TRUST AGREEMENT among SAXON ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY, as Depositor, WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Owner Trustee and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Administrator Dated as of September 1, 2006 SAXON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3 MORTGAGE LOAN...
among
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY,
as
Depositor,
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
as
Owner
Trustee
and
DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as
Administrator
Dated
as
of September 1, 2006
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3
MORTGAGE
LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2006-3
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.01. Definitions.
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1
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Section
1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
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5
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ARTICLE
II ORGANIZATION
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6
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Section
2.01. Name.
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6
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Section
2.02. Office.
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6
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Section
2.03. Purpose and Powers.
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6
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Section
2.04. Appointment of the Owner Trustee.
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6
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Section
2.05. Initial Capital Contribution; Declaration of Trust.
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7
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Section
2.06. Issuance of Initial Certificates.
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7
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Section
2.07. Liability of the Holders of the Certificates.
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7
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Section
2.08. Situs of Trust.
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7
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Section
2.09. Title to Trust Property.
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7
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Section
2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
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8
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Section
2.11. Tax Treatment.
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9
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Section
2.12. Investment Company.
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9
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ARTICLE
III THE CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
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9
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Section
3.01. The Certificates.
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9
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Section
3.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of
Certificates.
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9
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Section
3.03. Registration of and Limitations on Transfers and Exchanges
of
Certificates.
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10
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Section
3.04. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates.
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12
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Section
3.05. Persons Deemed Certificateholders.
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12
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Section
3.06. Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and
Addresses.
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12
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Section
3.07. Book-Entry Certificates.
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13
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Section
3.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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14
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Section
3.09. Certificate Paying Agent.
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14
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Section
3.10. Initial Certificate Ownership.
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15
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Section
3.11. Derivative Transactions/PMI Insurance.
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15
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ARTICLE
IV APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
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16
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Section
4.01. Certificate Account.
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16
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Section
4.02. Application of Trust Funds.
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16
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Section
4.03. Method of Payment.
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17
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Section
4.04. Tax Returns.
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17
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Section
4.05. Segregation of Moneys; No Interest.
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18
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ARTICLE
V AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE; ACTION BY
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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18
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Section
5.01. General Authority.
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18
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Section
5.02. General Duties.
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20
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Section
5.03. Action Upon Instruction.
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20
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Section
5.04. No Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents
or in
Instructions.
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21
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Section
5.05. Restrictions.
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21
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Section
5.06. Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters.
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22
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Section
5.07. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters.
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24
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Section
5.08. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to
Bankruptcy.
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24
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Section
5.09. Restrictions on Certificateholders’ Power.
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24
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Section
5.10. Majority Control.
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24
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ARTICLE
VI CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE
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25
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Section
6.01. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.
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25
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Section
6.02. Furnishing of Documents.
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26
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Section
6.03. Books and Records.
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26
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Section
6.04. Representations and Warranties.
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26
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Section
6.05. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
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27
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Section
6.06. Not Acting in Individual Capacity.
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28
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Section
6.07. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or
Collateral.
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28
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Section
6.08. Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes.
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28
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Section
6.09. Licenses.
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29
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Section
6.10. Owner Trustee Reporting Requirements of the
Commission.
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29
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ARTICLE
VII INDEMNIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
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29
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Section
7.01. Trust Expenses.
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29
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Section
7.02. Indemnification.
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30
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Section
7.03. Compensation.
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30
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Section
7.04. Lien on Trust Estate.
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30
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ARTICLE
VIII TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
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30
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Section
8.01. Termination of Agreement.
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30
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ARTICLE
IX SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
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Section
9.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.
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Section
9.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee.
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32
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Section
9.03. Successor Owner Trustee.
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33
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Section
9.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.
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33
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Section
9.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
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ARTICLE
X MISCELLANEOUS
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35
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Section
10.01. Compliance with Applicable Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money
Laundering
Regulations.
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35
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Section
10.02. Supplements and Amendments.
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35
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Section
10.03. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in
Certificateholders.
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36
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Section
10.04. Pledge of Collateral by Owner Trustee is Binding.
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36
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Section
10.05. Limitations on Rights of Others.
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37
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Section
10.06. Notices.
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37
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Section
10.07. Severability.
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37
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Section
10.08. Separate Counterparts.
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37
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Section
10.09. Successors and Assigns.
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37
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Section
10.10. Headings.
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37
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Section
10.11. Governing Law.
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37
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Section
10.12. No Petition.
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38
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Section
10.13. No Recourse.
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ARTICLE
XI OFFICERS
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Section
11.01. Appointment of Officers.
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38
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Section
11.02. Officers to Provide Information to the Owner
Trustee.
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Trust Certificate
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Class X Certificate
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Certificate of Trust
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Rule 144A Investment Letter
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of ERISA Transfer Affidavit
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Exhibit
F
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Form
of Representation and Warranty Regarding Transferee’s Status as a REIT or
Qualified REIT Subsidiary
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This
TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of September 1, 2006, is by and among SAXON ASSET
SECURITIES COMPANY, a Virginia corporation (the “Depositor”), WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as Owner Trustee (the “Owner Trustee”),
and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as
Administrator (the “Administrator”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement entered into simultaneously with
this Trust Agreement, the Depositor intends to sell, transfer and assign to
a
Delaware statutory trust created hereunder certain mortgage loans (exclusive
of
the Retained Interest therein retained by the Seller) and related assets, which
statutory trust would then pledge such collateral under an indenture in order
to
secure the issuance of its mortgage loan asset backed notes, the net proceeds
of
which would be applied toward the purchase of the Collateral.
WHEREAS,
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Administrator desire to enter into
this
Agreement in order to effect the foregoing.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01. Definitions. For
all
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below.
Actual
Knowledge:
With
respect to the Owner Trustee or the Administrator, any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee or the Administrator responsible
for
administering the Trust hereunder, or under the Operative Agreements, who has
actual knowledge of an action taken or an action not taken with regard to the
Trust. Actions taken or actions not taken of which the Owner Trustee or the
Administrator should have had knowledge, or has constructive knowledge, do
not
meet the definition of Actual Knowledge hereunder.
Agreement
or
Trust
Agreement:
This
Trust Agreement and any amendments or modifications hereof.
Authorized
Officer:
With
respect to the Trust, any officer of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to
act
for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Trust and who is identified
on
the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from
time to time thereafter) and, so long as the Administration Agreement is in
effect, any Vice President, Assistant Vice President or other officer of the
Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating
to the Trust and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the
Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized
Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee (if the
Administrator is not the Indenture Trustee) on the Closing Date (as such list
may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).
Bank:
Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity and not as Owner Trustee
under this Agreement.
Book-Entry
Certificates:
A
beneficial interest in any Class of Certificates, ownership and transfers of
which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described
in
Section 3.07.
Certificate
of Trust:
The
Certificate of Trust to be filed by the Owner Trustee for the Trust pursuant
to
Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute in the form of Exhibit C
hereto.
Certificate
Paying Agent:
Initially, the Administrator, in its capacity as certificate paying agent,
or
any successor to the Administrator in such capacity.
Certificate
Register:
The
register maintained by the Certificate Registrar in which the Certificate
Registrar shall provide for the registration of the Certificates and of
transfers and exchanges of such Certificates.
Certificate
Registrar:
Initially, the Administrator, in its capacity as certificate registrar, or
any
successor to the Administrator in such capacity.
Certificateholder
or
Holder:
The
Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register
except that, any Certificate registered in the name of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate of any of
the
foregoing shall be deemed not to be outstanding and any such Person will not
be
considered a Certificateholder or a Holder for purposes of giving any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture
or this Agreement.
Certificates:
The
Trust Certificate and the Class X Certificate.
Class
X Certificate:
A
certificate representing the right to receive certain residual amounts received
by the Trust as specified in this Agreement in substantially the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit B.
Clearing
Agency:
An
organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As of the Closing Date, the
Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust Company.
Clearing
Agency Participant:
A
broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for which
from
time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
Closing
Date:
October
10, 2006.
Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral:
As
defined in the Indenture.
