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

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

Appears in 27 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, LLC), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Pass Through Certificates Series 2002-5), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2002-7)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

Appears in 13 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-9)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-H), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-I), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-E)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003-H), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003 G), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Pass Thru Ser 2004-B)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations Denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such the Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such the Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such the Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

Appears in 8 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage 2006-3 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2006-7), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage 2007-3 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the its Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall will initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Subject to Section 5.05, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at any other office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose, the Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall 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. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates each Certificate may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with the same and authorized denominations of and a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates such Certificate to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and cause the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign Certificate Registrar to 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 or the Certificate RegistrarTrustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect . No service charge to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository Certificateholders shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary feesmade for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) but the Trustee may rely 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. All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished destroyed by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by Certificate Registrar. The Trustee will cause the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. Registrar (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises unless the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities acting as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates"Registrar) to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender provide notice to the Trustee of the related Class each transfer of Certificates by the Depository (or by a Certificate, and the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall Registrar will provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders updated copy of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act Register on January 1 and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights July 1 of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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 Transfereeyear. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2003-4f), Trust Agreement (Gs Mortgage Sec Corp Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003-3f), Trust Agreement (Gs Mortgage Securities Corp Loan Trust 2003-6f)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

Appears in 7 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-C), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-I), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-B)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such the Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such the Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such the Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2006-1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2006-3), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2006-5)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, agrees to act as initial Certificate Registrar under this Agreement. (b) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept kept, at an the office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located maintained pursuant to this Section 3.4(a), a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers Transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee No Transfer of a Certificate shall initially serve as be recognized except upon registration of such Transfer in the Certificate Register. Promptly upon the Board’s, or the Owner Trustee’s request therefor, (a) the Certificate Registrar for shall provide to the purpose Board and the Owner Trustee a true and complete copy of registering the Certificate Register, and (b) the Certificate Registrar shall provide to the Board and the Owner Trustee such information regarding the Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates the Certificateholders as herein providedis reasonably available to the Certificate Registrar. (bc) The Certificate Registrar shall provide the Trust Collateral Agent with a list of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders on the Closing Date, to the extent such information has been provided to the Certificate Registrar and in the form provided to the Certificate Registrar on such date. Upon any Transfers of Certificates, the Certificate Registrar shall notify the Trust Collateral Agent of the name and address of the transferee in writing, by facsimile, on the day of such Transfer. (d) Upon surrender for registration of Transfer of any Certificate at the office of the Certificate Registrar maintained in the city of St. Xxxx, Minnesota and confirmation of such surrender to the Owner Trustee by the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall execute, and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like class and aggregate face amount dated the date of authentication by the Certificate Registrar as authenticating agent. At the option of the Certificateholdersa Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same class in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such the office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchangeof the Certificate Registrar maintained in the city of St. Xxxx, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Minnesota. (e) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer registration of Transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by by: (i) a written instrument of transfer Transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Certificate Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Certificate Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP; (ii) an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer or exchange of such Certificate would not cause the Trust to be treated as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation; and (iii) such other documentation as the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed bymay reasonably require to comply with applicable law, including without limitation AML Law. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. (f) Any Person acquiring any interest in a Certificate will furnish to the Person from whom it is acquiring such interest, the Holder thereof Trust, Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, a properly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (and will furnish a new Form W-9, or its attorney duly authorized any successor applicable form, upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered form) and such other certifications, representations or Opinions of Counsel as may be requested by the Certificate Registrar. (g) Any Person transferring any interest in writinga Certificate will furnish to the Person to whom it is transferring such interest, the Trust and the Certificate Registrar, an affidavit described in Section 1446(f)(2) of the Code, in a form reasonably acceptable to the transferee and the Trust, stating, under penalty of perjury, such Person’s United States taxpayer identification number and that such Person is not a foreign person. (h) 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. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) belowThe Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities law. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1 hereof, the Book-Entry Certificates Certificate Registrar shall at all times remain registered in not register the name Transfer of any Certificate or unless such resale or Transfer is: (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Depository Securities Act; (ii) to the Seller; or its nominee (iii) unless it shall have received a representation letter or such other representations and at all times: an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Board or the Administrator to the effect that such resale or Transfer is made (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws laws, or (B) to a person who the transferor of the Certificate reasonably believes is made in accordance with a “qualified institutional buyer” (within the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event meaning of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Securities Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that is aware that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws resale or other Transfer is being made in reliance upon Rule 144A. Until the earlier of (i) such time as the Certificates shall be registered pursuant to a registration statement filed under the 1933 Securities Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate date three years from the Certificateholder desiring later of the date of the original authentication and delivery of the Certificates and the date any Certificate was acquired from the Seller or any affiliate of the Seller, the Certificates shall bear a legend substantially to the effect such transfer substantially set forth in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense preceding two sentences. None of the Trustee Seller, the Servicer, the Trust, the Board, the Administrator or the Depositor; provided that Owner Trustee is obligated to register the foregoing requirements Certificates under clauses the Securities Act or to take any other action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the Transfer of Certificates without registration. (ij) The provisions of this Section 3.4 and of this Agreement generally are intended to prevent the Trust from being characterized as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code, in reliance on Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(e) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositorh), the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and Certificateholders shall take such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy intent into account in requesting the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer Transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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 lawsCertificate. (ek) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall may be made sold, participated, transferred, assigned, exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed in whole or in part unless the transferee delivers Person that acquires the Certificate represents that: (1) it is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, either (a) a citizen or resident of the United States, (b) a corporation or partnership organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia which, if such entity is a tax-exempt entity, recognizes that payments with respect to the Trustee either Certificate may constitute unrelated business taxable income, (ic) a representation letter an estate the income of which is includible in the form gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicerits source, or (iid) either (x) a trust for which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and for which one or more persons described in this paragraph are able to control all substantial decisions or (y) a trust for which a valid election has been made to be treated as a United States person; (2) it has not acquired and it will not transfer any interest in the case Certificate, or cause an interest in the Certificate to be marketed, on or through an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code and any Treasury regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, an over the counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations; (3) (a) it is not and will not become (and, if it is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(a) (a “DRE”), its owner is not and will not become), for so long as it holds an interest in the Certificate, a partnership, Subchapter S corporation or grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Flow-Thru Entity”); or (b) if it (or, if it is a DRE, its owner) is, or becomes, a Flow-Thru Entity, for so long as it (or, if it is a DRE, its owner) is a Flow-Thru Entity and it holds an interest in the Certificate, not more than 50% of the value of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration interests in it (or, if it is a DRE, its owner) will be attributable to interests in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law Trust held by it; ("Similar Law"4) which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, it understands that a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any subsequent Transfer of the foregoing, Certificate will be null and void ab initio if such Transfer would cause the number of Targeted Holders to exceed ninety-five; and (5) it understands that the Opinion of Counsel that the Trust is not a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation is dependent in part on the accuracy of the representations in this Section 3.4(k). (l) Unless (1) the Certificate Registrar has received an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP or another nationally recognized tax counsel selected by a Certificateholder that the purchase restriction on the proposed acquisition of a Certificate (or holding any interest therein) described by this subsection is no longer necessary to conclude that any such acquisition (and subsequent resale of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan the applicable Notes described below) will not result in cause the assets Treasury Regulations under Section 385 of the Code to apply to such Notes in a manner that could cause a material adverse effect on the Trust Estate being deemed or the Trust to be "plan assets" and subject to treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (2) the prohibited transaction provisions Treasury Regulations under Section 385 of ERISA, the Code are repealed and not replaced with proposed, temporary or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate final Treasury Regulations that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished evidenced by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-nationally recognized tax counsel counsel) could affect the classification of the Notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot acquire a Certificate (or any interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes such Section 385 Certificateholder owns any Notes or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group owns any Notes and (ii) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot hold a Certificate (or any interest therein) if (A) a member of any “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes such Section 385 Certificateholder acquires any Notes from the Trust, any Affiliate of the Trust or any other subsequent transferor of a Note or (B) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group acquires any Notes from the Trust, any Affiliate of the Trust or any other subsequent transferor of a Note. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the Noteholder or potential Noteholder is a U.S. corporate member of the same U.S. corporate “affiliated group” (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income tax return that includes each of any applicable related Section 385 Certificateholders (including in the case of a partnership, the relevant “expanded group partner” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12))). If a Certificateholder (or holder of an interest in a Certificate) fails to the effect that such transfer is in accordance comply with the requirements of foregoing requirements, the Code Trust and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that Board of Trustees are authorized, at their discretion, to compel such transfer Certificateholder (or holder of an interest in a Residual Certificate) to sell its Certificate will (or interest therein) to a Person whose ownership complies with this subsection so long as such sale does not otherwise cause a material adverse effect on the Trust or cause the Trust to be disregarded treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Credit Acceptance Corp), Trust Agreement (Credit Acceptance Corp), Trust Agreement (Credit Acceptance Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or Depository, (C) after the occurrence of an Event of DefaultDefault or (D) in the event the Depository is unable to make the pro rata distributions required by Section 5.09(e), Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2001-10), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2001-11), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mortgage Securities Inc 2001-12)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-8 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-7 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-9 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository Depository, or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A), (B) or (C), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Alternative Loan Trust 2003 11), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Alternativer Loan Trust 2003-10), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Alternative Loan Trust 2004 2)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mortgage Sec Inc Mor Ps THR Cer Ser 2001-A), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2000-3), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2001-5)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-10), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-1 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-11Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or Depository, (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Ownersor (D) upon the occurrence of the events specified in Section 5.09(f), the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A), (B) or (C) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (D), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003 10), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America MTG Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003-9), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Ps THR Certs Ser 2004-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located maintain a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose, the Trustee shall initially serve as execute and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like aggregate initial Certificate Registrar Principal Balance. Every Certificate surrendered for transfer shall be accompanied by notification of the account of the designated transferee or transferees for the purpose of registering Certificates receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.01 by wire transfer, if any such transferee desires and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) is eligible for distribution by wire transfer. