] Agency-Security Pass-Through Certificates, Series [ ] Class [ ] and Class [ ] UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1
Form of Underwriting Agreement
[ ] Agency-Security Pass-Through Certificates, Series [ ]
Class [ ] and Class [ ]
Class [ ] and Class [ ]
[ ] [ ], [ ]
[UNDERWRITER]
[ADDRESS]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[ADDRESS]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[ ], a [ ] (the “Company”), proposes to sell to [ ]
(the “Underwriter”), its [ ] Agency-Security Pass-Through Certificates, Series [ ] in the
classes, in the respective original principal amounts and with the designations set forth in
Schedule I hereto (the “Offered Certificates”). Only the Offered Certificates are being purchased
by the Underwriter hereunder.
The Offered Certificates, together with the Class [ ] Certificates (the “Non-Offered
Certificates” and, together with the Offered Certificates, the “Certificates”), will be issued by
the trust identified in, and pursuant the Deposit Trust Agreement dated as of [ ] [ ],
[ ], (the “Deposit Trust Agreement”) between the Company, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
[ ], as seller (the “Seller”), and [ ], as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Each Certificate will evidence the holder’s beneficial ownership in the trust created and
governed pursuant to the Deposit Trust Agreement (the “Trust”), and consisting primarily of
. The Offered Certificates are described more fully in Schedule I hereto and in the
Final Prospectus Supplement furnished to the Underwriter by the Company and referred to below.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Deposit Trust Agreement.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, the Underwriter that:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (the file number of which is set forth in
Schedule I hereto) for the registration of securities, issuable in series under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), which registration statement was
declared effective on the date set forth in Schedule I hereto. The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, and such registration statement, as
amended at the date hereof, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the
1933 Act and complies in all other material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder (“the Regulations”). Copies of such registration statement have been
delivered by the Company to the Underwriter. Such registration statement, as of its
effective date, and each amendment thereto to the date of this agreement, as of its
effective date, including all exhibits thereto, is hereinafter called the “Registration
Statement”. The Company proposes to prepare and file with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424 under the 1933 Act a final prospectus dated [ ] [ ], [ ] (the “Base
Prospectus”), a preliminary prospectus supplement dated [ ] [ ], [ ], relating to
the Offered Certificates (collectively, the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and a final
prospectus supplement dated [ ] [ ], [ ], relating to the Offered Certificates
(collectively, the “Final Prospectus Supplement”). The Base Prospectus and the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement relating to the Offered Certificates in the form to be filed with the
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Commission pursuant to Rule 424 are hereinafter together called the “Preliminary
Prospectus,” and the Base Prospectus and the Final Prospectus Supplement relating to the
Offered Certificates in the form to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 are
hereinafter together called the “Final Prospectus.” Each of the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Final Prospectus is referred to herein as a “Prospectus.” References made herein to a
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, as of the date of such
Prospectus, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) after the date of the Final Prospectus and incorporated by
reference in the Final Prospectus, and any reference to any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to include any report of the Company filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the effective date that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final
Prospectus conform, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement
or the Final Prospectus will conform when they become effective or are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act
and the Regulations thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as of the applicable
effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement, does not contain and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit and will not omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, (iii) the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date, does not contain
and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit and will not
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that no representation or warranty is made
as to (x) information omitted from the Preliminary Prospectus but included in the Final
Prospectus or (y) information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or
either Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company in writing by [ ] expressly for use therein, as specified in Exhibit A
hereto (the “Underwriter’s Information”) and (iv) the Final Prospectus, as of its date, and
as amended or supplemented as of the Closing Date, does not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and will not omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to statements contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance
upon and in conformity with the Underwriter’s Information.
(c) The Company has been duly [incorporated] and is validly existing as a
[corporation] in good standing under the laws of the State of , has full power and
authority ([corporate] and other) necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct its
business as now conducted by it and to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Deposit Trust Agreement[, and the Administration Agreement (which agreement
delegates certain duties of the Trust to ) dated as of [ ] [ ], [ ],
among the Depositor, the Trustee, and the Securities Administrator].