Corporate
Trust Office:
With
respect to the Owner Trustee, the principal corporate trust office of the Owner
Trustee located at Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000; or at such other address in the State of Delaware as the
Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholders, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address
(which shall be in the State of Delaware) of which the successor owner trustee
will notify the Certificateholders) and with respect to the Certificate
Registrar, the principal office of the Certificate Registrar at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which at
the
time of execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xx.,
Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000, Attention: Trust Administration - SX0603 and for purposes
of presentment, surrender, and exchange of the Certificates at the office of
its
agent located at DTC Transfer Agent Services, 00 Xxxxx Xx. - Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Entrance, New York, New York 10041, or at such other address as the Certificate
Registrar may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and
the
Trust, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Certificate
Registrar at the address designated by such successor Certificate Registrar
by
notice to the Noteholders and the Trust.
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Depositor:
Saxon
Asset Securities Company, a Virginia corporation.
Depository:
DTC or
any other Person designated by the Trust as Depository in the case of Book-Entry
Certificates.
DTC:
The
Depository Trust Company.
ERISA:
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Expenses:
The
meaning specified in Section 7.02.
Indenture:
The
indenture, dated as of September 1, 2006, by and between the Trust and Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas.
Indenture
Event of Default:
An
Event of Default as defined in the Indenture.
Indenture
Trustee:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as indenture trustee
under
the Indenture.
Initial
Holder:
Saxon
Securities and Certificates, Inc.
Master
Servicer:
Saxon
Funding Management, Inc. or any successor in interest, as master servicer under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Net
Proceeds from the Notes:
The
proceeds received by the Trust from time to time from the issuance and sale
of
its Notes, less the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance
and sale of such Notes.
Noteholders:
The
holders from time to time of the Notes.
Officer:
Those
officers of the Trust referred to in Article XI.
Opinion
of Counsel:
One or
more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, be employees of or counsel to the Depositor and who shall
be
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Administrator, which opinion shall
be
addressed to the Owner Trustee and the Administrator.
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Owner
or Certificate Owner:
With
respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of
such Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency
or
on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency
(directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in
each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency) and, with
respect to any Certificate that is not a Book-Entry Certificate, the Holder
thereof.
Owner
Trustee:
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee
under this Agreement, and any successor trustee hereunder.
Percentage
Interest:
With
respect to any Certificate, the percentage set forth on the face
thereof.
Periodic
Filings:
Any
filings or submissions that the Trust is required to make with respect to the
Notes, including without limitation filings pursuant to the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and filings with any stock exchange or
self-regulatory organization.
Person:
Any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Proposer:
The
Certificateholder making a written request pursuant to Section
5.07.
Qualified
REIT Subsidiary:
A
direct
or indirect 100% owned subsidiary of a REIT that satisfies the requirements
of
Section 856(i) of the Code.
REIT:
A real
estate investment trust within the meaning of Sections 856 and 857 of the
Code.
Responsible
Officer:
With
respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of
the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the
Trust
and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of, and familiarity with,
the particular subject; and with respect to the Administrator, any officer
with
direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust and also, with respect
to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular
subject.
Sale
and Servicing Agreement:
The
Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1, 2006, by and among the
Trust, as issuer, the Depositor, as depositor, the Indenture Trustee, Saxon
Mortgage Services Inc., as servicer, and Saxon Funding Management, Inc., as
master servicer, as such may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
Saxon
REIT:
Saxon
Capital, Inc., which elected to be treated as a REIT beginning with its taxable
year ended December 31, 2004.
Secretary
of State:
The
Secretary of State of Delaware.
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Single
Certificate:
A
Certificate representing a 100% Percentage Interest in the applicable Class
of
Certificates.
Statutory
Trust Statute:
Chapter
38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del.C. Section 3801 et
seq.,
as the
same may be amended from time to time.
Trust:
The
trust established pursuant to this Agreement which shall carry on its business
operations under the name of “Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2006-3.”
Trust
Certificate:
An
equity certificate representing an undivided beneficial ownership interest
in
the Trust in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
Section
1.02. Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a) Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the same meanings assigned
to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in
the
Indenture.
(b) All
terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
(c) As
used
in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement
or in
any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined
in
this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally
accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting
terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are
inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting
principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document shall control.
(d) The
words
“hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained in this
Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without
limitation.”
(e) The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well
as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as the feminine
and neuter genders of such terms.
(f) Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented
and
includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person
are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
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ARTICLE
II
ORGANIZATION
Section
2.01. Name. The
trust
established under this Agreement shall be named “Saxon Asset Securities Trust
2006-3,” in which name the Owner Trustee and their Officers may conduct the
activities contemplated hereby, including the making and executing of contracts
and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and suing and being
sued.
Section
2.02. Office. The
principal office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office. The Trust shall also have an office in care of the
Administrator at its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
2.03. Purpose
and Powers. The
purpose of the Trust is, and the Trust shall have the power and authority,
to
engage in any of the following activities:
(a) to
issue
one or more Classes of Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates
pursuant to this Agreement and to sell, transfer and exchange such Notes and
such Certificates;
(b) with
the
proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the Certificates, to pay the
organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay
the
balance of the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the Certificates to the
Depositor in consideration of the transfer to the Trust of the
Collateral;
(c) to
assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant
to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders
pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement any portion of the
Collateral released from the lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to,
the
Indenture;
(d) to
enter
into and perform its obligations under the Operative Agreements (including
the
Swap Agreement) to which it is to be a party;
(e) to
engage
in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary,
suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto
or
connected therewith; and
(f) subject
to compliance with the Operative Agreements, to engage in such other activities
as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and
the
making of distributions and payments to the Certificateholders and the
Noteholders.
The
Trust
is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust shall
not
engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other
than
as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the Operative
Agreements. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Operative
Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall be effective as of September
27,
2006 for purposes of executing the trade of the Swap Agreement.
Section
2.04. Appointment
of the Owner Trustee. The
Depositor hereby appoints the Bank to act as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”)
of the Trust effective as of the date hereof to have all the rights, powers
and
duties set forth herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the
Trust.
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Section
2.05. Initial
Capital Contribution; Declaration of Trust.
(a) The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust,
as of the date hereof, the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges
receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, of the foregoing
contribution which shall constitute the initial corpus of the Trust Estate
and
shall be deposited by the Depositor directly in the Certificate Account. The
Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise
or
shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner
Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.
(b) The
Owner
Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and
subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the
Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Operative
Agreements. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitutes
a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Agreement
constitutes the governing instrument of such statutory trust. No later than
the
Closing Date, upon execution of this Trust Agreement by the parties hereto,
the
Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of the Certificate of Trust with the
Secretary of State. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the rights
of the Holders of the Trust Certificates will be those of beneficial owners
of
the Trust and the rights of the Holders of the Class X Certificates will be
those of a beneficial owner of an undivided interest in the residual cashflows
payable to such Holders in accordance with this Agreement.
Section
2.06. Issuance
of Initial Certificates. Upon
the
formation of the Trust by the initial contribution by the Depositor and the
filing of the Certificate of Trust pursuant to Section 2.05, the Trust will
issue the Trust Certificate and the Class X Certificate to the Initial Holder.
Section
2.07. Liability
of the Holders of the Certificates. Each
Certificateholder shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under
the
General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Section
2.08. Situs
of Trust. The
Trust
will be located and administered in the States of Delaware and California.
All
bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall
be
located in the States of Delaware, New York, California or the jurisdiction
where the Indenture Trustee maintains bank accounts with respect to collections
on the Collateral. The only offices of the Trust will be as described in Section
2.02 hereof. The Trust shall not have any employees; provided,
however,
that
nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having
employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be received
by
the Trust only in Delaware, New York, California or such other jurisdiction
designated by the Depositor, and payments will be made by the Trust only from
Delaware, New York, California or such other jurisdiction designated by the
Depositor.
Section
2.09. Title
to Trust Property.
(a) Subject
to the Indenture, title to all of the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times
in the Trust as a separate legal entity until this Agreement terminates pursuant
to Article VIII hereof; provided,
however,
that if
the laws of any jurisdiction require that title to any part of the Trust Estate
be vested in the trustee of the Trust, then title to that part of the Trust
Estate shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee or any co-trustee
or
separate trustee, as the case may be, appointed pursuant to Article IX of this
Agreement.