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interestinitial Certificate Principal Balance, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such the office or agencyof the Certificate Registrar. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, exchange the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticateexecute, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee and or the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates . No service charge shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect made to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers Certificateholders for any transfer or exchange of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) but the Trustee may rely 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. All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants canceled and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 retained by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirementsTrustee's standard procedures. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Ab Mortgage Securities Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Impac Secured Assets Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Option One Mortgage Acceptance Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-C), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-A), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-B)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass-THR Cert Ser 2002-L), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Sec Inc MRT Pas THR Cert Ser 2003-A), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2003-B)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee At all times during the term of this Agreement, there shall cause to be kept maintained at an the office or agency in of a registrar (the city in which "Certificate Registrar") a register (the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a "Certificate Register Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it the Certificate Registrar may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall is initially serve appointed (and hereby agrees to act in accordance with the terms hereof) as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. For so long as the Trustee acts as Certificate Registrar, its Corporate Trust Office shall constitute the offices of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor, any other bank or trust company in New York to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as the predecessor Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Certificate Registrar shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor trustee shall immediately succeed to its predecessor's duties as Certificate Registrar. The Depositor and the Trustee shall have 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 as to the information set forth in the Certificate Register. Every Certificateholder agrees with the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee that neither the Certificate Registrar, nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived. (b) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose, the Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like aggregate Percentage Interest. (c) At the option of the Certificateholdersany Holder, its Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any the offices of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such office or agencypurpose. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. . (d) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate RegistrarTrustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ie) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository No service charge shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary feesmade for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) but the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation require payment of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of sum sufficient to cover any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (tax or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which governmental charge that may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and imposed in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such connection with any transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion exchange of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirementsCertificates. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be deemed destroyed 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 Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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 Registrar without liability on its status as a Permitted Transfereepart. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Ii Trust 2005-F1), Pooling Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust 2005-F3), Pooling Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust 2005-F2)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.09(f), the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-2 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-7), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-8)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office one of the Trustee is located offices or agencies to be appointed by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.12 a Certificate Register for the Certificates and the Uncertificated Interest in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and the Uncertificated Interest and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates and the Uncertificated Interest as herein provided. The Trustee shall Securities Administrator will initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed byTrustee, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) belowSeller, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor Depositor, any other bank or trust company to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as the predecessor Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel predecessor Certificate Registrar shall not be an expense relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Securities Administrator shall at any time not be the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator 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 Trustee or Certificate Registrar as to the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. Certificate Register. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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 Register in accordance with such federal and state laws. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense respect of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, Uncertificated Interest shall contain a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any statement that transfers of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory Uncertificated Interest to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a Disqualified Organization are prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken as provided in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling Agreement (Jpmac 2006-Cw1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Jpmac 2006-Fre2), Pooling Agreement (Jpmac 2006-Cw1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar Registrar, and be duly executed by, by the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the extent permitted under applicable law procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement the terms of this Agreement shall control. (includingc) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Seller advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Seller is unable to locate a qualified successor, but (ii) the Seller, at its sole option elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Certificate Owners of each Class of Offered Certificates representing Percentage Interests aggregating not limited toless than 51% advises the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, ERISA)fully registered certificates (the “Definitive Certificates”) issued to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of each Class of Offered Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall at the Seller’s expense, execute, authenticate and deliver the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Seller nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent, the Depositor and the Seller shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) Except with respect to the initial transfer of the Class BIO Certificates and the Class P Certificates to the NIMs Trust, and of the Residual Certificates to the Seller, respectively, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Class BIO Certificates, Class P Certificates or any Residual Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws. In the event of any such transfer, other than the transfer of the Tax Matters Person Residual Interest to the Trustee in reliance upon Rule 144A under no the 1933 Act, the Trustee, the Depositor and the Seller shall require either (i) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, Depositor and the Seller that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor from the 1933 Act, or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Seller or (ii) the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit M) and the transferee to execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit N-1 or N-2) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller, Depositor and the Trustee certifying to the Seller, Depositor and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Seller. The Holder of a Class P Certificate, Class BIO Certificate or a Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor and the 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 an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee (such requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee’s receipt of a representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit N-1 or Exhibit N-2, as appropriate), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting for, on behalf or with the assets of, any such plan or arrangement (“Benefit Plan Investor”), which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust or (ii) if the Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificate 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 Certificate are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in prohibited transactions under Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any Person for obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, the representations required by clauses (i) or (ii) above with respect to any registration of transfer of any ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted a Book-Entry Certificate shall be deemed to have been made by this Section 6.02 or for making the Certificate Owner by virtue of such acquisition; and any payments due on such purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Benefit Plan Investor pursuant to clause (iii) above without the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect delivery to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the Trustee in accordance with of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the foregoing requirements. (f) Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect. 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 provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Seller or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: (A) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto G from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding transferee to the delivery of an affidavit by effect that such transferee is a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer Permitted Transferee and that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected.; and (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) a covenant of the proposed transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such the proposed transferee agrees to be bound by and to abide by the transfer is in accordance with restrictions applicable to the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposesCertificates. (viiv) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Seller to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Seller or its Affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section 6.02 or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee, and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02, then the Trustee, based on information provided to the Trustee by the Seller will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6.02(d) shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section 6.02 will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC. Each Tax Matters Person Residual Interest shall at all times be registered in accordance the name of the Tax Matters Person. (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with this Section 6any transfer or exchange of Certificates. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Renaissance Mort Accept Corp Home Equity Ln as Bk Ce Se 03-3), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Renaissance Mort Accept Corp Home Equity Ln as Bk Ce Se 03-3), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-4)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee At all times during the term of this Agreement, there shall cause to be kept maintained at an the office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located Certificate Registrar a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it the Certificate Registrar may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall Certificate Administrator is hereby initially serve appointed (and hereby agrees to act in accordance with the terms hereof) 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 Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and (if the Certificate Administrator is not the Certificate Registrar) the Certificate Administrator, 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 relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Certificate Administrator resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor certificate administrator shall immediately succeed to its duties as Certificate Registrar. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (if it is not the Certificate Registrar), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have 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 as to the information set forth in the Certificate Register. If three or more Holders make written request to the Certificate Registrar, and such request states that such Holders desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and is accompanied by a copy of the communication which such Holders propose to transmit, then the Certificate Registrar shall, within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such request, afford (or cause any other Certificate Registrar to afford) the requesting Holders access during normal business hours to the most recent list of Certificateholders held by the Certificate Registrar. (b) At No Transfer of any Non-Registered Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless that Transfer is exempt from the option registration and/or qualification requirements of the CertificateholdersSecurities Act and any applicable securities or blue sky laws of any state or other jurisdiction within the United States, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor its territories and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed bypossessions, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be is otherwise made in accordance with the procedures established Securities Act and such other securities or blue sky laws. If offers and sales of any Certificate are made in any jurisdiction outside of the United States, its territories and possessions, the Person making such offers and sales must comply with all applicable laws of such jurisdiction. If a Transfer of any Definitive Non-Registered Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Non-Registered Certificates or a Transfer of such Certificate by the Depository Participant Depositor, any Underwriter or brokerage firm representing such any of their respective Affiliates or, in the case of a Global Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer for any Class of Book-Entry Certificates of Non-Registered Certificates, a Transfer thereof to a successor Depository or to the applicable Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent Owner(s) in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as DepositorySection 5.03), and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of then the Certificate OwnersRegistrar shall refuse to register such Transfer unless it receives (and, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Ownersupon receipt, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely onupon) either: (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such Transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1A and a certificate from such Certificateholder’s prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit C-1B or as Exhibit C-2B (except that, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory case of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No any proposed transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless Class R Certificate, such transfer is exempt from prospective Transferee may provide a certificate substantially in the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2B only); or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (iii) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written an Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and Certificate Administrator to the Depositor effect that such prospective Transferee is an Institutional Accredited Investor or a Qualified Institutional Buyer (except that, in the case of any proposed transfer of a Class R Certificate, such Opinion of Counsel must be to the effect that such prospective Transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer) and such Transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing without registration under the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Securities Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Tax Administrator, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such), together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such Transfer from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such Transfer and/or such Certificateholder’s prospective Transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is based. If a Transfer of any interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate for any Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates or a Transfer of any interest therein by the Depositor, any Underwriter or any of their respective Affiliates), then the Certificate Owner desiring to effect such Transfer shall be required to obtain either (i) a certificate from such Certificate Owner’s prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2B, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the prospective Transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, and that such Transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act. Except as provided in the following two paragraphs, no interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate for any Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates shall be transferred to any Person who takes delivery other than in the form of an interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate. If any Transferee of an interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate for any Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates does not, in connection with the subject Transfer, deliver to the Transferor the Opinion of Counsel or the certification described in the preceding sentence, then such Transferee shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that all the certifications set forth in Exhibit C-2B hereto are, with respect to the subject Transfer, true and correct. