Transfer and Exchange of Warrants. (a) No Warrant may be offered, resold, assigned or otherwise transferred (including by pledge or hypothecation) at any time except in accordance with this Section 3.2. (1) Any purchaser or transferee of the Warrants shall represent that it is (A) a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that (1) is not a broker-dealer that owns and invests on a discretionary basis less than $25 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated persons of the dealer and (2) is not a plan referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(D) or (a)(1)(i)(E) of Rule 144A or a trust fund referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(F) of Rule 144A that holds the assets of such a plan, if investment decisions with respect to the plan are made by the beneficiaries of the plan, (B) aware that the sale or transfer of the Warrants to it may be made to it in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (C) acquiring the Warrants for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a qualified institutional buyer, and as to each of which the purchaser or transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and other jurisdictions. (2) Warrants may not be purchased, held by or transferred to any Person unless that Person is not a Plan, is not a governmental or other plan subject to restrictions substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and is not acquiring the Warrants with the assets of any such Plan or other plan. Each Person who acquires any Warrant, and each fiduciary which causes any such Person to acquire any Warrant, in its individual as well as its fiduciary capacity, will be deemed by such purchase, holding or acquisition, on each date on which the Warrant is held by such person, to have represented that it is not a Plan or any governmental or other plan subject to requirements substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and is not using the assets of any such Plan to purchase those Warrants. Each Person that acquires a Warrant, and each fiduciary who causes a person to acquire a Warrant, in its individual as well as its fiduciary capacity, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Warrant Agent, MS&Co., each Distribution Participant and their respective affiliates from any cost, damages, loss or expense, incurred by them as a result of the representations contained in this Section 3.2(a)(2) not being true. (b) Upon surrender of any Warrant for registration of transfer or for exchange to the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall (subject to compliance with Section 3.2(a)) promptly execute and deliver, and cause the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver, in exchange therefor, a new Warrant of like tenor and evidencing a like number of Warrants, in the name of such Warrantholder or as such Warrantholder (upon payment by such Warrantholder of any applicable transfer taxes or government charges) may direct; provided that as a condition precedent for transferring the Warrants, the prospective transferee shall deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an executed copy of the Transfer Letter in the form of Exhibit C hereto. (c) Any purported transfer of the Warrants (or any interest therein) in violation of Section 3.2(a)(1) or Section 3.2(a)(2) hereof shall be void ab initio and the purported transferee in such transfer shall not be recognized by any Person as a holder of such Warrants for any purpose. The Depositor and the Trustee shall each have the power to sell the Warrants (or any interest therein) of a purported Warrantholder (or owner of any interest therein) who acquired its interest in violation of Section 3.2(a)(1) or Section 3.2(a)(2) or who continues to hold Warrants in violation of Section 3.2(a)(2).
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Samples: Trust Agreement (MS Structured Asset Corp), Trust Agreement (MS Structured Asset Corp), Trust Agreement (MS Structured Saturns Series 2004-5)
Transfer and Exchange of Warrants. (a) No Warrant may be offered, resold, assigned or otherwise transferred (including by pledge or hypothecation) at any time except in accordance with this Section 3.2.
(1) Any purchaser or transferee of the Warrants shall represent that it is (A) a "βqualified institutional buyer" β as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that (1) is not a broker-dealer that owns and invests on a discretionary basis less than $25 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated persons of the dealer and (2) is not a plan referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(D) or (a)(1)(i)(E) of Rule 144A or a trust fund referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(F) of Rule 144A that holds the assets of such a plan, if investment decisions with respect to the plan are made by the beneficiaries of the plan, (B) aware that the sale or transfer of the Warrants to it may be made to it in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (C) acquiring the Warrants for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a qualified institutional buyer, and as to each of which the purchaser or transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and other jurisdictions.
(2) Warrants may not be purchased, held by or transferred to any Person unless that Person is not a Plan, is not a governmental or other plan subject to restrictions substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and is not acquiring the Warrants with the assets of any such Plan or other plan. Each Person who acquires any Warrant, and each fiduciary which causes any such Person to acquire any Warrant, in its individual as well as its fiduciary capacity, will be deemed by such purchase, holding or acquisition, on each date on which the Warrant is held by such person, to have represented that it is not a Plan or any governmental or other plan subject to requirements substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and is not using the assets of any such Plan to purchase those Warrants. Each Person that acquires a Warrant, and each fiduciary who causes a person to acquire a Warrant, in its individual as well as its fiduciary capacity, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Trustee, the Warrant Agent, MS&Co., each Distribution Participant and their respective affiliates from any cost, damages, loss or expense, incurred by them as a result of the representations contained in this Section 3.2(a)(2) not being true.
(b) Upon surrender of any Warrant for registration of transfer or for exchange to the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall (subject to compliance with Section 3.2(a)) promptly execute and deliver, and cause the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver, in exchange therefor, a new Warrant of like tenor and evidencing a like number of Warrants, in the name of such Warrantholder or as such Warrantholder (upon payment by such Warrantholder of any applicable transfer taxes or government charges) may direct; provided that as a condition precedent for transferring the Warrants, the prospective transferee shall deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an executed copy of the Transfer Letter in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
(c) Any purported transfer of the Warrants (or any interest therein) in violation of Section 3.2(a)(1) or Section 3.2(a)(2) hereof shall be void ab initio and the purported transferee in such transfer shall not be recognized by any Person as a holder of such Warrants for any purpose. The Depositor and the Trustee shall each have the power to sell the Warrants (or any interest therein) of a purported Warrantholder (or owner of any interest therein) who acquired its interest in violation of Section 3.2(a)(1) or Section 3.2(a)(2) or who continues to hold Warrants in violation of Section 3.2(a)(2).
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Samples: Trust Agreement (MS Structured SATURNS Series 2007-1), Trust Agreement (MS Structured Saturns Series 2005-3), Trust Agreement (MS Structured SATURNS Series 2006-1)