(d) As of the date hereof, as of the date on which each Prospectus is first filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, as of the date on which, prior to the Closing Date,
any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, as of the date on which any
supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus is filed with the
Commission, and as of the Closing Date, there has not been and will not have been (i) any
request by the Commission for any further amendment to the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (ii) any
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the institution or threat of any proceeding for that purpose or
(iii) any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered
Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for
such purpose.
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(f) Each of the Deposit Trust Agreement [and the Administration Agreement]
(collectively,
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the “Other Agreements”), when executed and delivered as contemplated thereby, will have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and each of the Other
Agreements, when so executed and delivered, will constitute a legal, valid, binding and
enforceable agreement of the Company, subject, as to enforceability, to (i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally, (ii) general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
a proceeding in equity or at law, and (iii) with respect to any rights of indemnity under
the limitations of public policy under applicable securities laws.
(g) As of the Closing Date, the Offered Certificates will be duly and validly
authorized and, when duly and validly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance
with the Deposit Trust Agreement and delivered to the Underwriter for the account of the
Underwriter against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and
outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Trust Agreement. The Offered
Certificates will be “mortgage related securities,” as such term is defined in the
singular in the 1934 Act.
(h) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(i) The Company is not in violation of its certificate of [incorporation] or by-laws or
in default under any agreement, indenture or instrument the effect of which violation or
default would be material to the Company. None of (i) the issuance and sale of the Offered
Certificates, (ii) the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Other
Agreements, (iii) the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions herein or
therein contemplated, and (iv) the compliance by the Company with the provisions hereof or
thereof, does or will conflict with or result in a breach of any term or provision of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or conflict with, result in a breach,
violation or acceleration of, or constitute a default under, the terms of any indenture or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or
any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company. The Company
is not a party to, bound by or in breach or violation of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it that
materially and adversely affects, or may in the future materially and adversely affect, (i)
the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Other
Agreements or (ii) the business, operations, financial conditions, properties or assets of
the Company.
(j) There are no actions or proceedings against, or investigations of, the Company
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, before any court, arbitrator,
administrative agency or other tribunal (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the
Other Agreements or the Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Other Agreements, (iii) that are reasonably likely to be adversely determined and
that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Other Agreements or the
Certificates or (iv) seeking to affect adversely the federal income tax attributes of the
Certificates as described in the Final Prospectus.
(k) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Other Agreements or the execution, delivery and sale of
the Certificates have been or will be paid on or prior to the Closing Date.
(l) Immediately prior to the assignment of the Agency Securities to the Trust as
contemplated by the Deposit Trust Agreement, the Company (i) had good title to, and was the
sole owner of, each of the Agency Securities free and clear of any pledge, mortgage, lien,
security interest or other encumbrance (collectively, “Liens”), (ii) had not assigned to any
Person any of its right, title or interest in and to such Agency Securities or in the
Deposit Trust Agreement and (iii) will have the power and authority to sell such Agency
Securities to the Trust, and upon the execution and delivery of the Deposit Trust Agreement
by the Trustee, the Trust will have acquired all of the Company’s right, title and interest
in and to the Agency Securities.