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate for a Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates may be transferred (without delivery of any certificate or Opinion of Counsel described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph) by the Depositor, any Affiliate of the Depositor or any Person designated in writing by the Depositor to any Person who takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate for such Class of Certificates upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar of (x) a certificate to the effect that the Certificate Owner desiring to effect such Transfer is the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor and (y) such written orders and instructions as are required under the applicable procedures of the Depository, Clearstream and Euroclear to direct the Certificate Administrator to debit the account of a Depository Participant by a denomination of interests in such Rule 144A Global Certificate, and credit the account of a Depository Participant by a denomination of interests in such Regulation S Global Certificate, that is equal to the denomination of beneficial interests in the Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates to be transferred. Upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar of such certification and such orders and instructions, the Certificate Administrator, subject to and in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository, shall reduce the denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate in respect of the applicable Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates and increase the denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate for such Class, by the denomination of the beneficial interest in such Class specified in such orders and instructions. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate with respect to any Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates may be transferred by any Certificate Owner holding such interest to any Institutional Accredited Investor (other than a Qualified Institutional Buyer) that takes delivery in the form of a Definitive Certificate of the same Class as such Rule 144A Global Certificate upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator of (i) such certifications and/or opinions as are contemplated by the second paragraph of this Section 5.02(b) and (ii) such written orders and instructions as are required under the Trustee applicable procedures of the Depository to direct the Certificate Administrator to debit the account of a Depository Participant by the denomination of the transferred interests in such Rule 144A Global Certificate. Upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar of the certifications and/or opinions contemplated by the second paragraph of this Section 5.02(b), the Certificate Administrator, subject to and in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository, shall require reduce the denomination of the subject Rule 144A Global Certificate by the denomination of the transferred interests in such Rule 144A Global Certificate, and shall cause a Definitive Certificate of the same Class as such Rule 144A Global Certificate, and in a denomination equal to the reduction in the denomination of such Rule 144A Global Certificate, to be executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with this Agreement to the applicable Transferee. Correspondingly, any interest in a Non-Registered Certificate (other than a Class V or Class R Certificate) held as a Definitive Certificate may be transferred by any Certificateholder holding such interest to any Qualified Institutional Buyer that takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer Transfer substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit C-2A and a certificate from such Certificateholder’s prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 C-2B and (ii) such written orders and instructions as are required under the applicable procedures of the Depository to direct the Certificate Administrator to credit the account of a Depository Participant by the denomination of the transferred interests in such Rule 144A Global Certificate. Upon surrender of the Definitive Certificate, the Certificate Administrator, subject to and in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository, shall increase the denomination of the subject Rule 144A Global Certificate by the denomination of the surrendered Definitive Certificate. Except as provided in the next paragraph, no beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate for any Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates shall be transferred to any Person who takes delivery other than in the form of a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate. On and prior to the Release Date, each Certificate Owner desiring to effect any Transfer of an interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate for any Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates to another Person who takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate shall be required to obtain from such Certificate Owner’s prospective Transferee a written certification substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C-3B hereto certifying that such Transferee is not a United States Securities Person. On or prior to the Release Date, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Certificate for each Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream. The Regulation S Global Certificate for each Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates shall be deposited with the Certificate Administrator as custodian for the Depository and registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of the Depository. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, after the Release Date, any interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate for a Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates may be transferred by a Certificate Owner to any Person who takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate for such Class of Certificates upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator of (x) a certificate from the Certificate Owner desiring to effect such Transfer substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit C-2A and a certificate from such Certificateholder's Certificate Owner’s prospective transferee Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or C-2B and (y) such written orders and instructions as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense are required under the applicable procedures of the Trustee or Depository, Clearstream and Euroclear to direct the Depositor; provided that Certificate Administrator to debit the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer account of a Private Depository Participant by a denomination of interests in such Regulation S Global Certificate, and credit the account of a Depository Participant by a denomination of interests in such Rule 144A Global Certificate, that is equal to the denomination of beneficial interests in such Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates to be transferred. Upon delivery to the Certificate between or among Registrar and the Certificate Administrator of such certification and orders and instructions, the Certificate Administrator, subject to and in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository, shall reduce the denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate in respect of such Class of Book-Entry Non-Registered Certificates, and increase the denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate for such Class, by the denomination of the beneficial interest in such Class specified in such orders and instructions. None of the Depositor, the SellerUnderwriters, their affiliates the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Tax Administrator or both. The Depositor shall provide the Certificate Registrar is obligated to register or qualify any Holder Class of a Private Certificate and Non-Registered Certificates under the Securities Act or any prospective transferees designated by other securities law or to take any such Holder, information regarding action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer Transfer of any such certificate Non-Registered Certificate or interest therein without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private or qualification. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect such transfer a Transfer of any Non-Registered Certificate or interest therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee Depositor, the Underwriters, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Tax Administrator and the Depositor Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer such Transfer is not so exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state or foreign securities laws or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirementsforeign laws. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (SG Commercial Mortgage Securities, LLC), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (SG Commercial Mortgage Securities, LLC), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (RBS Commercial Funding Inc.)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee At all times during the term of this Agreement, there shall cause to be kept maintained at an the office or agency in of a registrar (the city in which "Certificate Registrar") a register (the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a "Certificate Register Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it the Certificate Registrar may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall is initially serve appointed (and hereby agrees to act in accordance with the terms hereof) as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. For so long as the Trustee acts as Certificate Registrar, its Corporate Trust Office shall constitute the offices of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Depositor, any other bank or trust company in New York to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as the predecessor Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Certificate Registrar shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor trustee shall immediately succeed to its predecessor's duties as Certificate Registrar. The Depositor and the Trustee shall have 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 as to the information set forth in the Certificate Register. Every Certificateholder agrees with the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee that neither the Certificate Registrar, nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived. (b) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose, the Trustee shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of a like aggregate Percentage Interest. (c) At the option of the Certificateholdersany Holder, its Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any the offices of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such office or agencypurpose. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder Certifi cateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. . (d) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate RegistrarTrustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ie) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository No service charge shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary feesmade for any transfer or exchange of Certificates, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) but the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation require payment of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of sum sufficient to cover any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (tax or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which governmental charge that may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and imposed in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such connection with any transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion exchange of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirementsCertificates. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be deemed destroyed 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 Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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 Registrar without liability on its status as a Permitted Transfereepart. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc), Pooling Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc), Pooling Agreement (Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Securities Administrator is hereby appointed, and the Securities Administrator hereby accepts its appointment as, initial Certificate Registrar on behalf of the Trustee, for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall execute, and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute on behalf of the Trust, and the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) or (d) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry such Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee Paying Agent and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To ; and (vii) the extent permitted direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be this Agreement under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under any of the provisions of this Agreement so long Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and their respective agents, employees, officers and directors as the transfer was registered absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. All transfers by the Trustee Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed procedures established by the acceptance Depository Participant or acquisition brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights Certificate Owners that it represents or of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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 brokerage firms for which it acts as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is agent in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual CertificateDepository’s normal procedures. The Trustee shall parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute one or more Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be under no liability necessary or desirable to any Person for any registration of transfer of register a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Book-Entry Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking Depository. In the event of any other action with respect to conflict between the terms of any such Holder under Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the provisions terms of the this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6shall control.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Harborview 2006-6), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Harborview 2006-2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Dsla Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-Ar1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the either Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2000 1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2000 1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.10(f), the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-5 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-4 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerMaster Servicers, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the ServicerMaster Servicers, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer Master Servicers to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the ServicerMaster Servicers. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-D)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i1) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (iii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iiiii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the either Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the any Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the each Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the any Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the any Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the each Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the each Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) 4224 or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Secs Inc Mort Pas Thru Cert Ser 1999-8), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 1999-10)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, successor or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.09(f), the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-3 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-6 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2005-12), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-11)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Pass Through Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency to be maintained by it in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12 a register (the Trustee is located a Certificate Register "Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Pass Through Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Pass Through Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar be the registrar (the "Registrar") for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency, the Pass Through Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest. At the option of the Certificateholdersa Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Fractional Undivided Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Pass Through Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticateexecute, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which that the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Pass Through Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, by the Holder Certificateholder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates . No service charge shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person Certificateholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Pass Through Trustee shall require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any ERISA Restricted Certificate tax or governmental charge that is may be imposed in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer or exchange of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded Certificates. All Certificates surrendered for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted and exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights the Pass Through Trustee. The Pass Through Trustee shall provide the Company with written certification as Holder thereof retroactive to the date destruction of registration of transfer of all 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6Certificates.