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(b) The
Certificateholders shall have beneficial but not legal title to any part of
the
Trust Estate. No transfer by operation of law or otherwise of any interest
of
the Certificateholders shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts
created hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer
to it of any part of the Trust Estate.
Section
2.10. Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee and the
Administrator as of the Closing Date, as follows:
(a) The
Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties
are currently owned and such business is presently conducted and had at all
relevant times, and now has, power, authority and the legal right to acquire
and
own the Mortgage Loans.
(b) The
Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all
jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
its
business shall require such qualifications.
(c) The
Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver any Operative
Agreement to which it is a party and to carry out its terms; the Depositor
has
full power and authority to sell and assign the Collateral to be sold and
assigned to and deposited with the Trust and the Depositor has duly authorized
such assignment and deposit to the Trust by all necessary corporate action;
and
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any other Operative
Agreement to which it is a party has been duly authorized by the Depositor
by
all necessary corporate action and, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery of each such agreement by the other parties thereto, each such
agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor,
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
(d) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof do not conflict with, result in
any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation
or
by-laws of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to
which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the
creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant
to the Operative Agreements); nor violate any law or, to the best of the
Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor
of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor
or
its properties.
(e) There
are
no proceedings or investigations, pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Depositor, threatened before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor
or
its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other
Operative Agreement to which the Depositor is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or
any other Operative Agreement to which the Depositor is a party or (iii) seeking
any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement to which
the
Depositor is a party.
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(f) The
representations and warranties of the Depositor made pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement are true and correct.
Section
2.11. Tax
Treatment. The
Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Initial Holder intend that the Trust be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary within
the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code so long as any Notes are Outstanding.
Section
2.12. Investment
Company. Neither
the Depositor nor any holder of a Certificate shall take any action which would
cause the Trust to become an “investment company” which would be required to
register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
ARTICLE
III
THE
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
Section
3.01. The
Certificates. The
Trust
Certificate and the Class X Certificate shall each initially be issued as a
single certificate in definitive, fully registered form and shall each initially
be registered in the name of the Initial Holder. No Trust Certificate or Class
X
Certificate shall be issued in authorized denominations of less than a 100%
Percentage Interest in such Certificates. The Certificates shall be executed
on
behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an Authorized Officer
of
the Owner Trustee and authenticated in the manner provided in Section 3.02.
A
Certificate bearing the manual signatures of individuals who were, at the time
when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf
of
the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefit of this
Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Certificate or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication and
delivery of such Certificate. A Person shall become a Certificateholder and
shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Certificateholder hereunder upon such Person’s acceptance of a Certificate duly
registered in such Person’s name pursuant to Section 3.03.
Section
3.02. Execution,
Authentication and Delivery of Certificates. Concurrently
with the sale of the Collateral to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause any Certificate issued hereunder to
be
executed and authenticated on behalf of the Trust and delivered to or upon
the
written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its
president or any vice president, without further corporate action by the
Depositor, in authorized denominations. No Certificate shall entitle its Holder
to any benefits under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless there
shall appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit A or Exhibit B hereto, as applicable, executed
by the Owner Trustee or the Administrator, as the Owner Trustee’s authenticating
agent, by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive
evidence that such Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
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Section
3.03. Registration
of and Limitations on Transfers and Exchanges of Certificates. The
Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, a Certificate Register in which, subject
to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar
shall
provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges
of
Certificates as herein provided; provided,
however,
that
the Certificates to be issued in connection with any such transfer or exchange
shall comply with the minimum denomination requirements set forth in Section
3.01 hereof. The Administrator shall be the initial Certificate Registrar.
If
the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee, at the
written direction of the Depositor, shall appoint a successor Certificate
Registrar.
Subject
to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 3.08, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver (or cause the Administrator as its authenticating agent to authenticate
and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one
or
more new Certificates evidencing in aggregate the Percentage Interest of the
Certificates so surrendered and dated the date of authentication by the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar. At the option of the Holder, Certificates
may be exchanged for other Certificates evidencing in the aggregate the
Percentage Interest of the Certificates to be surrendered in such exchange
at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08.
Every
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to
the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder
or
such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently
disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary
practice.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates or any
other
expense arising as a result of any registration of transfer or
exchange.
The
preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Owner Trustee shall
not make and the Certificate Registrar shall not register transfer or exchanges
of Certificates for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment
with respect to such Certificates.
No
transfer of a Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate shall be made unless
such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act
and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with such
act
and laws. Except in the case of the issuance of the Trust Certificate and the
Class X Certificate to the Initial Holder or any subsequent transfer to an
affiliate of the Initial Holder, in the event of any such transfer, the
Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require
the
transferee to execute an investment letter (in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D) certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the
Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor that such
transferee is a “qualified institutional buyer” under Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer
or the Depositor. The Holder of the Trust Certificate or the Class X Certificate
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify
the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the
Certificate Paying Agent, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any
and
all liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made
in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
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Except
in
the case of the initial transfer of the Trust Certificate and the Class X
Certificate to the Initial Holder or any subsequent transfer to an affiliate
thereof, no transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate
Registrar shall have received a transfer affidavit (in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit E) from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect
that such proposed transferee is not acquiring such Certificate for, or with
the
assets of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement that is
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any substantially
similar law (“Similar Law”), or any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of the
foregoing (collectively, “Benefit Plans”), which representation letter shall not
be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the
Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Master Servicer or
the
Depositor; provided
that, in
the case of a Book-Entry Certificate, such representations shall be deemed
to
have been made to the Certificate Registrar by the transferee’s acceptance of
such Book-Entry Certificate (or the acceptance of the beneficial interest in
such Certificate).
Prior
to
and as a condition of the registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of the Trust Certificate and the Class X Certificate, each Initial
Holder of the Trust Certificate and the Class X Certificate and each prospective
Holder of a Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate shall represent and
warrant in writing, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit F hereto,
to
the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any
of
their respective successors that:
(i) Such
Person is duly authorized to purchase a Trust Certificate or a Class X
Certificate and its purchase of investments having the characteristics of a
Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate is authorized under, and not directly
or indirectly in contravention of, any law, charter, trust instrument or other
operative document, investment guidelines or list of permissible or
impermissible investments that is applicable to the investor;
(ii) Such
Person understands that each holder of a Trust Certificate or a Class X
Certificate, by virtue of its acceptance thereof, assents to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement; and
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(iii) So
long
as any Notes are Outstanding, such Person is a REIT or a Qualified REIT
Subsidiary.
The
Certificate Registrar shall cause each Trust Certificate and Class X Certificate
to contain a legend, substantially similar to the applicable legends provided
in
Exhibit A hereto, stating that transfer of such Trust Certificate or Class
X
Certificate is subject to certain restrictions and referring prospective
purchasers of the Trust Certificate and the Class X Certificate to this Section
3.03 with respect to such restrictions.
Without
limitation to the foregoing, neither the Class X Certificate nor the Trust
Certificate may be transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of except to a Person
that acquires a 100% Percentage Interest in both such Classes of Certificates.
Any transfer, sale or other disposition in violation of the foregoing shall
be
void ab initio.
Section
3.04. Lost,
Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates. If
(a) a
mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or (b) the
Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction that a Certificate
has been destroyed, lost or stolen, and there is delivered to the Certificate
Registrar proof of ownership satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, together
with such security or indemnity as required by the Certificate Registrar and
the
Owner Trustee to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice
to
the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee that such Certificate has been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Owner Trustee shall execute on behalf
of
the Trust, and the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and Percentage Interest.