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(m) Neither the Company nor the Trust is, and neither the issuance and sale of the
Certificates nor the activities of the Trust pursuant to the Deposit Trust Agreement will
cause the Company or the Trust to be, an “investment company” or under the control of an
“investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(n) As of [ ] [ ], [ ], the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell the Offered
Certificates to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase, from the Company, the
Offered Certificates in the respective principal amounts of the Classes of Offered Certificates set
forth in Schedule I hereto at the respective purchase prices set forth therein (plus accrued
interest, if applicable); provided, however , that the purchase prices set forth
in Schedule I hereto may be replaced with updated purchase prices specified in a purchase price
adjustment letter to be delivered by the Underwriter to the Depositor at or prior to the Closing
Date.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Offered Certificates shall be
made at the offices of at 10:00 a.m. ( time), on the date
specified in Schedule I hereto (or such later date not later than seven business days after such
specified date as the Underwriter shall designate), which date and time may be changed by agreement
between the Underwriter and the Company or as provided herein (such date and time of delivery and
payment for the Offered Certificates being herein called the “ Closing Date ”). Delivery of
the Offered Certificates shall be made to the Underwriter, against payment by the Underwriter of
the purchase price therefor in immediately available funds wired to such bank as may be designated
by the Company, or such other manner of payment as may be agreed upon by the Company and the
Underwriter. The Offered Certificates to be so delivered shall be in definitive fully registered
form, unless otherwise agreed, in such denominations and registered in such names as the
Underwriter may have requested in writing not less than two full business days in advance of the
Closing Date.
The Company agrees to have the Offered Certificates available for inspection, checking and
packaging by the Underwriter in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, not later than
10:00 a.m. on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
4. Offering of the Offered Certificates. It is understood that the Underwriter
proposes to offer the Offered Certificates for sale to the public as set forth in the Final
Prospectus.
5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter
that:
(a) The Company will prepare the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus
setting forth the amount of Offered Certificates covered thereby and the terms thereof not
otherwise specified in the Base Prospectus, the expected proceeds to the Company from the
sale of the Offered Certificates, and such other information as the Underwriter and the
Company may deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Offered Certificates.
The Company promptly will advise the Underwriter or the Underwriter’s counsel (i) when the
Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus shall each have been filed or transmitted to the
Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424, (ii) when any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall have become effective or any further supplement to the Final Prospectus
shall have been filed with the Commission, (iii) of any proposal or request to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or any
request by the Commission for any additional information, (iv) when notice is received from
the Commission that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has become or
will become effective, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or post-effective amendment thereto or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, (vi) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Offered Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any
proceeding for that purpose, (vii) of the occurrence of any event that would cause the
Registration Statement, as then in effect, to contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
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necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or the occurrence of
an event that would cause the Final Prospectus, as then in effect, to contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or
suspension and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. The Company
will cause the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus to each be transmitted to the
Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act or will cause the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus to each be filed with the Commission pursuant to said
Rule 424.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates is required
to be delivered under the 1933 Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to
comply with the 1933 Act or the Regulations, the Company promptly will prepare and file with
the Commission, at the expense of the Company, subject to paragraph (a) of this Section 5,
an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that
will effect such compliance and, if such amendment or supplement is required to be contained
in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, the Company will use its best
efforts to cause such amendment to the Registration Statement to be made effective as soon
as possible.
(c) The Company will furnish to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s counsel, without
charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each
amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to the Closing Date, and so long
as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter may be required by the 1933 Act, as many
copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any amendments and
supplements thereto as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) The Company will furnish such information, execute such instruments and take such
action, if any, as may be required to qualify the Offered Certificates for sale under the
laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate and will maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered
Certificates; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required
to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now qualified or to take any
action that would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction
where it is not now subject to such service of process.
(f) The Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses in connection with
the transactions herein contemplated, including, but not limited to, the fees and
disbursements of its counsel; the costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise reproducing)
and delivering the Deposit Trust Agreement and the Certificates; the fees, costs and
expenses of the Trustee (to the extent permitted under the Deposit Trust Agreement, and
except to the extent that another party is obligated to pay such amounts thereunder); the
fees and disbursements of accountants for the Company; the costs and expenses in connection
with the qualification or exemption of the Offered Certificates under state securities or
“blue sky” laws, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in
connection therewith, in connection with the preparation of any blue sky survey and in
connection with any determination of the eligibility of the Offered Certificates for
investment by institutional investors and the preparation of any legal investment survey;
the expenses of printing any such blue sky survey and legal investment survey; the cost and
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement (including exhibits thereto), the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Final Prospectus, the preparation and production of this Agreement and the delivery to
the Underwriter of such copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus as the
Underwriter may reasonably request; and the fees of the Rating Agency (as defined in Section
8 hereof).