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Samples: Pass Through Trust Agreement (Union Tank Car Co), Pass Through Trust Agreement (Union Tank Car Co)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar Registrar, and be duly executed by, by the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the extent permitted under applicable law procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement the terms of this Agreement shall control. (includingc) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Seller advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Seller is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, but the Certificate Owners of each Class of Offered Certificates representing Percentage Interests aggregating not limited toless than 51% advises the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, ERISA)fully registered certificates (the “Definitive Certificates”) issued to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of each Class of Offered Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall at the Seller’s expense, execute, authenticate and deliver the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Seller nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent, the Depositor and the Seller shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) Except with respect to the initial transfer of the Class BIO Certificates and the Class P Certificates to the NIMs Trust, and of the Residual Certificates to the Seller, respectively, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Class BIO Certificates, Class P Certificates or any Residual Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws. In the event of any such transfer, other than the transfer of the Tax Matters Person Residual Interest to the Trustee in reliance upon Rule 144A under no the 1933 Act, the Trustee, the Depositor and the Seller shall require either (i) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, Depositor and the Seller that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor from the 1933 Act, or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Seller or (ii) the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit M) and the transferee to execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit N-1 or N-2) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller, Depositor and the Trustee certifying to the Seller, Depositor and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Seller. The Holder of a Class P Certificate, Class BIO Certificate or a Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor and the 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 an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee (such requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee’s receipt of a representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit N-1 or Exhibit N-2, as appropriate), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting for, on behalf or with the assets of, any such plan or arrangement (“Benefit Plan Investor”), which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust or (ii) if the Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificate 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 Certificate are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in prohibited transactions under Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any Person for obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, the representations required by clauses (i) or (ii) above with respect to any registration of transfer of any ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted a Book-Entry Certificate shall be deemed to have been made by this Section 6.02 or for making the Certificate Owner by virtue of such acquisition; and any payments due on such purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Benefit Plan Investor pursuant to clause (iii) above without the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect delivery to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the Trustee in accordance with of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the foregoing requirements. (f) Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect. 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 provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Seller or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: (A) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto G from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding transferee to the delivery of an affidavit by effect that such transferee is a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer Permitted Transferee and that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected.; and (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) a covenant of the proposed transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such the proposed transferee agrees to be bound by and to abide by the transfer is in accordance with restrictions applicable to the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposesCertificates. (viiv) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Seller to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Seller or its Affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section 6.02 or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee, and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02, then the Trustee, based on information provided to the Trustee by the Seller will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6.02(d) shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section 6.02 will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC. Each Tax Matters Person Residual Interest shall at all times be registered in accordance the name of the Tax Matters Person. (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with this Section 6any transfer or exchange of Certificates. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Renaissance Mort Acc Corp Renaissance Home Eq Ln Tr 2004 1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Delta Financial Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository Depository, or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A), (B) or (C), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2003-5), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Series 2003 7)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository Depositor shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. To All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the extent permitted under applicable law procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (includingc) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Depository advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Depository is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) after the occurrence of a Servicing Default, but the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates representing not limited toless than 51% of the Voting Rights advise the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, ERISA)fully registered certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Depositor’s expense, in the case of (ii) above, or the Seller’s expense, in the case of (i) and (iii) above, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person liable for any registration delay in delivery of transfer such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Class I Certificate, Class O Certificate, Class X Certificate that or Residual Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws 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 by the Trustee is made in accordance with the foregoing requirements. 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, except with respect to the initial transfers of any Class I Certificate, Class O Certificate, Class X Certificate or Residual Certificates by the Depositor to NCFC, unless (fi) such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and an investment letter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, is delivered by the Transferee to the Trustee) or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor is delivered to them stating that such transfer may be made pursuant to (x) the 1933 Act, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, and (y) the Investment Company Act of 1940, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor. The Holder of a Class I Certificate, Class O Certificate, Class X Certificate or Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and 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. No transfer of a Class I Certificate, Class O Certificate, Class P Certificate, Class X Certificate or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan or to any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or acquiring such Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or otherwise (“Plan Assets”). Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such classes of Certificates shall be deemed, by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not a Plan and is not acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. Prior to the expiration of the Pre-Funding Period, no transfer of Class A Certificates, Class B Certificates or Mezzanine Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets. Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such class of Certificates prior to the expiration of such Pre-Funding Period shall be deemed, by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. 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 provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Depositor or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: (A) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit H hereto from the proposed transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and 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 who is not a Permitted Transferee; and (B) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transfereetransferor to the effect that no purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of any tax. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02Section, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02Section, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the this Agreement so long as the transfer Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was registered in accordance fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Depositor to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Depositor or its affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee upon receipt of reasonable compensation will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The foregoing provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC. (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but 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. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NovaStar Certificates Financing LLC), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NovaStar Certificates Financing CORP)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office designated in the definition of “Corporate Trust Office” maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agencydesignated office. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Issuing Entity and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. To All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the extent permitted under applicable law procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (includingc) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, but or (ii) after the occurrence of a Servicing Default, the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates representing not limited toless than 51% of the Voting Rights advise the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, ERISA)fully registered certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Sponsor’s expense, execute on behalf of the Issuing Entity and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person liable for any registration delay in delivery of transfer such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate, Class N Certificate, Class DSI Certificate, Class CA Certificate, Class CB Certificate that or Residual Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws 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 by the Trustee is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, except with respect to transfers of any Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate, Class N Certificate, Class DSI Certificate, Class CA Certificate, Class CB Certificate or Residual Certificates by or to the Depositor by or to NCFLLC by or to NCFC, or by or to NCFC by or to NCFLLC by or to Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc., Wachovia Investment Holdings, LLC, or Newport Funding Corp., unless (i) such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and an investment letter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, is delivered by the Transferee to the Trustee) or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor is delivered to them stating that such transfer may be made pursuant to (x) the 1933 Act, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, and (y) the Investment Company Act of 1940, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor. The Holder of a Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate, Class N Certificate, Class DSI Certificate, Class CA Certificate, Class CB Certificate or Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall indemnify and hold harmless 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. The Class I Certificates shall be registered in the name of the Supplemental Interest Trust and shall not be transferable. No transfer of a Class M-6 Certificate, Class M-7 Certificate, Class M-8 Certificate, Class M-9 Certificate, Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate, Class N Certificate, Class DSI Certificate, Class CA Certificate, Class CB Certificate or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan or to any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or acquiring such Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or otherwise (“Plan Assets”). Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such Classes of Certificates shall be deemed, by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not a Plan and is not acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. The foregoing requirements. restrictions shall not apply to the transfer of any Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-8 or Class M-9 Certificate that has been sold pursuant to a Qualified Underwriting, provided such transfer satisfies the other conditions under an Underwriter Exemption. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to the transfer of any Class M-10 Certificate or Class M-11 Certificate that has been sold pursuant to a Qualified Underwriting, provided such transfer is to an “insurance company general account” (fwithin the meaning of PTCE 95-60) and the conditions set forth in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied. Reallocations are not, in and of themselves, “transfers, sales, pledges or other dispositions” of the related Classes requiring any action pursuant to this Section 5.02. The Depositor agrees to provide, upon request of any holder of a private Certificate or of any prospective purchaser of a private Certificate designated by such holder, at or prior to the time of sale, reasonably current information concerning the Issuing Entity and the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically detailed pursuant to Rule 144A(d) under the 1933 Act. 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 provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Depositor or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro pro-rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: (A) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit H hereto from the proposed transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and 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 who is not a Permitted Transferee; and (B) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transfereetransferor to the effect that no purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of any tax. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02Section, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02Section, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the this Agreement so long as the transfer Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was registered in accordance fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Depositor to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Depositor or its affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee and the Depositor and neither of them shall be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee upon receipt of reasonable compensation will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The foregoing provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC. (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but 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. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2007-1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2007-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2003-D), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2003-3)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Private Certificate or Class A-R Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. ; and (iivii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and their respective agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate OwnerOwners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (iiic) If (A) (1i)(x) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2y) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (Bii) the Depositor Depositor, at its option advises sole option, with the Trustee in writing that it consent of the Trustee, elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (Ciii) after the occurrence of an a Servicer Event of DefaultTermination, the Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the each Book-Entry Certificates together advise Certificate representing Percentage Interests of such Classes aggregating not less than 51% advises the Trustee and the Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, fully registered certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Certificate Registrar of the related Class of Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue shall, at the Depositor's expense, in the case of (ii) above, or the Seller's expense, in the case of (i) and (iii) above, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, Neither the Depositor or nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a any Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act Act, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on upon Rule 144A (as evidenced by the investment letter delivered to the Trustee, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or and the Depositor may shall require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such lawsAct, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and or (ii) the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer (in substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 J) and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective the transferee to execute an investment letter (in substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2BI) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Trustee certifying to the Depositor and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which certificates investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee Trustee, 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. (e) . No transfer of an ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Physical Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor (such requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a representation letter shall from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto), to the effect that such transferee is not be an expense employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the DepositorCode, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the Trustee assets of any such plan or the Servicer, arrangement to effect such transfer or (ii) if the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser 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 Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Physical Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, a "Plan"or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee or custodian of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of the foregoingany such plan or arrangement or using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the Servicer Trustee or the Trust, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase or and holding of such ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan that is also a Physical Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, ERISA and the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer Trustee to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Agreement or the Servicerto any liability. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Physical Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither In the Trustee nor the case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of that is also a Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities Certificate, for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii) of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Ownersfirst sentence of the preceding paragraph, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and such representations shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books transferee's acceptance of such indirect participating firms as direct ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Book-Entry Certificate (or indirect the acceptance by a Certificate OwnersOwner of the beneficial interest in such Certificate). To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be under no have any liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 5.02(d) 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 by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing requirements. In addition, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be required to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with the transfer restrictions with respect to any ERISA-Restricted Certificates in the form of Book-Entry Certificates, and neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates or any interests therein made in violation of the restrictions on transfer described in the Prospectus Supplement and this Agreement. (fe) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual the Class A-R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Depositor or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual the Class A-R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual the Class A-R 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual the Class A-R Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest.may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of the Class A-R Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered under subsection (b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with an affidavit ("Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Class A-R Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit each of the following: A. a Transferor Certificate in the form of Exhibit I K hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding transferee to the delivery of effect that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and that it is not acquiring an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer Ownership Interest in the Class A-R Certificate that is the subject of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.; and

