificate may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes. Upon a default under any such indebtedness, the lender or repurchase agreement counterparty, as applicable, shall deliver to the effect Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate certifying that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject a default has occurred and that a REMIC Conversion should be undertaken. No transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISADepositor, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller, CHL and the Master Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, CHL and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, CHL or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller, CHL or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller, CHL and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No transfer of the Certificate shall be made, unless following the transfer, 100% of the Privately Offered Notes and the Certificate will be owned by a single REIT, directly or indirectly through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the Certificate may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Trust as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) the Certificate may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K certifying to such effect. Upon a default under any such indebtedness, the lender or repurchase agreement counterparty, as applicable may deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit N certifying that a default has occurred and that a REMIC Conversion should be undertaken. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuing Entity, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificate to the Initial Single Owner or the re-registering of such Certificate to any repurchase agreement counterparty.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (GSC Capital Corp. Mortgage Trust 2006-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder or Noteholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of the Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2005-Hi2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from and the proposed transferee Servicer, the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-S1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder Depositor and (c) an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause the Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ JPMorgan Chase Bank shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Citigroup Mortgageln Tr Origen Manu Hous Cont Tr NTS Ser 200)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2005-2, Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2005-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-He1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to June of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificateholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from and the proposed transferee Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel that establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode and will not subject the Depositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc 2002 He2 Trust)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Wilmington Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by [Name of Seller] the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (BellaVista Finance CORP)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] / [Certificate Registrar] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. __________________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below [and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate], upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the [Owner Trustee Trustee] shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the [Master] Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the [Master] Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the [Master] Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the [Master] Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the [Master] Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the [Master] Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor [Master] Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the [Master] Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the [Master] Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Homepride Mortgage Finance Corp)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. . No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No Certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor and the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Mortgageit Trust 2004-2, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank coxxxxxive investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions Title 1 of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R.ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. (iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-Hsa1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as the initial Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. In the event the Owner Trustee receives any Certificates for re-registration or transfer, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto. (a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status that otherwise complies with the foregoing requirements shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor. The Holder Depositor and (C) an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, that such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause the Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or other retirement plan arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode (collectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a Person acting indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "plan or using assets" of a Plan within the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense meaning of the TrustDepartment of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets Regulation") unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person seeking to acquire Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. In addition, no transfer of any portion of a Class L or a Class O Certificate shall be made, and any attempted or purported transfer of a Class L or Class O Certificate shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee, unless: (i) following such transfer, for federal income tax purposes, 100% of the Class L and Class O Certificates are treated as owned by the same person or persons in the same proportions as they are owned, or (ii) the transferee provides the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. MSDWCC HELOC Trust 2005-1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, kept at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, Corporate Trust Office a Certificate Register for the Certificates in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Trustee will initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor, any other bank or trust company to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as the predecessor Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Certificate Registrar shall not be the initial Certificate Registrarrelieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Trustee shall at any time not be the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee shall have and maintain the right to inspect the Certificate Register or to obtain a copy thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, as to the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions information set forth below and to in the Certificate Register. No Transfer of any Certificate shall be made absent compliance with the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect 4.02(b), (c) and (d) below, to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of extent applicable. (b) No transfer of any Residual Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that such a transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient Residual Certificate is to cover any tax be made without registration or governmental charge that may be imposed qualification (other than in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor), the Trustee shall require receipt of: (i) if such transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting desiring to effect the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 transfer and from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee, substantially in the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form forms attached hereto as Exhibit DC-1; and (ii) in form and substance reasonably all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor it that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, transfer may be made without such registration or qualification (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, Trust Fund or of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Depositor or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorTrustee), which certificate shall not be an expense together with copies of the Trust, written certification(s) of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Certificateholder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based, if any. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee is obligated to register or qualify any such Certificates under the 1933 Act or any other securities laws or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer of any such Certificate shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Trustee and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. . (c) No transfer of a Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan any Plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor and the Trustee are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor and the Trustee that the purchase of such Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Trustee or the Depositor Trust Fund to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee or the Trust. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, any prospective Transferee of such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement (or other form acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee), which the Trustee may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor any certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Certificate Registrar or Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Trustee or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate until its receipt of, an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, representing and warranting, among other things, that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 4.02(d) and agrees to be bound by them. (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee who is assigned to this transaction has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected. (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (x) to require a transferor affidavit (a "Transferor Affidavit," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2) from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a Transferor Affidavit (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2) to the Trustee stating that, among other things, it has no actual knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee. (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Trustee written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of temporary Treasury regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder." (ii) The Trustee will register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Trustee as a condition to such registration. In addition, no Transfer of a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received a representation letter from the Transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee. (A) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 4.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 4.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement. (B) If any purported Transferee shall become a holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 4.02(d) and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the rights of the holder of such Residual Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A) above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the Trustee shall have the right, without notice to the holder or any prior holder of such Residual Certificate, to sell such Residual Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Trustee on such terms as the Trustee may choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each Residual Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the Trustee. Such purchaser may be the Trustee itself or any Affiliate of the Trustee. The proceeds of such sale, net of the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Trustee or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to such purported Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (iv) The Trustee shall make available to the Internal Revenue Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC Provisions all information necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, including the information described in Treasury regulations sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5) with respect to the "excess inclusions" of such Residual Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code that holds an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate having as among its record holders at any time any Person which is a Disqualified Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be accepted by the Trustee. (v) The provisions of this Section 4.02(d) set forth prior to this subsection (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been delivered to the Trustee at the expense of the party seeking to modify, add to or eliminate any such provision the following: (A) written notification from each Rating Agency to the effect that the modification, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates; and (B) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such modification of, addition to or elimination of such provisions will not cause the REMIC to cease to qualify as a REMIC and will not cause the REMIC to be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of any Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee or a Person other than the prospective transferee to be subject to a REMIC-tax caused by the Transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. (e) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 6.11, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated Transferee or Transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class of a like aggregate Percentage Interest. (f) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized denominations and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such Certificate to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 6.11. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. (g) No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. (h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Solomon Bros Mort Securities Vii Trust Cert Series 1999 1)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, or as an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a single REIT or a QRS, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Note Insurer, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Note Insurer, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Note Insurer, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or and the Depositor Servicer are provided with a certification in the form of Exhibit G to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of this Agreement, which the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation that such Person is not an employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(3) of ERISA or a plan within the meaning of section 4975(e)(1) of the Code which employee benefit plan or plan is subject to Title I of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code (each a "Plan") or a Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or a Person acquiring a Certificate or interest therein with assets of a Plan pursuant to 29 CFR Section 2510.3-101 (as modified by section 3(42) of ERISA) or otherwise. No such certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Exhibit G to this Agreement and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon such representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Origen Residential Securities, Inc.)

Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective xxxxxtment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

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