Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor. (ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below: (A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws. (B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions. (C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions. (D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. (E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner. (iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 32 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1), Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2007-2), Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-9)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor; provided that, after the date hereof, upon the request of the Administrator, any such proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is an Affiliate of the Depositor shall provide to the Administrator an opinion of counsel to the effect that if such Affiliate were to become a debtor in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code, a federal court with jurisdiction over such bankruptcy case, exercising reasonable judgment after full consideration of all relevant factors, would not order the substantive consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the Trust with those of such Affiliate.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept and succeed to all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 23 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-8), Trust Agreement (Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-7), Trust Agreement (Navient Student Loan Trust 2014-5)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 5 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-6), Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-9), Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Swap Counterparties, the Administrator, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Cap Counterparty, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Swap Counterparties, the Administrator, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Cap Counterparty, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) E. No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Education Credit Funding LLC), Trust Agreement (SLM Education Credit Funding LLC), Trust Agreement (SLM Education Credit Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept and succeed to all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2011-2), Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2011-1), Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-2)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator Administrator, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) E. No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2007-A), Trust Agreement (SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2006-C), Trust Agreement (SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2006-B)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor; provided that, after the date hereof, upon the request of the Administrator, any such proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is an Affiliate of the Depositor shall provide to the Administrator an opinion of counsel to the effect that if such Affiliate were to become a debtor in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code, a federal court with jurisdiction over such bankruptcy case, exercising reasonable judgment after full consideration of all relevant factors, would not order the substantive consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the Trust with those of such Affiliate.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator Administrator, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar or the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept and succeed to all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-3), Trust Agreement (Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-2), Trust Agreement (Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-1)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC), Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-3), Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC), Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC), Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) E. No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2006-A), Trust Agreement (SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2005-B)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor; provided that, after the date hereof, upon the request of the Administrator, any such proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is an Affiliate of the Depositor shall provide to the Administrator an opinion of counsel to the effect that if such Affiliate were to become a debtor in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code, a federal court with jurisdiction over such bankruptcy case, exercising reasonable judgment after full consideration of all relevant factors, would not order the substantive consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the Trust with those of such Affiliate.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, [each Swap Counterparty,] the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, [each Swap Counterparty,] the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept and succeed to all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Education Credit Funding LLC), Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 D-l or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Interim Trust Agreement (SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-3)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.Excess
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Swap Counterparties, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Swap Counterparties, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) E. No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2005-A)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor; provided that, after the date hereof, upon the request of the Administrator, any such proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is an Affiliate of the Depositor shall provide to the Administrator an opinion of counsel to the effect that if such Affiliate were to become a debtor in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code, a federal court with jurisdiction over such bankruptcy case, exercising reasonable judgment after full consideration of all relevant factors, would not order the substantive consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the Trust with those of such Affiliate.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, [each Swap Counterparty,] the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Owner Trustee, [each Swap Counterparty,] the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept and succeed to all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 D1 or D-2 D2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2D2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 D1 or D-2D2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses subclauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.,
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Samples: Trust Agreement
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Cap Counterparties, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Cap Counterparties, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) E. No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.benefic
(iii) Any holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above). If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. applicable .. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, oror , if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, each Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, each Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Cap Counterparty, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Cap Counterparty, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) E. No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) A. The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 D1 or D-2 D2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2D2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator Administrator, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) B. No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 D1 or D-2D2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) C. The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses subclauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) D. The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, a Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level entitylevel tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) E. No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.Excess
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to the Depositor or to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s 's certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “"Securities Act”") or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit Exhibits C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicablerespectively. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, orand, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by directly or for indirectly for, on behalf of or with the account assets of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) abovea Plan. If any proposed transferee shall become an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as holder of the Excess Distribution CertificateholderCertificate, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an a holder of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder Certificate shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept owner who shall be the rights conferred under registered holder of the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, or, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an the Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Swap Counterparty, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)
Restrictions on Transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. (i) The Excess Distribution Certificate may be transferred to any Affiliate of the Depositor, without any requirement to provide any officer’s certificates or legal opinions that would otherwise be required if such proposed transfer was being made to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Depositor.
(ii) Except as provided above, the Excess Distribution Certificate shall not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned except as provided below:
(A) The Excess Distribution Certificate has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Distribution Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless such transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall require, in order to assure compliance with such laws, that the prospective transferor and transferee each certify to the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, in writing, the facts surrounding the transfer. Such certifications shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit C hereto and Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable. applicable .. In the event that such a transfer is to be made within two years from the date of the initial issuance of the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant hereto (other than a transfer as to which the proposed transferee has provided a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2), the Eligible Lender Trustee in its sole discretion, may require that there shall also be delivered to the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, oror , if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, at the expense of the transferor, an opinion of counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws. Any such opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor. None of the Depositor, the Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Excess Distribution Certificate under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate without registration or qualification. Any such Excess Distribution Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is made in accordance with such applicable federal and state laws.
(B) No transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate will be registered by the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar unless the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor receives a representation from the proposed transferee of the Excess Distribution Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2, as the case may be, that such transferee is not acquiring the Excess Distribution Certificate by or for the account of any entity in violation of the restrictions set forth in the final paragraph of Section 3.3(c) above. If any proposed transferee shall become an Excess Distribution Certificateholder in violation of these provisions, then the last preceding permitted transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights as Excess Distribution Certificateholder, retroactive to the date of registration of such transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate. Neither the Eligible Lender Trustee nor the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar shall have any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate that is not permitted or for making any payments due on the Excess Distribution Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any action with respect to such holder under this Agreement. Any proposed transferee who becomes an Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall agree to indemnify the Eligible Lender TrusteeTrustee , the Excess Distribution Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, against any loss, damage or penalty incurred as a result of the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate to such proposed transferee in violation of such restrictions.
(C) The prospective transferee shall be aware that the Excess Distribution Certificate shall bear legends referring to the restrictions contained in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above and by its acceptance of an Excess Distribution Certificate agrees to abide by such restrictions.
(D) The prospective transferee shall deliver an opinion of counsel addressed to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator, and, if it is not the proposed transferor, the Depositor, to the effect that, (1) as a matter of federal income tax law, such prospective transferee is permitted to accept the transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate, (2) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the tax treatment of the Trust, (3) such transfer or pledge would not subject the Trust to any entity-level tax, (4) such transfer or pledge would not jeopardize the status of the Notes as debt for all purposes, and (5) such pledge or transfer would not cause the Trust to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
(E) No pledge or transfer of the Excess Distribution Certificate shall be effective unless such purchase or transfer is to a single beneficial owner.
(iii) Any Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (SLM Funding LLC)