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(g) The Company will enter into the Other Agreements on or prior to the Closing Date.
(h) The Company will file with the Commission within fifteen days after the issuance of
the Offered Certificates a current report on Form 8-K setting forth specific information
concerning the Offered Certificates and the Agency Securities to the extent that such
information is not set forth in the Final Prospectus. To the extent the Underwriter have
complied with the terms of Section 6 and Section 7 hereof, the Company will file with the
Commission any Free Writing Prospectus (as defined herein) delivered to investors in
accordance with Section 6 and Section 7 as the Company is required under the Regulations,
and shall do so within the applicable period of time prescribed by the Regulations.
6. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of The Underwriter. The Underwriter
represents, warrants, covenants and agrees with, the Company that:
(a) It has not provided and will not provide to any potential investor any information
that would constitute “issuer information” within the meaning of Rule 433(h) under the 1933
Act.
(b) In disseminating information to potential investors, it has complied and will
continue to comply fully with the Regulations, including but not limited to Rules 164 and
433 under the 1933 Act and the requirements thereunder for filing and retention of free
writing prospectuses.
(c) It has not disseminated and will not disseminate any information relating to the
Offered Certificates in reliance on Rule 167 or 426 under the 1933 Act.
(d) It has not disseminated and will not disseminate any information relating to the
Offered Certificates in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted
dissemination within the meaning of Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act.
(e) Each Free Writing Prospectus disseminated by the Underwriter bore or will bear the
applicable legends required under this Agreement, and no Free Writing Prospectus
disseminated by the Underwriter bore or will bear any legend proscribed under this
Agreement.
(f) Prior to entering into any Contract of Sale, the Underwriter shall convey the
Preliminary Prospectus to each prospective investor. The Underwriter shall maintain
sufficient records to document its conveyance of the Preliminary Prospectus to each
potential investor prior to the formation of the related Contract of Sale and shall maintain
such records as required by the Regulations.
(g) In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), the Underwriter
represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus
Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”),
it has not made and will not make an offer of Offered Certificates to the public in that
Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Offered
Certificates which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member
State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the
competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus
Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation
Date, make an offer of Offered Certificates to the public in that Relevant Member State at
any time:
(1) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the
financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is
solely to invest in securities;
(2) to any legal entity which has two or more of (x) an average of at least
250 employees during the last financial year; (y) a total balance sheet of more
than €43,000,000 and (z) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as
shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or
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(3) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the
issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this Section, the expression an “offer of Offered Certificates to the
public” in relation to any Offered Certificates in any Relevant Member State means the
communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the
offer and the Offered Certificates to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to
purchase or subscribe for the Offered Certificates, as the same may be varied in that member
state by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that member state and the
expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant
implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(h) Each confirmation of sale with respect to Offered Certificates delivered by the
Underwriter shall, if such confirmation of sale is not preceded or accompanied by delivery
of the Final Prospectus, include a legend to the following effect in compliance with Rule
173 under the Securities Act:
Rule 173 notice: This security was sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement that is on file with the SEC. You may request a copy of the final
prospectus at xxx.xxx.xxx , or by calling (000) 000-0000.
7. Offering Procedures.
(a) The following terms have the specified meanings for purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Contract of Sale” has the same meaning as the term “contract of sale” as
used in Rule 159 under the 1933 Act.
(ii) “Derived Information” means any information regarding the Offered
Certificates as is disseminated by the Underwriter to a potential investor, which
information is prepared on the basis of or derived from, but does not include, (A)
Issuer Information, (B) information contained in the Registration Statement, either
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of them, taking into account
information incorporated therein by reference (other than information incorporated
by reference from any information regarding the Offered Certificates that is
disseminated by the Underwriter to a potential investor) or (C) Pool Information .