In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.04,
the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a
sum
sufficient to cover any expenses of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar (including any fees and expenses of counsel) and any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.04 shall constitute conclusive
evidence of an interest in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
Section
3.05. Persons
Deemed Certificateholders. Prior
to
due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Certificate Paying Agent may treat
the
Person in whose name any Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register
as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Section 4.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of
the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Certificate Paying
Agent shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
Section
3.06. Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses. The
Certificate Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Depositor
or
the Owner Trustee, within 15 days after receipt by the Certificate Registrar
of
a written request therefor from the Depositor or the Owner Trustee, a list,
in
such form as the Depositor or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as
of
the most recent Record Date. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a
Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Trust, the
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Master
Servicer or the Owner Trustee accountable or liable for damages by reason of
the
disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
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Section
3.07. Book-Entry
Certificates. (a)
Any Book-Entry Certificates shall be registered initially on the Certificate
Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no owner thereof
will receive a definitive Certificate representing such Owner’s interest in such
Certificate, except as provided in Section 3.07(c). Unless and until definitive,
fully registered Certificates (the “Definitive Certificates”) have been issued
to such Owners pursuant to Section 3.07(c):
(i) the
provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the
Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to deal with
the
Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Agreement (including payments on the
Book-Entry Certificates and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder)
as the sole Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates, and shall have no obligation
to the Owners;
(iii) to
the
extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions
of
this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall control;
(iv) the
rights of Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall
be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Owners and
the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants pursuant to the
procedures of the Clearing Agency. Unless and until Definitive Certificates
are
issued pursuant to Section 3.07(c), the initial Clearing Agency will make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments on the Book-Entry Certificates to such Clearing Agency
Participants; and
(v) whenever
this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement requires or permits actions
to
be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Certificates
evidencing a Percentage Interest of the Book-Entry Certificates, the Clearing
Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that
it
has received instructions to such effect from Owners and/or Clearing Agency
Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage
of
the beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Certificates and has delivered such
instructions to the Owner Trustee.
(b) Notices
to Clearing Agency.
Whenever
a notice or other communication to the Certificateholders is required under
this
Agreement, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been issued
to
such Owners pursuant to Section 3.07(c), the Owner Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the
Book-Entry Certificates to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation
to
such Owners.
(c) Definitive
Certificates. If
(i)
DTC or the Depositor advises the Owner Trustee in writing that the Clearing
Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities
with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates and the Depositor or the Owner
Trustee is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) the Trust at its
option advises the Owner Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, then the Clearing Agency shall
notify all Owners and the Owner Trustee of the occurrence of such event and
of
the availability of Definitive Certificates to Owners requesting the same.
Upon
surrender to the Owner Trustee of the typewritten Certificates representing
the
Book-Entry Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Owner Trustee shall cause the execution and authentication
of
the Definitive Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing
Agency. None of the Trust, the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee shall
be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively
rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the
issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders.
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Section
3.08. Maintenance
of Office or Agency. The
Certificate Registrar on behalf of the Trust, shall maintain an office or
offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Owner Trustee in respect of the Certificates and the Operative Agreements
may be served. The Certificate Registrar shall give the Owner Trustee prompt
notice, in writing, of any such notice or demand. The Certificate Registrar
initially designates the office of the Administrator’s agent located c/o DTC
Transfer Agent Services, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Entrance, New York,
New
York 10041, as its office for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar shall
give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the
Certificateholders of any change in the location of the Certificate Register
or
any such office or agency.
Section
3.09. Certificate
Paying Agent.
(a) The
Owner
Trustee may appoint, and hereby appoints, the Administrator as Certificate
Paying Agent under this Agreement. The Certificate Paying Agent shall make
distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Account pursuant to
Section 4.02 hereof and Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee. The
Certificate Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from
the Certificate Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred
to
above. The Administrator hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees
that
it will be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement relating to the Certificate Paying Agent and shall:
(i) hold
all
sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Certificates
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(ii) give
the
Owner Trustee notice of any default by the Trust of which a Responsible Officer
of the Administrator has Actual Knowledge in the making of any payment required
to be made with respect to the Certificates;
(iii) at
any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the
Owner Trustee forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust all
sums
so held in Trust by such Certificate Paying Agent;
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(iv) immediately
resign as Certificate Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Certificates
if at any time it ceases to meet the standards under this Section 3.09 required
to be met by the Certificate Paying Agent at the time of its
appointment;
(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Certificates of any applicable withholding taxes
imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in
connection therewith; and
(vi) not
institute bankruptcy proceedings against the Trust in connection with this
Agreement.
(b) In
the
event that the Administrator shall no longer be the Certificate Paying Agent
hereunder, the Owner Trustee, at the written direction of the Depositor, shall
appoint a successor to act as Certificate Paying Agent (which shall be a bank
or
trust company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Certificate Paying
Agent or any additional Certificate Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such
successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall
agree with the Owner Trustee that as Certificate Paying Agent, such successor
Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent will hold all
sums, if any, held by it for payment in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Certificateholders. The Certificate Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed
funds to the Owner Trustee, and upon removal of a Certificate Paying Agent,
such
Certificate Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the
Owner Trustee. The provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.05, 6.07, 6.08, 7.01 and
7.02
(except with respect to the proviso in the last sentence of Section 7.02) shall
apply to the Administrator also in its role as Certificate Paying Agent for
so
long as the Administrator shall act as Certificate Paying Agent and, to the
extent applicable, to any other Certificate Paying Agent appointed hereunder.
Any reference in this Agreement to the Certificate Paying Agent shall include
any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying
Agent shall be the same entity as the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture
and
the Sale and Servicing Agreement unless (i) the Indenture Trustee resigns or
is
removed as Indenture Trustee or (ii) an Indenture Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and the Indenture Trustee determines or is advised that a
conflict of interest exists or will exist if the Indenture Trustee continues
to
act as Administrator and Certificate Paying Agent. In such event, the
Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent shall resign and the Owner
Trustee, at the written direction of the Depositor, shall appoint a successor
Administrator in accordance with the Administration Agreement.
Section
3.10. Initial
Certificate Ownership. Upon
the
formation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section
2.05 and until the issuance of the Trust Certificate, the Depositor shall be
the
sole beneficiary of the Trust.
Section
3.11. Derivative
Transactions/PMI Insurance. The
Issuer is authorized, at the direction and the expense of the
Certificateholders, to enter into (and to pledge to the Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture) such derivative transactions and purchase such primary mortgage
insurance relating to the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of any Noteholders
as
may be deemed desirable by the Holders of the Trust Certificates, so long as
(i)
as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee and
the
Issuer (at the expense of the Certificateholders), the inclusion of any such
derivative in the Trust Estate will not be inconsistent with the ERISA
provisions contained herein or in the Operative Agreements, (ii) as evidenced
by
an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer (at
the
expense of the Certificateholders), such derivative transaction or insurance
policy will not adversely affect the tax aspects of the Notes and (iii) each
Rating Agency shall have confirmed in writing that the inclusion of any such
derivative would not result in a downgrade of its then current rating of any
Class of Offered Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Opinions of
Counsel and Rating Agency confirmation shall not be required with respect to
the
Swap Agreement or the PMI Policy issued at the Closing Date.
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ARTICLE
IV
APPLICATION
OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section
4.01. Certificate
Account. All
of
the right, title and interest of the Trust in all funds on deposit from time
to
time in the Certificate Account and in all proceeds thereof shall be held for
the benefit of the Certificateholders and such other persons entitled to
distributions therefrom. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Account shall be under the sole
dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
The
Certificate Account shall be subject to and established and maintained in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and the Indenture, including, without limitation, the provisions of Section
3.22
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement regarding distributions from the Certificate
Account.
Section
4.02. Application
of Trust Funds.
(a)
The
Certificate Paying Agent is hereby directed to distribute to the
Certificateholders on each Payment Date amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Account with respect to such Payment Date and payable to the Certificates in
accordance with Section 3.22 and Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and the Certificate Paying Agent hereby acknowledges such direction. The
Certificate Paying Agent shall pay amounts in the Certificate Account on each
Payment Date up to the Released Principal Amount for such Payment Date to the
Holder of the Trust Certificate and shall pay all other amounts in the
Certificate Account on each Payment Date to the Holder of the Class X
Certificate.
(b) All
payments to be made under this Agreement by the Certificate Paying Agent shall
be made only from the income and proceeds, including net proceeds from the
sale
of the Offered Securities, of the Trust Estate and only to the extent that
the
Certificate Paying Agent has received such income or proceeds. The Certificate
Paying Agent shall not be liable to the Certificateholders, the Indenture
Trustee or the Administrator for any amounts payable pursuant to this Section
4.02 except to the extent that non-payment is due to the Certificate Paying
Agent’s acts or omissions amounting to willful misconduct or gross
negligence.
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(c) In
the
event that any withholding tax is imposed on the distributions (or allocations
of income) to the Certificateholders, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise
distributable to the Certificateholders in accordance with this Section 4.02.