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Greenwich Capital Acceptance Inc MRT Ln Ps Th CRT Sr 01 Frb1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Greenwich Capital Acceptance Inc MRT Ln Ps Th CRT Sr 01 Frb1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose (binitially designated the office of the Trustee’s agent located at DTC, Transfer Agent Services, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Entrance, New York, New York 10041) pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, and, in the case of a Class A-IO Certificate or a Class R Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) . All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate OwnerOwners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's ’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (iiic) If (A) (1i)(x) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2y) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (Bii) the Depositor Depositor, at its option advises sole option, with the Trustee in writing that it consent of the Trustee, elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository Depository, or (Ciii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Certificate Owners of each Class of Class A and Class A-IO Certificates representing at least Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants Financial Intermediaries and the DTC participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, fully registered certificates (the “Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, then upon surrender to the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through Registrar of the Class A and Class A-IO Certificates by the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue at the Depositor’s expense, in the case of (i) and (ii) above, or the Seller’s expense, in the case of (iii) above, the Trustee shall execute and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, Neither the Depositor or nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No Except with respect to the initial transfer of a Private the Class A-IO Certificates and the Class R Certificates by the Depositor, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Class A-IO Certificates or any Class R Certificate shall be made unless such transfer disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act Act”), and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, other than the transfer of the Tax Matters Person Residual Interest to the Trustee or (i1) unless such transfer is made in reliance on upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act or (2) to an “accredited investor” as defined under Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of the 1933 Act, the Trustee or and the Depositor may shall require either (i) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such lawsAct, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor and or (ii) the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer (in substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 K) and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective the transferee to execute an investment letter (in substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2BJ) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller and the Trustee certifying to the Seller and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which certificates investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Class A-IO Certificates or a Class R Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) . No transfer of an ERISA Restricted a Class R Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the ServicerDepositor, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted a Class R Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or and Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, a "Plan"or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoingsuch plan, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Depositor to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, ERISA and the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, Trustee or the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion opinion of Counsel counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the ServicerDepositor. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, in the event any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted any Class R Certificate is made without delivery of the representation letter referred to above, such representation shall be deemed to have been made by the Transferee by its acceptance of such Certificate. In addition, any purported transfer of a Class R Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Depositor or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Class R 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership ownership Interest in a Residual Class R Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Class R Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to such consent, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: A. an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I G hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding transferee to the delivery of an affidavit by effect that such transferee is a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer Permitted Transferee and that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer ; and B. a covenant of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such the proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such the proposed transferee agrees to be bound by and to abide by the transfer is in accordance with restrictions applicable to the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposesClass R Certificates. (viiv) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Class R Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Class R Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Class R Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Class R Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a Residual Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Class R Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was not registered upon the express written consent of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Class R Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Class R Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Class R Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Class R Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Depositor to arrange for the sale of such Class R Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Depositor or its affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Class R Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Class R Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section 6.02 or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee, and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02, then the Trustee, based on information provided to the Trustee by the Depositor will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Section 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6.02 (d) shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section 6.02 will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Class A or Class A-IO Certificates without taking into account the Certificate Insurance Policy, and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause the REMIC Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC. The Tax Matters Person Residual Interest shall at all times be registered in accordance the name of the Trustee. (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with this Section 6any transfer or exchange of Certificates. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Structured Asset Securities Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Lehman Abs Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. To All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the extent permitted under applicable law procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (includingc) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Company advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Company is unable to locate a qualified successor, but or (ii) after the occurrence of a Servicing Default, the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates representing not limited toless than 51% of the Voting Rights advise the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, ERISA)fully registered certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Seller’s expense, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person liable for any registration delay in delivery of transfer such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent and the Company shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate that or Residual Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws 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 by the Trustee is made in accordance with the foregoing requirements. 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, except with respect to the initial transfers of any Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificates by the Company to NCFC, unless (fi) such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and an investment letter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, is delivered by the Transferee to the Trustee) or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company is delivered to them stating that such transfer may be made pursuant to (x) the 1933 Act, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, and (y) the Investment Company Act of 1940, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Company. The Holder of a Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and the Trustee and the 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. No transfer of a Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan or to any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or acquiring such Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or otherwise (“Plan Assets”). Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such classes of Certificates shall be deemed, by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not a Plan and is not acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. Prior to the expiration of the Pre-Funding Period, no transfer of Class A Certificates, Class B Certificates or Mezzanine Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets. Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such class of Certificates prior to the expiration of such Pre-Funding Period shall be deemed, by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. 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 provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Company or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro pro-rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: (A) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit H hereto from the proposed transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and 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 who is not a Permitted Transferee; and (B) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transfereetransferor to the effect that no purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of any tax. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02Section, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02Section, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the this Agreement so long as the transfer Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was registered in accordance fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Company to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Company or its affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee upon receipt of reasonable compensation will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The foregoing provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC. (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but 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. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2005-1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2004-4)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which that 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.-133-