(iii) “Free Writing Prospectus” means any information relating to the Offered
Certificates disseminated by the Company or any Underwriter that constitutes a “free
writing prospectus” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
(iv) “Issuer Information” means any information provided in writing by the
Depositor to the Underwriter specifically for dissemination to potential investors.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Underwriter will disseminate to any potential investor
any information relating to the Offered Certificates that constitutes a “written
communication” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, other a Prospectus and, in
the case of the Underwriter, Derived Information, unless (i) if the Underwriter seeks to
disseminate such information, such Underwriter has obtained the prior consent of the
Company, or (ii) if the Company seeks to disseminate such information, the Company has
obtained the prior consent of the Underwriter.
The Underwriter may convey Derived Information to a potential investor prior to
entering into a Contract of Sale with such investor; provided, however ,
that Derived Information shall not be distributed in a manner reasonably designed to lead to
its broad unrestricted dissemination within the meaning of Rule 433(d) under the Securities
Act. The Underwriter shall maintain records of any conveyance of Derived Information to
potential or actual investors and shall maintain such records as required by the
Regulations.
Neither the Company nor the Underwriter shall disseminate or file with the Commission
any
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information relating to the Offered Certificates in reliance on Rule 167 or 426 under
the 1933 Act, nor shall the Underwriter disseminate any Free Writing Prospectus in a manner
reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination within the meaning of
Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act.
(c) Each Free Writing Prospectus shall bear the applicable legends specified in Exhibit
B-1 hereto, and may bear the applicable legends specified in Exhibit B-2 hereto. A Free
Writing Prospectus shall not include any legend of a type specified in Exhibit B-3 hereto.
(d) The Underwriter shall deliver to the Company and its counsel a copy, in electronic
form, of each Free Writing Prospectus disseminated by the Underwriter that is required to be
filed with the Commission, not later than two business days prior to the date on which such
Free Writing Prospectus is required under the Regulations to be so filed.
8. Conditions to the Purchase of the Offered Certificates. The obligations of the
Underwriter hereunder to purchase the Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the date hereof,
as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to
the Closing Date and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made
in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have
been issued and not withdrawn and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted
or threatened; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or transmitted for filing with
the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the 0000 Xxx.
(b) The Company shall have delivered to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company,
signed by the President or a vice president of the Company and dated the Closing Date, to
the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and
warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at
and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, (ii) the
Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to
be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, (iii) no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, and (iv) nothing
has come to the attention of the signer hereof on behalf of the Company that would lead said
signer to believe that the Final Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) The Underwriter and the Company shall have received the negative assurance letter
of [ ] with respect to each Prospectus;
(d) The Underwriter shall have received from [ ], Counsel for the Company, one or
more favorable opinions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter as to various corporate matters;
(e) [The Underwriter shall have received from [ ], Counsel to the Trust, a
favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Underwriter;]
(f) [Reserved];
(g) The Underwriter shall have received from counsel or counsels to the Seller, one or
more favorable opinions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter;
(h) The Underwriter shall receive from [ ], certified public accountants, one or
more
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letters, dated the date on which each of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and
Final Prospectus Supplement is dated and printed and satisfactory in form and substance to
the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s counsel, to the effect that such accountants have
performed certain specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement, as applicable, under the caption
“ ” agrees with the general accounting records of or the Company,
as applicable.
(i) The Underwriter shall have received from each of [ ] (“[ ]”) and [ ]
(“[ ]”) (each, a “Rating Agency” and collectively, the “Rating Agencies”) a rating
letter assigning to the Offered Certificates the ratings indicated on Schedule I hereto,
none of which ratings shall have been withdrawn.