The Certificate Paying Agent, if instructed by the Master Servicer or Owner
Trustee, is hereby authorized and directed to retain or cause to be retained
from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds
(as determined by the Master Servicer or Owner Trustee) for the payment of
any
tax that is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent
the Trust from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to
a
Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder
at the time it is withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent and remitted to
the
appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax
is
payable with respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to a non-U.S.
Certificateholder), the Certificate Paying Agent shall withhold such amounts
in
accordance with this paragraph (c). In the event that the Certificateholder
wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Administrator
shall reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such a claim
so
long as such Certificateholder agrees to reimburse the Administrator for any
out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
(d) Distributions
to the Holders of the Certificates shall be subordinated to the creditors of
the
Trust, including, without limitation, the Noteholders and the Owner
Trustee.
Section
4.03. Method
of Payment. Subject
to Section 8.01(c), distributions required to be made to the Certificateholders
on any Payment Date as provided in Section 4.02 shall be made to the
Certificateholders of record on the preceding Record Date either by, in the
case
of the Initial Holder and any other Certificateholder owning a Single
Certificate, wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account
of
such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor,
if
such Certificateholder shall have provided to the Certificate Registrar
appropriate written instructions at least five Business Days prior to such
Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the
address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register; provided
that,
unless Definitive Certificates have been issued pursuant to Section 3.07(c),
with respect to Certificates registered on the Record Date in the name of the
nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.),
payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the
account designated by such nominee.
Section
4.04. Tax
Returns. The
Depositor shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust
on a calendar year basis using the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver
(or
cause to be delivered) to each Certificateholder as may be required by the
Code
and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required to
enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax
returns, (c) prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed such tax returns
relating to the Trust as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations (making such elections as may from time to time be required or
appropriate under any applicable state or federal statutes, rules or
regulations) and (d) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as
described in and in accordance with Section 4.02 of this Agreement with respect
to income or distributions to Certificateholders and prepare or cause to be
prepared the appropriate forms relating thereto; provided, however,
that
the Depositor shall not be required to compute the Trust’s gross income and
provided, further,
that
the Depositor shall not be required to prepare and file partnership or
corporation income tax returns on behalf of the Trust, or any additional tax
work caused by Section 3.11, unless it receives an Opinion of Counsel (which
shall not be at the Depositor’s expense, but shall be an expense of the Trust or
other party requesting such opinion) as to the necessity of such filings, and
a
copy of the partnership agreement or comparable documentation, if available,
and
reimbursement for related reasonable expenses from the Trust not to exceed
$5,000 per year. The
parties hereto intend that the Trust will be treated as a Qualified REIT
Subsidiary of the Saxon REIT (or a subsequent single Holder of the Trust
Certificate and the Class X Certificate), and therefore, all assets,
liabilities, and items of income, deduction, and credit of the Trust shall
be
treated as assets, liabilities, and items of income, deduction, and credit
of
the Saxon REIT (or a subsequent single Holder of the Trust Certificate and
the
Class X Certificate) on the federal income tax return of the Saxon REIT (or
a
subsequent single Holder of the Trust Certificate and the Class X
Certificate).
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The
Owner
Trustee shall sign all tax and information returns prepared or caused to be
prepared by the Depositor pursuant to this Section 4.04 at the written request
of the Depositor, and in doing so shall rely entirely upon, and shall have
no
liability for information or calculations provided by, the Depositor, or any
other Person. In no event shall the Depositor be liable for any errors or
omissions in preparing or filing the tax returns or errors or omissions in
maintaining the books of the Trust if such errors or omissions were due to
errors or omissions in the information contained in the reports delivered by
the
Servicer or the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Depositor be
liable for any errors or omissions in the preparing or filing of any tax returns
or in maintaining the books of the Trust unless such error or omissions are
due
to the Depositor’s negligence or willful misconduct in so preparing, filing or
maintaining.
If
no
Note is Outstanding and the Trust is classified as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes, the Depositor shall cause the Trust to maintain capital
accounts and make partnership allocations in accordance with Section 704 of
the
Code. The holder of the Trust Certificates evidencing the largest Percentage
Interest shall be designated as the “tax matters partner” of the
Trust.
Section
4.05. Segregation
of Moneys; No Interest. Moneys
received by the Trust hereunder and deposited into the Certificate Account
will
be segregated except to the extent required otherwise by law or the provisions
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable
for
payment of any interest in respect of such moneys.
ARTICLE
V
AUTHORITY
AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE;
ACTION
BY
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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Section
5.01. General
Authority. The
Owner
Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Notes, the
Certificates, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the other Operative
Agreements to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other
document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Operative Agreements
to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or other agreement or
instrument described herein, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee’s
execution thereof, and, on behalf of the Trust, to direct the Indenture Trustee
to authenticate the Notes. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee
is
authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the
Trust pursuant to the Operative Agreements.
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Section
5.02. General
Duties.
(a) It
shall
be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all
of
its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements to which it is a party and to administer the Trust in
the
interest of the Certificateholders, subject to the Operative Agreements and
in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and
responsibilities hereunder and under the Operative Agreements to the extent
the
Administrator or the Depositor has agreed in the Administration Agreement,
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Agreement, respectively, to perform any
act
or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee or the Trust hereunder or under
any Operative Agreement, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held liable for
the
default or failure of the Administrator or the Depositor to carry out its
obligations under the Administration Agreement, this Agreement or the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement, respectively.
(b) It
shall
be the duty of the Depositor to obtain and preserve the Trust’s qualification to
do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the
Trust Estate. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to cooperate with the
Depositor with respect to such matters.
Section
5.03. Action
Upon Instruction.
(a) Subject
to this Article V and in accordance with the terms of the Operative Agreements,
the Holders of the Trust Certificates may by written instruction direct the
Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust, but only to the extent consistent
with the limited purpose of the Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any
time by written instruction of the Holders of the Trust Certificates pursuant
to
this Article V.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any Operative Agreement if the Owner Trustee shall have
reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action
is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary
to the terms hereof or of any Operative Agreement or is otherwise contrary
to
law.
(c) Whenever
the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action
permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under any other
Operative Agreement, or in the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to
the
application of any provision of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement
or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears
to
be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this
Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is
incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to
take
with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may promptly give
notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the
Holders of the Trust Certificates requesting instruction as to the course of
action to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith
in
accordance with any written instruction of a majority of Percentage Interest
of
the Holders of Trust Certificates, except as provided in Section 5.06, the
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the
Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within 10 days
of
such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be
specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may,
but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not
inconsistent with this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, as it shall
deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and the Owner
Trustee shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
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Section
5.04. No
Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or in
Instructions. The
Owner
Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with
respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with the
Trust
Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in
connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee
is
a party, except as expressly provided (i) in accordance with the powers granted
to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, and (ii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered
to
the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement; and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Operative Agreement against
the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing
any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to the Trust or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange
Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any Operative
Agreement or to prepare or file any tax return for the Trust or to prepare,
execute or file any document required to be delivered pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees
that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may
be
necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Trust Estate that result
from actions by, or claims against the Bank that are not related to the
ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate.
Section
5.05. Restrictions.
(a) The
Owner
Trustee shall not take any action (x) that is inconsistent with the purposes
of
the Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (y) that, to the Actual Knowledge of
the
Owner Trustee, would result in the Trust becoming subject to entity level
taxation for federal income tax purposes. The Holders of the Trust Certificates
shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate the
provisions of this Section 5.05.
