Right of Trustee to Rely on an Officers’ Certificate Where No Other Evidence Specifically Prescribed Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate, etc Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Officers and Trustees’ Good Faith Action, Expert Advice, No Bond or Surety The exercise by the Trustees of their powers and discretions hereunder shall be binding upon everyone interested. An officer or Trustee shall be liable to the Trust and to any Shareholder solely for such officer’s or Trustee’s own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office of such officer or Trustee, and for nothing else, and shall not be liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law. The officers and Trustees may obtain the advice of counsel or other experts with respect to the meaning and operation of this Declaration of Trust and their duties as officers or Trustees. No such officer or Trustee shall be liable for any act or omission in accordance with such advice and no inference concerning liability shall arise from a failure to follow such advice. The officers and Trustees shall not be required to give any bond as such, nor any surety if a bond is required.
Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service and Others The Owner Trustee shall, based on information provided by the Seller, (i) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on the basis of a fiscal year ending on the last day of February and based on the accrual method of accounting, (ii) deliver to each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required (including Schedule K-1) to enable such Certificateholder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns, (iii) file such tax returns relating to the Trust (including a partnership information return, IRS Form 1065) and make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable State or federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Trust’s characterization as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iv) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law and (v) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.2(c) with respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Receivables. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall not make the election provided under Section 754 of the Code. The Owner Trustee may satisfy its obligations with respect to this Section 5.5 by retaining, on behalf of the Trust, at the expense of the Seller, a firm of independent public accountants (the “Accountants”) selected by the Seller. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, may require the Accountants to provide to the Owner Trustee, on or before March 15, 2023, a letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Owner Trustee as to whether any federal tax withholding on Certificates is then required and, if required, the procedures to be followed with respect thereto to comply with the requirements of the Code. The Accountants shall be required to update such letter in each instance that any additional tax withholding is subsequently required or any previously required tax withholding shall no longer be required. The Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its obligations pursuant to this Section 5.5 upon its retention of the Accountants, and the Owner Trustee shall not have any liability with respect to the default or misconduct of the Accountants.
Statements to Certificateholders; Certain Reports by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (a) Based on loan-level information received from the Master Servicer and any other applicable Persons, on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall provide or make available a report, including reports in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Distribution Date Statement”), setting forth, among other things, the following information:
Annual Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria (a) The Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer, the Depositor or their Affiliates, to deliver to the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee on or before March 15 of each year, beginning March 15, 2016 (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a report (the “Report of Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria”) delivered to the Board of Directors of the Servicer and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as applicable, on the assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria with respect to the prior calendar year. The certificates and reports referred to in Section 4.01(a), Section 4.01(b) and this Section 4.02(a) shall be delivered within 120 days after the end of each calendar year if the Issuing Entity is not required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act or any other law, beginning April 30, 2017.
Issuing Entity May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms (a) The Issuing Entity shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
Report on Attestation of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria The Servicer shall, using its best reasonable efforts, on or before March 1st, but in no event later than March 15th, of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, at its own expense, cause a firm of independent public accountants (who may also render other services to Servicer), which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, to furnish to the Seller, the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer (i) year-end audited (if available) financial statements of the Servicer and (ii) a report to the effect that such firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by such asserting party pursuant to Section 5.04 below, which report shall be made in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. In addition, the Servicer shall, using its best reasonable efforts, on or before March 1st, but in no event later than March 15th, of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, at its own expense, furnish to the Seller, the NIMS Insurer, the Trustee, the Depositor and Master Servicer a report meeting the requirements of clause (ii) above regarding the attestation of any Subservicer or Subcontractor which is “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB (each, without respect to any threshold limitations in Instruction 2. to Item 1122 of Regulation AB, a “Participating Entity”).
Accuracy of Servicing Agreement The Servicer and the Assignor represent and warrant to the Assignee that (i) attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true, accurate and complete copy of the Servicing Agreement, (ii) the Servicing Agreement is in full force and effect as of the date hereof, (iii) the Servicing Agreement has not been amended or modified in any respect and (iv) no notice of termination has been given to the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement.
No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicer and Trustee or Certificateholders Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Master Servicer alone and the Trustee and the Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer in its capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.06. The foregoing provision shall not in any way limit a Subservicer's obligation to cure an omission or defect or to repurchase a Mortgage Loan as referred to in Section 2.02 hereof.