(j) The Underwriter shall have received from counsel for the Trustee a favorable
opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and
the Underwriter’s counsel, to the effect that [each of] the Deposit Trust Agreement [, and
the Administration Agreement] has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Trustee,
subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of
equity regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law,
and as to such other matters as may be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Trustee.
(k) The Underwriter shall have received such further information, certificates,
documents and opinions as it may reasonably have requested not less than three business days
prior to the Closing Date.
(l) All proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and all documents incident hereto shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Underwriter and the Underwriter’s counsel, and the Underwriter and such counsel shall have
received such information, certificates and documents as it or they may have reasonably
requested.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled in all
material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, if the Company is in breach of any
covenants or agreements contained herein or if any of the opinions and certificates referred to
above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s counsel, this Agreement and all the
obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled by the Underwriter at, or at any time
prior to, the Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing,
or by telephone or facsimile transmission confirmed in writing.
9. Indemnification and Contribution. The Company agrees with the Underwriter that:
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each Person who
controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act against
any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the
Underwriter may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or other federal or state
law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (w) any Derived
Information disseminated by the Underwriter, (x) any information, other than Derived
Information, in any Prospectus disseminated by the Underwriter, (y) the Registration
Statement or in any amendment thereof, or the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (z) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Base Prospectus,
the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or the omission or alleged omission to
state in the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading, and agrees to reimburse the Seller such indemnified party for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating
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or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,
however , that (i) the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with (A) the information in each of the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement contained under the headings
[ ] or arise out of or are based upon information provided by the Servicers or the
Seller to the Underwriter specifically for use in connection with any Free Writing
Prospectus or (B) written information furnished to the Company as herein stated by the
Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof and in any Free
Writing Prospectus other than a misstatement or omission arising from a misstatement or
omission in the information provided by the Company concerning the assets of the Trust (such
information, the “Company Provided Information”), and (ii) such indemnity with respect to
the Base Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the Underwriter or any
Person controlling the Underwriter from which the Person asserting any such loss, claim,
damage or liability purchased the Offered Certificates that are the subject thereof, if such
Person did not receive a copy of the Final Prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the
sale of such Offered Certificates to such Person in any case where such delivery is required
by the 1933 Act and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the
Base Prospectus or in any such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus.
This indemnity will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its
directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each Person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, to
the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Underwriter, but only
with reference to written information furnished to the Company as herein stated by the
Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the documents
referred to in the foregoing indemnity or in any Free Writing Prospectus except to the
extent that such misstatement or omission arises from a misstatement or omission in the
Company Provided Information. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability that the
Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and the Underwriter acknowledges that the
Underwriter Information constitutes the only information furnished in writing by the
Underwriter for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, and the
Underwriter confirms that such statements are correct.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 9, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying
party will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 9. In case any such action is brought against any
indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however , that if the
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it or them and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or
additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties
shall have the right to elect separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to
otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of
counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof,
unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in connection with the
assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence
(it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the
expenses of more than one separate counsel, approved by the Underwriter in the case of
paragraph (a) of this Section 9), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed
counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party
has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the
indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is
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applicable, such liability shall only be in respect of the counsel referred to in such
clause (i) or (iii).
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 shall for any reason be
unavailable to an indemnified party under this Section 9, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
aggregate option due losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (a) or
(b) above, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other from the offering of the
Offered Certificates or, if the allocation referred to above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on
the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations;
provided, however , that the Underwriter shall not be responsible for more
than the amount of its underwriting discounts and commissions; and provided,
further , that no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person that was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, a Person,
if any, that controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as does the Underwriter and each Person, if
any, that controls the Company within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act,
each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each
director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party
entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution
may be made against another party or parties under this paragraph (d), notify such party or
parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or
parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any
other obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this paragraph (d).
10. Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the Underwriter’s absolute
discretion, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Offered
Certificates, if, prior to such time, (i) trading of securities generally on the New York
Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially
limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have
been declared by either federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have
occurred any material outbreak or declaration of hostilities or other calamity or crisis the
effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the
Underwriter’s reasonable judgment, impracticable to market the Offered Certificates on the
terms specified herein.