(b) The
Trust
shall not, except as provided herein and as provided in Sections 3.22 and 4.1
of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, convey or transfer any of the Trust’s
properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any
person unless (x) it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to
the
Trust or any Securityholder and (y) such conveyance or transfer shall not
violate the provisions of the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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Section
5.06. Prior
Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. With
respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless
at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall
have
notified the Holders of the Trust Certificates (with a copy to the Depositor)
in
writing of the proposed action and Holders of Trust Certificates holding in
aggregate a 100% Percentage Interest in the Trust Certificates shall have
notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th
day
after such notice is given that such Certificateholders have consented to such
action or provided alternative direction:
(a) The
initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or lawsuits
brought in connection with the collection of cash distributions due and owing
under the Collateral) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought
by or against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or
lawsuits for collection of cash distributions due and owing under the
Collateral);
(b) the
election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless
such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust
Statute);
(c) the
amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or of this Agreement
or
any other Operative Agreement in circumstances where the consent of any
Noteholder is required;
(d) the
amendment or other change of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or of
this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement in circumstances where the
consent of any Noteholder is not required;
(e) the
amendment of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in circumstances where the consent
of any Securityholder is required;
(f) the
amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, except to
cure any ambiguity;
(g) the
amendment, change or modification of the Swap Agreement, except to comply with
the terms specified in the Prospectus;
(h) the
appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, Paying
Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Agreement of a successor
Certificate Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent or the consent to the
assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Indenture Trustee, Certificate
Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent of its obligations under the Indenture
or
this Agreement, as applicable;
(i) the
consent to the calling or waiver of any default of any Operative
Agreement;
(j) the
consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under
any
Operative Agreement;
(k) except
as
provided in Article VIII hereof, the dissolution, termination or liquidation
of
the Trust in whole or in part;
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(l) the
merger, conversion or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other entity,
or conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of the Trust’s assets to
any other entity;
(m) the
incurrence, assumption or guaranty by the Trust of any indebtedness other than
as set forth in this Agreement or the Operative Agreements;
(n) the
taking of any action which conflicts with any Operative Agreement or would
make
it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Trust or change the
Trust’s purpose and powers set forth in this Agreement;
(o) the
confession of a judgment against the Trust;
(p) the
possession of the Trust assets, or assignment of the Trust’s right to property,
for other than a Trust purpose; or
(q) the
lending of funds by the Trust to any entity.
The
Owner
Trustee shall not be obligated to procure any required prior written consent
of
the Noteholders to any such action and to the extent such consent is required
and is not provided to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee shall be under
no
obligation to take, or refrain from taking, any action with respect to such
matters.
In
addition, the Trust shall not commingle its assets with those of any other
entity. The Trust shall maintain its financial and accounting books and records
separate from those of any other entity. Except as expressly set forth herein,
the Trust shall pay its indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities from
its own funds, and the Trust shall neither incur any indebtedness nor pay the
indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities of any other entity. Except
as
expressly set forth herein, the Trust shall not engage in any dissolution,
liquidation, consolidation, merger or sale of assets. The Trust shall maintain
appropriate minutes or other records of all appropriate actions and shall
maintain its office separate from the offices of the Depositor or any of its
Affiliates. The Trust shall not engage in any business activity in which it
is
not currently engaged other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements
and
related documentation. The Trust shall not form, or cause to be formed, any
subsidiaries and shall not own or acquire any asset other than as contemplated
by the Operative Agreements and related documentation. Other than as
contemplated by the Operative Agreements and related documentation, the Trust
shall not follow the directions or instructions of the Depositor. The Trust
shall conduct its own business in its own name. The Trust shall observe all
formalities required under the Statutory Trust Statute. The Trust shall not
hold
out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other person
or entity. The Trust shall not acquire the obligations or securities of its
Affiliates or the Seller. Other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements
and related documentation, the Trust shall not pledge its assets for the benefit
of any other person or entity. The Trust shall correct any known
misunderstanding regarding its separate identity. The Trust shall not identify
itself as a division of any other person or entity.
For
accounting purposes, the Trust shall be treated as an entity separate and
distinct from any Certificateholder. The pricing and other material terms of
all
transactions and agreements to which the Trust is a party shall be intrinsically
fair to all parties thereto. This Agreement is and shall be the only agreement
among the parties thereto with respect to the creation, operation and
termination of the Trust.
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The
Owner
Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of the 100%
Percentage Interest of Holders of Trust Certificates, and to the extent
otherwise consistent with the Operative Agreements, to remove or replace the
Indenture Trustee.
Section
5.07. Action
by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.
(a) The
Owner
Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of 100%
Percentage Interest of Holders of Trust Certificates, to (i) remove the
Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 9 thereof,
(ii) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 9 of the
Administration Agreement, or (iii) except as expressly provided in the
Indenture, to sell the Collateral after the termination of the Indenture. The
Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence
only
upon written instructions signed and authorized by 100% Percentage Interest
of
the Holders of Trust Certificates.
(b) Upon
the
written request of any Holder of Trust Certificates (a “Proposer”), the Owner
Trustee shall distribute promptly to all Holders of the Trust Certificates
any
request for action or consent of Certificateholders submitted by such Proposer,
with a copy to the Administrator. The Owner Trustee shall provide a reasonable
method for collecting responses to such request and shall tabulate and report
the results thereof to the Holders of the Trust Certificates and the
Administrator. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty to
determine if any such proposed action or consent is permitted under the terms
of
this Agreement or applicable law. The Proposer shall pay all reasonable expenses
incurred by the Owner Trustee under this Section 5.07.
Section
5.08. Action
by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy. The
Owner
Trustee shall not have the power to commence or consent to a bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceeding relating to the Trust without the unanimous
prior approval of the Holders of the Trust Certificates and the delivery to
the
Owner Trustee by each such Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that
such Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent. This
paragraph shall survive for one year and one day following termination of this
Agreement. So long as the Indenture remains in effect, no Certificateholder
shall have the power to institute, and shall not institute, any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceeding with respect to the Trust or direct the Owner
Trustee to take such action.
Section
5.09. Restrictions
on Certificateholders’ Power. The
Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain
from
taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation
of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Operative
Agreements or would be contrary to Section 2.03 nor shall the Owner Trustee
be
obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
Section
5.10. Majority
Control. Except
as
expressly provided herein, any action that may be taken by the Holders of the
Trust Certificates under this Agreement may be taken by the Holders of Trust
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Percentage
Interests of the Trust Certificates. Except as expressly provided herein, any
written notice of the Holders of the Trust Certificates delivered pursuant
to
this Agreement shall be effective if signed by Holders of Trust Certificates
evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Percentage Interests
of
the Trust Certificates at the time of the delivery of such notice.
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ARTICLE
VI
CONCERNING
THE OWNER TRUSTEE
Section
6.01. Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties. The
Owner
Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform the same but
only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee also agrees to disburse
all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Estate upon
the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or
accountable hereunder or under any other Operative Agreements under any
circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence
or
bad faith, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
contained in Section 6.04, (iii) for liabilities arising from the failure by
the
Owner Trustee to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the last
sentence of Section 5.04, or (iv) for taxes, fees or other charges based on
or
measured by any fees, commissions or compensation received by the Owner Trustee
in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
any
other Operative Agreements or the Notes. In particular, but not by way of
limitation:
(a) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee;
(b) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by the Owner Trustee in good faith in accordance with the instructions
of
the Holders of the Trust Certificates;
(c) No
provision of this Agreement shall require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of
the Owner Trustee’s rights or powers hereunder or under any other Operative
Agreements if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is
not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) Under
no
circumstance shall the Owner Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by
or
arising under any of the Operative Agreements, including the principal of and
interest on the Notes;
(e) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by the Depositor, the Administrator, Master Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee, any Officer or the Certificate Paying Agent under this Agreement or
any
other Operative Agreement or otherwise and the Owner Trustee shall not be
obligated to perform or monitor the performance of any obligations or duties
under this Agreement or the other Operative Agreements which are to be performed
by the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or
by
any other Person under any of the Operative Agreements;
(f) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the recitals herein,
the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by
the
Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or
validity of any of the Trust Estate or for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of the Operative Agreements, other than the certificate of
authentication on the Certificates, and the Owner Trustee shall in no event
assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder, the
Depositor or to the Certificateholders, other than as expressly provided for
herein; and
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(g) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Owner Trustee shall not be
required to execute, deliver or certify on behalf of the Trust any filings,
certificates, affidavits or other instruments required under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002, as amended.
Section
6.02. Furnishing
of Documents. The
Owner
Trustee will furnish to the Administrator (for distribution to the
Certificateholders), promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor,
duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates,
financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee
hereunder or under the Operative Agreements unless the Administrator shall
have
already received the same.
Section
6.03. Books
and Records. The
Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept proper books of record and account
of all the transactions under this Agreement, including a record of the name
and
address of the Holders of the Certificates.