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-7 Trust), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-7 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A), (B) or (C), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Ps THR Certs Ser 2003-4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Alternative Loan Trust Mort Pass Through Cert Series 2003-4)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-D), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-E)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located maintain a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall is hereby initially serve appointed Certificate Registrar. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, the Trustee notifies the Servicer that it is unable to act as Certificate Registrar, the Servicer shall appoint another bank or trust company, having an office or agency located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Trustee, to act as successor Certificate Registrar for under the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein providedAgreement. (b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 16.07, 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, in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Trustee. At the option of the Certificateholdersa Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations and of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. . (c) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, by the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) . Each Certificate surrendered for registration of the Certificates may not transfer and exchange shall be transferred cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunderTrustee. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate service charge shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer or exchange of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer or exchange of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transfereeCertificates. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Standard Terms and Conditions Agreement (Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp), Standard Terms and Conditions Agreement (Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, Owners through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the SellerSponsor, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-6 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository Depositor shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. To All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the extent permitted under applicable law procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (includingc) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Depository advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Depository is unable to locate a qualified successor, but or (ii) after the occurrence of a Servicing Default, the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates representing not limited toless than 51% of the Voting Rights advise the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive, ERISA)fully registered certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Seller’s expense, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person liable for any registration delay in delivery of transfer such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, any Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate that or Residual Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws 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 by the Trustee is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, except with respect to the initial transfers of any Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificates by the Depositor to NCFLLC, NCFC, or by NCFC or NCFLLC to [Insert Repo entities, if any], unless (i) such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and an investment letter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, is delivered by the Transferee to the Trustee) or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor is delivered to them stating that such transfer may be made pursuant to (x) the 1933 Act, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, and (y) the Investment Company Act of 1940, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor. The Holder of a Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and 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. No transfer of a Class M-9 Certificate, Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificate, Class M-10 DSI Certificate, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan or to any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or acquiring such Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or otherwise (“Plan Assets”). Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such classes of Certificates shall be deemed, by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not a Plan and is not acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. The foregoing requirements. (f) restrictions shall not apply to any Class M-9 Certificate, Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate or Class M-12 Certificate that has been sold pursuant to a Qualified Underwriting and which satisfies the other conditions under an Underwriter Exemption as well as to the corresponding purchase of any Class M-9 DSI Certificate, Class M-10 DSI Certificate, Class M-11 DSI Certificate and Class M-12 DSI Certificate. 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 provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Depositor or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (v) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro pro-rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: (A) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit H hereto from the proposed transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and 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 who is not a Permitted Transferee; and (B) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transfereetransferor to the effect that no purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of any tax. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02Section, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02Section, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the this Agreement so long as the transfer Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was registered in accordance fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee shall have the right but not the obligation, without notice to the Holder of such Residual Certificate or any other Person having an Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Depositor to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Depositor or its affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee upon receipt of reasonable compensation will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The foregoing provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of the Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC. (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but 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. All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NovaStar Certificates Financing CORP), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (NovaStar Certificates Financing LLC)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations Denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such the Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such the Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such the Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage 2006-B Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations Denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, their affiliates Affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such the Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such the Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such the Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (National City Mortgage Capital Trust 2008-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp Mort Pas THR Certs Ser 2003 1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticateexecute, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the ServicerServicers, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer Servicers to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the ServicerServicers. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-B)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, Owners through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-2 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Nationsbanc Montgomery Funding Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive SDefinitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such the Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such the Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage 2006-a Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Secs Inc Mort Pas THR Cert Ser 2004 2)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept kept, at an the office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located maintained pursuant to Section 7.7, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve be the initial Certificate Registrar. In the event that, subsequent to the Cut-off Date, the Trustee notifies the Master Servicer that it is unable to act as Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer shall appoint another bank or trust company, agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Trustee, to act as successor Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein providedunder this Agreement. (b) At the option of the Certificateholdersa Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class, in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interestoriginal denomination, upon surrender of the such Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agencyoffice. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, by the Holder holder thereof or its his or her attorney duly authorized in writing. (ic) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiid) below, below the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the Class A Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners Certificateholders and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Class A Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Class A Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating firms as the representative representatives of the Certificate Owners Certificateholders of the Book-Entry Class A Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representatives shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate OwnersCertificateholders; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) Certificateholders. All transfers by Certificate Owners Certificateholders of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate OwnerCertificateholder. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners Certificateholders it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iiid) If (Ax) (1i) the Depository Company or the Depositor Depository advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able properly to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2ii) the Trustee or the Depositor Company is unable to locate a qualified successor, successor or (By) the Depositor Company at its sole option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersDepository, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersCertificateholders, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-fully registered Class A Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners Certificateholders requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of A Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of Neither the Servicer, the Depositor or Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive CertificatesCertificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (de) On or prior to the Closing Date, there shall be delivered to the Depository one Class A Certificate, in registered form registered in the name of the Depository's nominee, Cede & Co., the total face amount of which represents 100% of the Original Class A Principal Balance. Each such Class A Certificate registered in the name of the Depositary's nominee shall bear the following legend: "Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC") to the Trustee or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein." (f) No service charge shall be made for any registration of 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. (g) Notice of any transfer of one or more Certificates to HFC or any Affiliate thereof other than the Seller shall be given to each Rating Agency. (h) The Class B Certificates shall initially be retained by the Seller. No sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or transfer of any interest in any Class B Certificate shall be made or permitted without prior notice to the Rating Agencies until the Class A Certificate Balance is reduced to zero, all payments in respect of interest on the Class A Certificates have been made in full and the Final Termination Date with respect to the Series ______ Certificates shall have occurred. The Class B Certificates shall be subject to the same restrictions on transfer that the Class A Certificates are subject to in Section 7.3 hereof. For purposes of the restrictions on transfer of Class B Certificates, the Seller shall be treated as the initial purchaser. No transfer of a Private Class B Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless prior to such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements Holder of such Class B Certificates delivers to the Seller and the Trustee either a ruling of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws Internal Revenue Service or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written an Opinion of Counsel (Counsel, which may shall be in-house independent outside counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably , satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemptionRating Agencies in either case, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan proposed transfer (x) will not result in the assets arrangement contemplated by this Agreement being treated as an association taxable as a corporation under either (I) the Code, as from time to time in force or (II) the tax laws of the State of Illinois and (y) will not have any adverse effect on the Federal income taxation of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirementsCertificateholders. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Household Auto Receivables Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-5)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's ’s normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's ’s prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.purported