(b) If the sale of the Offered Certificates shall not be consummated because any
condition to the obligations of the Underwriter set forth in Section 8 hereof is not
satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of the
default of the Underwriter, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for the reasonable
fees and expenses of the Underwriter’s counsel and for such other out-of-pocket expenses as
shall have been incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the
proposed purchase of the Offered Certificates, and upon demand the Company shall pay the
full amount thereof to the Underwriter.
(c) This Agreement will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Certificates.
The provisions of Section 9 and this Section 10(c) shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
11. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) the purchase and sale of the Offered Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, including the
determination of the public offering price of the Offered Certificates and any related discounts
and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Underwriter,
and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms,
risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with
each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction the Underwriter is
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and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary
of the Company or its affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii)
the Underwriter has not assumed or will not assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility
in favor of the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process
leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the
Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly
set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the Underwriter and its respective affiliates may be engaged in a
broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that
the Underwriter has no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory,
agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Underwriter has not provided any legal, accounting,
regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has
consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed
appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company and the Underwriter, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the
Company may have against the Underwriter with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or
fiduciary duty.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to the Underwriter, will be mailed, delivered or transmitted by facsimile and
confirmed to [ ], [ ], attention: [ ]; and if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered or transmitted by facsimile and confirmed to it at [ ], attention: [ ].
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling
Persons referred to in Section 9, and their successors and assigns, and no other Person will have
any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Applicable Law; Counterparts. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the general obligations law), and the obligations, rights
and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be
deemed to be an original and all of which shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with the Underwriter’s understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and the Underwriter’s
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriter.
Very truly yours, | ||||
[ ] | ||||
By: | ||||
Title: | ||||
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written.
[ ]
confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written.
[ ]
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated [ ] [ ], [ ].
As used in this Agreement, the term “Registration Statement” refers to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3, File No. 333- .
Closing Date: [ ] [ ], [ ].
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Offered Certificates:
[ ] Agency-Security Pass-Through Certificates, Series [ ], Classes designated below:1
Original Class Certificate | ||||||||||||
Class | Principal Balance | Pass-Through Rate | [ ] | |||||||||
Class [ ] |
$ | [ ] | Variable Pass-Through Rate | [ ] | ||||||||
Class [ ] |
$ | [ ] | Variable Pass-Through Rate | [ ] |
1 | Other Certificates issued pursuant to the Deposit Trust Agreement: [ ] Agency-Security Pass-Through Certificates, Series [ ], Class [ ] and Class [ ] Certificates. |
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Original Class Certificate | ||||||||
Principal Balance of Class | ||||||||
Underwriter | [ ] Certificates | Purchase Price | ||||||
[ ] |
$ | [ ] | [ ] | % | ||||
Total |
$ | [ ] | ||||||
Original Class Certificate | ||||||||
Principal Balance of Class | ||||||||
Underwriter | [ ] Certificates | Purchase Price | ||||||
[ ] |
$ | [ ] | [ ] | % | ||||
Total |
$ | [ ] | ||||||
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EXHIBIT A
Underwriter’s Information:
[ ]
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EXHIBIT B-1
A legend in substantially the following form must appear on each Free Writing Prospectus:
The issuer has filed or will file with the SEC a registration statement (including a base
prospectus and any prospectus supplement) and any related issuer free-writing prospectus
with respect to this offering (the “Offering Documentation”). You may get the Offering
Documentation (when completed) for free by searching the SEC online database (XXXXX®) at
xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, you may obtain a copy of the Offering Documentation by calling
1-800-221-1037.
The following additional legends must appear on any final term sheet (including each version
thereof), any amendment thereof or supplement thereto:
This free writing prospectus is not required to contain all information that is required to
be included in the base prospectus and the prospectus supplement.