Section
6.04. Representations
and Warranties.
(a) The
Bank
represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, as follows:
(i) the
Bank
is a banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Depositor
and
Administrator), has the power and authority as Owner Trustee to execute and
deliver the Operative Agreements and to perform its obligations thereunder
and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other
parties thereto, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Bank or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, enforceable
against the Bank or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, in accordance with
its terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating
to creditors’ rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought;
(ii) the
Bank
has no reason to believe that anyone authorized to act on its behalf has offered
any interest in and to the Trust for sale to, or solicited any offer to acquire
any of the same from, anyone;
(iii) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, either in its individual
capacity or as Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of the Operative Agreements
will not result in any violation of, or be in any conflict with, or constitute
a
default under any of the provisions of any indenture, mortgage, chattel
mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, lease, note or bond
purchase agreement, license, judgment, order or other agreement to which the
Bank is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound;
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(iv) the
execution and delivery by the Bank of this Agreement, and the performance of
its
duties as Owner Trustee hereunder, do not require the consent or approval of,
the giving of notice to, or the registration with, or the taking of any other
action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency of the State of
Delaware (except as may be required by the Delaware securities law or the
Statutory Trust Statute or as may be required to enforce the lien of the
Indenture); and
(v) there
are
no pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened actions or proceedings
against the Bank before any court, administrative agency or tribunal which,
if
determined adversely to it, would materially and adversely affect its ability,
either in its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Operative
Agreements.
(b) Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrator, hereby represents and warrants
to
the Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, that:
(i) it
is a
New York banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the state of New York. It has all requisite corporate
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement; and
(ii) it
has
taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of
this
Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its
officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its
behalf.
Section
6.05. Reliance;
Advice of Counsel.
(a) Except
as
provided in Section 6.01, the Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone
in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent,
order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed
by
it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties.
The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board
of
directors or other governing body of any corporate or partnership entity as
conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body
and
that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the manner
of ascertainment of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner
Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the
president or any vice president (or the general partner, in the case of a
partnership) and by the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or the secretary
or
any assistant secretary of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and
such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for
any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance
thereon.
(b) In
its
exercise or administration of the trusts and powers hereunder, including its
obligations under Section 5.02(b), and in the performance of its duties and
obligations under this Agreement or the other Operative Agreements, the Owner
Trustee may employ agents and attorneys and enter into agreements (including
the
Administration Agreement) with any of them, and the Owner Trustee shall not
be
answerable for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys if
such
agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee with
reasonable care. If, and to the extent, the Depositor shall have failed to
reimburse the Owner Trustee for all reasonable expenses incurred pursuant to
this Section 6.05(b), as provided in Section 7.01, the Owner Trustee may seek
reimbursement therefor from the Trust Estate.
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(c) In
the
administration of the trusts and performance of its duties hereunder, the Owner
Trustee may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled Persons to
be
selected and employed by it, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for
anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the
reasonable advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other skilled
Persons. If, and to the extent, the Depositor shall have failed to reimburse
the
Owner Trustee for all reasonable expenses incurred pursuant to this Section
6.05(c), as provided in Section 7.01, the Owner Trustee may seek reimbursement
therefor from the Trust Estate.
Section
6.06. Not
Acting in Individual Capacity. Except
as
provided in this Article VI, in accepting the trusts hereby created the Owner
Trustee acts solely as trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity,
and
all persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements shall look only to the
Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section
6.07. Owner
Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Collateral. The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature
and
countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as
the
statements of the Depositor, and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility
for
the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Operative Agreement or of
the
Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee
on the Certificates) or the Notes, or of any Collateral or related documents.
The Owner Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for
or
with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Collateral,
or
the perfection and priority of any security interest created by any Collateral
or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect
to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments
to be distributed to Certificateholders under this Agreement or the Noteholders
under the Indenture, including, without limitation: the existence, condition
and
ownership of any Collateral; the existence and enforceability of any insurance
thereon; the existence and contents of any Collateral on any computer or other
record thereof; the validity of the assignment of any Collateral to the Trust
or
of any intervening assignment; the completeness of any Collateral; the
performance or enforcement of any Collateral; the compliance by the Depositor
with any warranty or representation made under any Operative Agreements or
in
any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation
or
any action of the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee taken in the name
of
the Owner Trustee.
Section
6.08. Owner
Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes. The
Owner
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become a Certificateholder
(provided
that, so
long as any Note is Outstanding, if the Owner Trustee should acquire a Trust
Certificate or a Class X Certificate in accordance with Section 3.03, it shall
be a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary) or the owner or pledgee of Notes
and
may deal with the Depositor, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee in
banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner
Trustee.
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Section
6.09. Licenses. The
Depositor shall cause the Trust to use its best efforts to obtain and maintain
the effectiveness of any licenses required in connection with this Agreement
and
the other Operative Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby until such time as the Trust shall terminate in accordance with the
terms hereof. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to cooperate with the
Depositor with respect to such matters.
Section
6.10. Owner
Trustee Reporting Requirements of the Commission.
(a) On
or
before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there is no requirement
to
file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Owner Trustee shall deliver to
the
Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and the Depositor a report regarding its
assessment of compliance with the criteria specified in paragraph (d) of Item
1122 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(d)), as of and for the period ending the end
of each fiscal year, with respect to asset-backed security transactions taken
as
a whole involving the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, and that are backed by the same asset
type as the Mortgage Loans. Each such report shall include all of the statements
required to be provided by the Owner Trustee under paragraph (a) of Item 1122
of
Regulation AB (§ 229.1122(a)).
(b) On
or
before March 15 of each calendar year (or March 24 if there is no requirement
to
file a Form 10-K in that calendar year), the Owner Trustee shall deliver to
the
Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and the Depositor a report by a registered
public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made
by
the Owner Trustee pursuant to subsection (a) above. Each such report shall
be
made in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted
by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(c) The
Owner
Trustee shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and
the
Depositor of any legal proceedings pending against the Owner Trustee of the
type
described in Item 1117 (§ 229.1117) of Regulation AB.
ARTICLE
VII
INDEMNIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION
Section
7.01. Trust
Expenses.
The
Depositor and Saxon Funding Management, Inc. (“SFM”), jointly and severally,
shall pay the organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall,
upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee
for
any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee. The Depositor and SFM, jointly
and
severally, shall also pay (or reimburse the Bank for) all reasonable expenses
of
the Owner Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives,
experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the
exercise and performance of its rights and duties under the Operative
Agreements.
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Section
7.02. Indemnification.
The
Depositor and SFM, jointly and severally, agree to assume liability for, and
indemnify the Bank and its successors, assigns, officers, directors, employees,
agents and servants, against and from, any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses and
disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and
nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”) which may be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted at any time against the Bank (whether or not indemnified against
by other parties) in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement,
any
Operative Agreement, the Collateral, the administration of the Trust Estate
or
the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except only that
Depositor and SFM shall not be required to indemnify the Bank for Expenses
arising or resulting from any of the matters described in the third sentence
of
Section 6.01. The indemnities contained in this Section 7.02 shall survive
the
resignation or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this
Agreement. In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity
will be sought pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee’s choice of legal
counsel shall be subject to the approval of the Depositor and SFM, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event that the Depositor
or
SFM fails to satisfy any claim for indemnification by the Bank under this
Section 7.02, the Trust Estate shall be liable to satisfy such claim pursuant
to
Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided,
however,
that
any such reimbursement by the Trust Estate of the Bank and the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to that section shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate in any
year.
Section
7.03. Compensation.
The
Bank
shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have
been
separately agreed to on or prior to the date hereof by the Bank and the
Depositor pursuant to a fee agreement letter dated as of October 10, 2006
between the Bank and the Depositor (the “Fee Agreement”). The Depositor shall,
out of its own funds, wire to the Bank on the Closing Date the initial fee
and
the first year’s annual fee set forth in such Fee Agreement. Thereafter, the
Bank shall be entitled to receive an annual fee (the “Annual Administration
Fee”) payable by the Depositor on each anniversary of the Closing Date. To the
extent the Annual Administration Fee is not paid by the Depositor, such fee
shall be paid by SFM.