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, LLC)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and their respective agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (c) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) the Depositor, at its sole option, with the consent of the Trustee, elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Depositor's expense, in the case of (ii) above, or the Seller's expense, in the case of (i) above, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate definitive, fully registered certificates (the "DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES"). Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Private Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A (as evidenced by the investment letter delivered to the Trustee, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J under the 1933 Act and, if so required by the Trustee and the Depositor, a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor is delivered to the Trustee and Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor) or (ii) the Trustee shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate and the transferee to execute an investment letter acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Trustee certifying to the Depositor and the Trustee the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Seller 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 an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Physical Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor (such requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer or (ii) except in the case of a Class LTA-R Certificate, if the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser 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 Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the Trustee or the Trust, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase and holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Physical Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not subject the Trustee or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Physical Certificate to an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code without the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect. In the case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Book-Entry Certificate, for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, such representations shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's acceptance of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Book-Entry Certificate (or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in such Certificate). To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be under no have any liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 5.02(d) 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 by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual . In addition, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be deemed by required to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest transfer restrictions with respect to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual ERISA-Restricted Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) aboveBook-Entry Certificate, if a Responsible Officer of and neither the Trustee has actual knowledge that nor the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates or any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate interests therein made in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights restrictions on transfer described in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of Prospectus Supplement and this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6Agreement.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Thornburg Mortgage Sec Tr 2001-1 MRT Ln Ps THR CRT Sr 2001-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which that 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, Owners through the Depository, Depository of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in -163- delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfertransfer (other than in connection with (i) the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor or, in the case of the Class 1-A-R Certificate, the first transfer by an Affiliate of the Depositor, (ii) the transfer of any such Class CE or Class 1-A-R Certificate to the issuer under an Indenture or the indenture trustee under an Indenture or (iii) a transfer of any such Class CE or Class 1-A-R Certificate from the issuer under an Indenture or the indenture trustee under an Indenture to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor), (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or or, in the case of the Class 5-B-4, Class 5-B-5, Class 5-B-6, Class X-B-5, Class X-B-6 and Class X-B-7 Certificates only, as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the SellerSponsor, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. For purposes of clause (ii) of this Section 6.02(d) the representations required in any transferor certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto) and any investment letter (substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2A hereto) shall be deemed to have made in connection with the transfer of any Private Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than (i) a transfer to the indenture trustee under an Indenture with respect to a related NIM trust or (ii) a transfer from the indenture trustee under an Indenture with respect to a related NIM trust to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than the Class 1-A-R Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of or using assets of any federal, state such employee benefit plan or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code arrangement (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, ) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the assets meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation or Opinion of Counsel acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has . For so long as the Supplemental Interest Trust is in existence, each beneficial owner of an Offered Overcollateralized Certificate or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate interest therein, shall be deemed to have represented, by the acceptance virtue of its acquisition or acquisition holding of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisionsCertificate, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: or interest therein, that either (i) Each Person holding it is not a Plan 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business it is an accredited investor within the United States meaning of the Underwriter's Exemption and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor acquisition and holding of such Certificate or any interest therein and the Trustee an Opinion separate right to receive payments from the Supplemental Interest Trust are eligible for the exemptive relief available under Department of Counsel from a nationallyLabor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-recognized tax counsel to 14 (for transactions by independent "qualified professional asset managers"), PTCE 91-38 (for transactions by bank collective investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (for transactions by insurance company pooled separxxx xxxxunts), PTCE 95-60 (for transactions by insurance company general accounts) or PTCE 96-23 (for transactions effected by "in-house asset managers") or the effect that such transfer is in accordance prohibited transaction statutory exemption set forth under section 408(b)(17) of ERISA (for transactions with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposescertain service providers). (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Depositor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-fully registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of Neither the Master Servicer, the Depositor or nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 I-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A I-2A or as Exhibit G-2BI-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA a Benefit Plan-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H J from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Benefit Plan-Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Benefit Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Benefit Plan-Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Benefit Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA a Benefit Plan-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Benefit Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Master Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Benefit Plan-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 provisionsprovisions and to have irrevocably appointed the Trustee or its designee as its attorney-in-fact to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (vii) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I K hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (Ai) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) 4224 or (Bii) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Nationsbanc Montgomery Funding Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2002-2)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Certificate Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established 91 by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Depository shall deal with the Depository as be the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Certificate Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Certificate Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, or (B) to the extent permitted by law, the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee Certificate Administrator in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of DefaultDepository, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the sameOwners. Upon surrender to the Trustee Certificate Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall issue prepare the Definitive Certificates, which will be executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to clause (b) above. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Certificate Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates shall be recognized as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Certificate Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicers, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, each Servicer, 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Certificate Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the ServicerServicers, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to Title I of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or any federal, state or local law which is similar to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to for the Trustee benefit of the Trustee, Servicers, the Master Servicer and the Servicer to the effect Certificate Administrator upon which they may rely that the purchase or holding of such the ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan is permissible under local law, will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law Law, and will not subject the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor Master Servicer or the Servicer Servicers to any obligation or liability in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the ServicerServicers. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Residual Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan shall be void and of no effect. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Servicer Servicers of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee Certificate Administrator and the Servicer Servicers as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither None of the Trustee nor Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicers, the Master Servicer or the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), none of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be under no any liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Certificate Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee proposed transferee shall require delivery deliver to itthe Certificate Administrator, in form and substance satisfactory to itthe Certificate Administrator, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from I-1 hereto, and the proposed transfereetransferor shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator, a transferor certificate in the form of Exhibit I-2 hereto. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effectedeffected by the Certificate Administrator. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor transferor, the Depositor and the Trustee Certificate Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor transferor, the Depositor and the Trustee Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Certificate Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-A)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i1) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (iii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iiiii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or Depository, (C) after the occurrence of an Event of DefaultDefault or (D) in the event the Depository is unable to make the pro rata distributions required by Section 5.09(e), Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the either Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the either Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the each Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the either Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the either Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the each Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the each Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) 4224 or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Secs Inc Mort Pas Thru Cert Sers 1999-7)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mortgage Securities Inc 2002 B)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which that 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, Owners through the Depository, Depository of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2007-B Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Certs Ser 2003 7)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. 2005-G Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same or (B) upon the occurrence of the events specified in Section 5.10(f), the Trustee shall notify the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Trust 2005-12)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Certificate Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Depository shall deal with the Depository as be the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Certificate Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Certificate Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, or (B) to the extent permitted by law, the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee Certificate Administrator in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of DefaultDepository, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the sameOwners. Upon surrender to the Trustee Certificate Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates shall be recognized as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Certificate Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicers, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Certificate Administrator, each Servicer, 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Certificate Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the ServicerServicers, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to for the Trustee benefit of the Trustee, Servicers and the Servicer to the effect Certificate Administrator upon which they may rely that the purchase or holding of such the ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan is permissible under local law, will not constitute or result in the assets a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISACode, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the TrusteeCertificate Administrator, the Depositor Trustee or the Servicer Servicers to any obligation or liability in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the ServicerServicers. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Residual Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan shall be void and of no effect. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Servicer Servicers of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee Certificate Administrator and the Servicer Servicers as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither None of the Trustee nor Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Servicers or the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), none of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be under no any liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Certificate Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee proposed transferee shall require delivery deliver to itthe Certificate Administrator and the Depositor, in form and substance satisfactory to itthe Certificate Administrator and the Depositor, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transfereehereto. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effectedeffected by the Certificate Administrator. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor transferor, the Depositor and the Trustee Certificate Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor transferor, the Depositor and the Trustee Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Certificate Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, LLC)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. 2005-D Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, successor or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.11(f), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing *requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2005-8 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.09(f), the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-4)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations Denominations or Percentage Interests of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which that 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's ’s normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, Owners through the Depository, Depository of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfertransfer (other than in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor or, in the case of the Class A-R Certificate, the first transfer by an Affiliate of the Depositor (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's ’s prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2BG-2, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the SellerSponsor, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. For purposes of clause (ii) of this Section 6.02(d) the representations required in any transferor certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto) and any investment letter (substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 hereto) shall be deemed to have made in connection with the transfer of any Private Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than the Class A-R Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of or using assets of any federal, state such employee benefit plan or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code arrangement (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, ”) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the assets meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee In the case of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either is a Book Entry Certificate, for purposes of clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence sentence, a transferee will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. H by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Securities Administrator shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation or Opinion of Counsel acceptable in form and substance to the Securities Administrator. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate in definitive form to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of a properly completed representation letter or an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee.transferee and a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.02. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Securities Administrator shall be distributed and delivered by the Securities Administrator to the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. (vii) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 6.02, then the Securities Administrator, based on information provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer, will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the Persons specified in Section 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. The expenses of the Securities Administrator under this clause (vii) shall be reimbursable by the Trust. (viii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be acquired by a Plan. (g) No service charge shall be imposed for any transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but the 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. (h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be destroyed by the Certificate Registrar.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than the Class P Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-2)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided provided, however, that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the either Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a beneficial interest in an ERISA Restricted Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or of a beneficial interest in an ERISA Restricted Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence sentence, in each case, will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. -80- 86 Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI 4224 (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Alternative Loan Trust 2003-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or Depository, (C) after the occurrence of an Event of DefaultDefault or (D) in the event the Depository is unable to make the pro rata distributions required by Section 5.09(e), Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the ------------------------ same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2002-4)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, successor or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.11(f), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of clause (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of clause (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the SellerSponsor, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than the Class 1-A-R Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation or Opinion of Counsel acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer - 120 - of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-3 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, Owners through the Depository, Depository of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-4)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve act as the initial Certificate Registrar Registrar, for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) . Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of in authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and the same aggregate Percentage InterestInterests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust, and the Trustee Certificate Registrar shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its his attorney duly authorized in writing. (ib) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iiic) or (d) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (Ai) registration of the such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar except to another Depository; (Bii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (Ciii) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry such Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (Div) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (Ev) the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (Fvi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee Paying Agent and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and their respective agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all purposes whatsoever. All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute one or more Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. (c) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Certificate Registrar in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) the Depositor, at its sole option, with the consent of the Certificate Registrar, elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Depositor’s expense, in the case of (ii) above, or the Seller’s expense, in the case of (i) above, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate definitive, fully registered certificates (the “Definitive Certificates”). Neither the Depositor nor the Certificate Registrar shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Private Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and laws. Any Private Certificates sold to an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the 1933 Act shall be issued only in the form of one or more Definitive Certificates and the records of the Certificate Registrar and DTC or its nominee shall be adjusted to reflect the transfer of such Definitive Certificates. In the event of any transfer of any Private Certificate in the form of a Definitive Certificate, (i) the transferee shall certify (A) such transfer is made to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in reliance upon Rule 144A (as evidenced by an investment letter delivered to the Certificate Registrar, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2) under the 1933 Act, or (B) such transfer is made to an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(c)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the 1933 Act (as evidenced by an investment letter delivered to the Certificate Registrar, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1, and, if so required by the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor stating that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, including a description of the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor) or (ii) the Certificate Registrar shall require the transferor to execute a transferor certificate and the transferee to execute an investment letter acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar certifying to the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller 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. In the case of a Private Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate, for purposes of the preceding paragraph, the representations set forth in the investment letter in clause (i) shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the transferee’s acceptance of such Private Certificate that is also a Book-Entry Certificate (or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in such Certificate). No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of a Definitive Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor (such requirement is satisfied only by the Certificate Registrar’s receipt of a representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 or I-2, as applicable, hereto), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer or (ii) in the case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate other than the Class A-IO Certificates, if such Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, a representation that the purchaser 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 the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of XXXX 00 00, (xxx) in the case of the Class A-IO Certificates, such Certificate has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting or (iv) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor or the Trust, addressed to the Certificate Registrar, to the effect that the purchase and holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of a Definitive Certificate will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of a Definitive Certificate to an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code without the delivery to the Certificate Registrar of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar as described above shall be void and of no effect. In the case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate, for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, such representations shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the transferee’s acceptance of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is also a Book-Entry Certificate (or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in such Certificate). To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), none of the Trustee Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall be under no have any liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 6.02(d) or for the Paying Agent 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 by the Trustee Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has . In addition, none of the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate the Depositor shall be deemed by required to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest transfer restrictions with respect to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual ERISA-Restricted Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) aboveBook-Entry Certificate, if a Responsible Officer and none of the Trustee has actual knowledge that Trustee, the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates or any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate interests therein made in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights restrictions on transfer described in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of Prospectus Supplement and this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6Agreement.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Provident Funding Mortgage Pass-Through Cert Series 2003-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Certificate Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.;