The information in this free writing prospectus, if conveyed prior to the time of your
commitment to purchase, supersedes similar information contained in any prior free writing
prospectus relating to these securities.
The following additional legends must appear on each Free Writing Prospectus that includes
Derived Information:
For asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities: Certain of the information contained
herein may be based on numerous assumptions (including preliminary assumptions about the
pool assets and structure), which may not be specifically identified as assumptions in the
information. Any such information or assumptions are subject to change. The information in
this free writing prospectus may reflect assumptions specifically requested by you. If so,
prior to the time of your commitment to purchase, you should request updated information
based on any assumptions specifically required by you.
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EXHIBIT B-2
The following additional legend, or a similar legend to the following effect, may appear on
any Free Writing Prospectus disseminated prior to the time of contract of sale, if reflective of
the understanding between the Underwriter and the investor:
The asset-backed securities referred to in these materials are being offered when, as and
if issued. In particular, asset-backed securities and the asset pools backing them are
subject to modification or revision (including, among other things, the possibility that
one or more classes of securities may be split, combined or eliminated) at any time prior
to issuance. As a result, you may commit to purchase securities with characteristics that
may change materially, and all or a portion of the securities may not be issued with
material characteristics described in these materials. Our obligation to sell securities to
you is conditioned on those securities having the material characteristics described in
these materials. If that condition is not satisfied, we will notify you, and neither the
issuer nor any underwriter will have any obligation to you to deliver all or any portion of
the securities you committed to purchase, and there will be no liability between us as a
consequence of the non-delivery. However, unless the class of securities you committed to
purchase has been eliminated, we will provide you with revised offering materials and offer
you an opportunity to purchase that class, as described in the revised offering materials.
To indicate your interest in purchasing the class you must affirmatively communicate to us
your desire to do so within days after receipt of the revised offering materials, but
in no event later than the business day before the date the securities are issued.
The following additional legend may appear on any Free Writing Prospectus disseminated prior
to time of contract of sale:
This free writing prospectus is being delivered to you solely to provide you with
information about the offering of the asset-backed securities referred to in this free
writing prospectus and to solicit an indication of your interest in purchasing such
securities, when, as and if issued. Any such indication of interest will not constitute a
contractual commitment by you to purchase any of the securities. You may withdraw your
indication of interest at any time.
The following additional legend may appear on any Free Writing Prospectus that includes
Derived Information:
The information in this free writing prospectus may reflect parameters, metrics or
scenarios specifically requested by you. If so, prior to the time of your commitment to
purchase, you should request updated information based on any parameters, metrics or
scenarios specifically required by you in order to make your investment decision .
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EXHIBIT B-3
No legend to the following effect, whether or not expressed in different language, may be
included in any Free Writing Prospectus:
Any statement that the free writing prospectus will be superseded by the final prospectus.
Any disclaimer of responsibility or liability for, or any disclaimer of the accuracy or
completeness of, the content of the free writing prospectus that would not be appropriate for a
prospectus or registration statement. [For example, a disclaimer by any party of the accuracy of
information for which that party has statutory liability would not be appropriate. However, factual
statements regarding the role of any party in preparing, providing, approving or verifying any
information may be made.]
Any statement requiring investors to read, or acknowledge they have read, any disclaimers or
legends, the base prospectus or the registration statement.
Language stating that the free writing prospectus is not a prospectus or an offer to sell
(other than such a statement as to jurisdictions in which such offer or sale is not permitted).
Any statement that the free writing prospectus is privileged or confidential, or that its use
is otherwise restricted.
Any statement that the free writing prospectus does not contain all material information, or
that it will be supplemented by the final prospectus.
Any statement that the free writing prospectus is subject to change without notice.
Any statement that the investment decision should be based on, or may only be made based on,
the final prospectus or any other information that is delivered only after the time of the contract
for sale of the securities.
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EXHIBIT C
Additional Issuer Information
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