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-A)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or Depository, (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, or (D) in the event the Depository is unable to make the pro rata distributions required by Section 5.09(e), Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the either Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the either Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the each Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the either Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the either Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the each Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the each Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) 4224 or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.absolutely

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mortgage Securities Inc)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such the Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such the Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage 2006-1 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerMaster Servicers, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the ServicerMaster Servicers, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer Master Servicers to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the ServicerMaster Servicers. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. 2005-1 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H; provided, that the transferee of a Class SES Certificate shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in clause (a) of Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pas THR Cert Series 2004 3)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or Depository, (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersOwners or (D) upon the occurrence of the events specified in Section 5.09(g), the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: : (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mortgage Sec Inc Mor Ps THR Cer Ser 2002-8)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the SellerSponsor, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a Class 1-A-R Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation or an Opinion of Counsel acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.the

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-E Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.and

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Inc)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Certificate Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Certificate Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Depository shall deal with the Depository as be the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Certificate Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Certificate Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, or (B) to the extent permitted by law, the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee Certificate Administrator in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of DefaultDepository, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the sameOwners. Upon surrender to the Trustee Certificate Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall issue prepare the Definitive Certificates, which will be executed and authenticated by the Trustee pursuant to clause (b) above. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Certificate Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates shall be recognized as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Certificate Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Certificate Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Certificate Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.86

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-B)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation repres entation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-6)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners of Book-Entry Certificates, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the ServicerServicers, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the either Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the each Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the either Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the either Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the each Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the each Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-A)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign authenticate and deliver the Certificates which that 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, Owners through the Depository, Depository of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfertransfer (other than in connection with (i) the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor or, in the case of the Class R Certificate, the first transfer by an Affiliate of the Depositor, (iii) the transfer of any such Class CE Certificate to the issuer under an Indenture or the indenture trustee under an Indenture or (iii) a transfer of any such Class CE Certificate from the issuer under an Indenture or the indenture trustee under an Indenture to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor), (a) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (iib) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2BG-2, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (ia) and (iib) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the SellerSponsor, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than (i) a transfer to the indenture trustee under an Indenture with respect to a related NIM trust or (ii) a transfer from the indenture trustee under an Indenture with respect to a related NIM trust to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than the Class R Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or the Code or the fiduciary provisions of ERISA (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee person acting on behalf of or custodian using assets of any of the foregoinga Plan, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation or Opinion of Counsel acceptable in form and substance to the Certificate Registrar. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. For so long as the Supplemental Interest Trust is in existence, each beneficial owner of an Offered Certificate or any interest therein, shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such Certificate, or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a Plan nor a person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of any such Plan or (ii) (A) it is an accredited investor within the meaning of the Underwriter's Exemption and (B) the acquisition and holding of such Certificate or any interest therein and the separate right to receive payments from the Supplemental Interest Trust are eligible for the exemptive relief available under Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (for transactions by independent "qualified professional asset managers"), 91-38 (for transactions by bank collective investment funds), 90-1 (for transactions by insurance company pooled separate accounts), 95-60 (for transactions by insurance company general accounts) or 96-23 (for transactions effected by "in-house asset managers") or the prohibited transaction statutory exemption set forth under section 408(b)(17) of ERISA (for transactions with certain service providers). (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transfereetransferee and a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit U from the proposed transferor. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.with

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2007-a Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A), (B) or (C), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or bothboth or, in the case of the Class SES Certificates, between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than a transfer of the Class SES Certificates between Bank of America and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.23) shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2003-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1A)(1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2001-G)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, successor or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.12(f), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2005-3 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations Denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (other than in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor or, in the case of the Class 1-A-R Certificate, the first transfer by an Affiliate of the Depositor, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. For purposes of clause (ii) of this Section 6.02(d) the representations required in any transferor certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto) and any investment letter (substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2A hereto) shall be deemed to have made in connection with the transfer of any Private Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than the Class 1-A-R Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, arrangement subject to ERISA, Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of or using assets of any federal, state such employee benefit plan or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code arrangement (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in a non exempt prohibited transaction within the assets meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or, Section 4975 of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee In the case of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either is a Book-Entry Certificate, for purposes of clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence sentence, a transferee will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. H to the Trustee by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates, unless the Trustee shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation or Opinion of Counsel acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate in definitive form to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of a properly completed representation letter or an Opinion of Counsel Counsel, in each case, satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Depositor as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a the 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a the 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee.transferee and a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit W. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such the Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a the Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a the Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a the Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such the Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such the Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of a the Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such the Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2007-5 Trust)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Pass Through Certificates Series 2002-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any 65 72 Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Sponsor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor Sponsor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor Sponsor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor Sponsor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-fully registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of Neither the Master Servicer, the Depositor or Sponsor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such 66 73 instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act Act, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor Sponsor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor Sponsor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor Sponsor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 I-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A I-2A or as Exhibit G-2BI-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the DepositorSponsor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the DepositorSponsor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor Sponsor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Depositor Sponsor 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H J from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the DepositorSponsor, the Trustee or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or and Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, a "Plan"or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or an IRA, xx a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoingsuch plan or IRA, an xx Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, ERISA and the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Sponsor, the Seller or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code, or an IRA xxxhout the delivery to the Trustee and the Master Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Nationsbanc Montgomery Funding Corp)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, countersign 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 or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (2) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or Depository, (C) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, or (D) in the event the Depository is unable to make the pro rata distributions required by Section 5.09(e), Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the Seller, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee either (i) a representation letter in the form of Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian of any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor or the Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) 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. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Bank of America Mort Sec Inc Mort Pass THR Cert Ser 2001-1)

Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Trustee Securities Administrator shall cause to be kept at an office or agency in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee Securities Administrator is located a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee Securities Administrator shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. (b) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class, tenor and aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall execute and the Trustee Securities Administrator shall authenticate, countersign 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 Securities Administrator or the Certificate Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(iii) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee Securities Administrator except to another Depository; (B) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (F) the Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. (ii) All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures. (iii) If (A) (1) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, Depository and (2) the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, successor or (B) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository or (C) after upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the Depository Participants events specified in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate OwnersSection 5.11(f), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate OwnersOwners in the case of (A) or the Certificate Owners of the Special Retail Certificates in the case of (B), through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to such Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository (or by the Certificate Custodian, if it holds such Class on behalf of the Depository), accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. None of the Master Servicer, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. (d) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and such laws. In the event of any such transfer, (i) unless such transfer is made in reliance on Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor may require a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee Securities Administrator and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the 1933 Act and such laws or is being made pursuant to the 1933 Act and such laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (ii) the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee substantially in the form attached hereto either as Exhibit G-2A or as Exhibit G-2B, which certificates shall not be an expense of the Trustee Securities Administrator or the Depositor; provided that the foregoing requirements under clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to a transfer of a Private Certificate between or among the Depositor, the SellerSponsor, their affiliates or both. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferees designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such certificate without registration thereof under the 1933 Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee 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. (e) No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the transferee delivers to the Trustee Securities Administrator either (i) a representation letter substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit H from the transferee of such Certificate, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Trustee Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate (other than the Class 2-A-R Certificate) presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan or arrangement, including an individual retirement account, subject to ERISA, the Code, or any federal, state or local law ("Similar Law") which is similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or a trustee or custodian Person acting on behalf of any of the foregoinga Plan, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator to the effect that the purchase or holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate by or on behalf of such Plan will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the a non-exempt prohibited transaction provisions within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H. For purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of ERISA-Restricted Certificates, unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation or Opinion of Counsel acceptable in form and substance to the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Servicer Securities Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. Neither the Trustee Securities Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any liability for transfers of Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of the Depository or between or among any Depository Participants or Certificate Owners, made in violation of applicable restrictions. The Trustee Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Trustee Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 6.02 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 by the Trustee Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements. (f) 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 the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee. (ii) No Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro rata undivided interest. (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee Securities Administrator shall require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of an affidavit substantially in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit I hereto from the proposed transferee. (iv) Notwithstanding the delivery of an affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (iii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee Securities Administrator has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed transferee shall be effected. (v) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any Person that is not a U.S. Person, unless (A) such Person holds such Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and furnishes the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor thereto) or (B) the transferee delivers to both the transferor and the Trustee Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally-recognized tax counsel to the effect that such transfer is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of a Residual Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes. (vi) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02 shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section 6.02, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee Securities Administrator 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 6.02 or for making any distributions due on such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement so long as the transfer was registered in accordance with this Section 6.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-5 Trust)