Section
7.04. Lien
on Trust Estate.
The
Bank
shall have a lien on the Trust Estate for any compensation or indemnity due
hereunder, such lien to be subject only to prior liens of the Indenture. The
Bank shall not bring any proceedings to foreclose on such lien if and to the
extent the Trust Estate is subject to the lien of the Indenture. Any amount
paid
to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VII shall be deemed not to be
part
of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT
Section
8.01. Termination
of Agreement.
(a) This
Agreement (other than Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.04) and the trusts created
hereby shall dissolve, wind up and terminate and the Trust Estate shall, subject
to the Indenture and Sections 4.01 and 7.04, be distributed to the Holders
of
the Certificates as set forth herein, and this Agreement shall be of no further
force or effect, upon the full payment of principal and interest due on all
Classes of the Notes and the sale or other final disposition by the Indenture
Trustee or the Trust, as the case may be, of all the Trust Estate and the final
distribution by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may
be,
of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section
4.02. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any
Holders of the Certificates shall not operate to terminate this Agreement,
nor
entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an
accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition
or
winding up of the Trust Estate, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations
and
liabilities of the parties hereto.
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(b) Except
as
provided in Section 8.01(a), neither the Depositor nor the Certificateholders
shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust established hereunder prior
to payment in full of the Notes.
(c) Notice
of
any termination of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date upon which
Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to the Certificate Paying
Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
by
the Certificate Paying Agent by letter to Certificateholders and the Rating
Agencies mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of the final
payment on the Notes from the Indenture Trustee, stating (i) the Payment Date
upon or with respect to which final payment of the Certificates shall be made
upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the
Certificate Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final
payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment
Date
is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender
of
the Certificates at the office of the Certificate Paying Agent therein
specified. The Certificate Paying Agent shall give such notice to the Owner
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the
Certificate Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders
amounts distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to Sections 3.22 and 4.1
of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 4.02 of this
Agreement.
In
the
event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates
for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above
mentioned written notice, the Certificate Paying Agent shall give a second
written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, if within
one year following the Payment Date on which final payment of the Certificates
was to have been made pursuant to the Sections 3.22 and 4.1 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, all the Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Certificate Paying Agent may take appropriate steps, or may
appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall remain
subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Certificate Account after
exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by the Certificate Paying
Agent
to the Trust and thereafter the Holders of the non-cancelled Certificates shall
look only to the Trust for payment on a pro
rata
basis.
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(d) Upon
the
winding up of the Trust and its termination, and written notice thereof by
the
Certificate Paying Agent to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee shall cause
the
Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810
of
the Statutory Trust Statute.
ARTICLE
IX
SUCCESSOR
OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
Section
9.01. Eligibility
Requirements for Owner Trustee. The
Owner
Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section
3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate powers;
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities; and having (or
having a parent which has) a short-term debt rating of at least “A-1” or the
equivalent by, or which is otherwise acceptable to, each Rating Agency. If
such
corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to
law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of
this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and
with
the effect specified in Section 9.02.
Section
9.02. Resignation
or Removal of Owner Trustee. The
Owner
Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created
by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Depositor and the
Indenture Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor
shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor
Owner
Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee.
If
at any
time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.01 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally
unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of
the
Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
shall
take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor
may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Depositor shall remove the Owner Trustee
under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Depositor shall
promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument in duplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee
so
removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee and payment of all fees
owed
to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
Any
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor
Owner
Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become
effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 9.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the
outgoing Owner Trustee. The Administrator shall provide notice of such
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to the Rating Agencies.
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Section
9.03. Successor
Owner Trustee. Any
successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 9.02 shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Administrator and to its predecessor Owner
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall
become effective and such successor Owner Trustee without any further act,
deed
or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties,
and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as
if
originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon
payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all
documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the
Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully
and
certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights,
powers, duties, and obligations.
No
successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be
eligible pursuant to Section 9.01.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section,
the Administrator shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner Trustee
to
all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating
Agencies. If the Administrator fails to mail such notice within 10 days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner
Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Administrator.
Section
9.04. Merger
or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any
Person into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder,
provided
such
Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.01, without the execution or
filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section
9.05. Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting
any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate
or any Collateral may at the time be located, and for the purpose of performing
certain duties and obligations of the Owner Trustee with respect to the Trust
and the Certificates under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee
shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint
one or more Persons approved by the Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly
with the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or
any
part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such
title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions
of
this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Owner
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee
under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as
a
successor trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 and no notice of the appointment
of
any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section
9.03.
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The
Owner
Trustee hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as Administrator for the purpose
of establishing and maintaining the Certificate Account and making investments
at the Master Servicer’s direction and the distributions therefrom to the
Persons entitled thereto pursuant to Sections 3.22 and 4.1 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and Section 4.02 of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee and
the Administrator each agree that upon the (i) resignation or removal of the
Indenture Trustee or (ii) occurrence and continuation of an Indenture Event
of
Default and a determination by the Indenture Trustee that a conflict of interest
exists or will exist if the Indenture Trustee continues to act as the
Administrator, the Administrator shall resign and the Trust shall appoint a
successor Administrator in accordance with the Administration
Agreement.
Each
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provision and
conditions:
(i) all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner
Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee
and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without
the
Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law
of
any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the
Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts,
in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the
holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction)
shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee,
but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
(ii) no
trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act
or
omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(iii) the
Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the
resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed
to
have been given to the separate trustees and co-trustees, as if given to each
of
them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee, other
than
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement and to the conditions of this
Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
appointment, shall be vested with the estates specified in its instrument of
appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be
provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically
including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of,
affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Owner Trustee.
Each
such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given
to the Administrator.
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Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee as
its
Agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a
new
or successor trustee.
ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.01. Compliance
with Applicable Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering
Regulations. In
order
to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from
time
to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the
funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the
Indenture Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information
relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship
with
the Indenture Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to
Indenture Trustee upon its request from time to time such identifying
information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to
enable the Indenture Trustee to comply with Applicable Law.
Section
10.02. Supplements
and Amendments. This
Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Administrator and the Owner
Trustee, with the consent of the Certificateholders and with prior written
notice to the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders
or the Indenture Trustee, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement
or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders; provided,
however, that
such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in
any
material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder or cause
the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes.
An amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect
the
interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder and no opinion referred to
in
the preceding proviso shall be required to be delivered if the Person requesting
the amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that the
amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective
ratings then assigned to each Class of Notes and Certificates. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence, an opinion shall be required with respect to tax matters
as set forth in this paragraph.
This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Administrator and the Owner Trustee, with the prior written consent of the
Rating Agencies and with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee,
the
Holders (as defined in the Indenture) of Notes evidencing more than
662/3%
of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, and the consent of the Holders of
662/3%
of the
Percentage Interests in each Class of Certificates, for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Certificateholders; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Collateral
or
distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders
or
the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Percentage Interests of Holders of
Certificates required to consent to any such amendment, in either case of
clause (a) or (b) without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding
Notes and Certificates, respectively.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no provision of Section 2.03 hereof may be amended in any manner
unless (i) 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Noteholders have consented
in
writing thereto, (ii) the Rating Agencies have consented in writing thereto
or
(iii) the Notes have been paid in full and the Indenture has been
discharged.
Promptly
after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Administrator shall
furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent
to
each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating
Agencies.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders, the Noteholders or
the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.02 to approve the particular
form
of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents
(and
any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement or
in
any other Operative Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of
State.
Prior
to
the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Trust,
the Owner Trustee and the Administrator shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Trust, stating that the
execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Administrator shall be obligated to enter
into
any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or Administrator’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section
10.03. No
Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders. The
Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate
and shall only be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their
undivided beneficial interest therein pursuant to Section 4.02 (in the case
of
the Trust Certificates and the Class X Certificates, once all amounts then
owing
with respect to the Notes have been paid in accordance with the Indenture).
No
transfer, by operation of law of any right, title and interest of the Holder
of
the Trust Certificate or the Class X Certificate in and to its undivided
beneficial interest in the Trust Estate or hereunder shall operate to terminate
this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any successor transferee
to an
accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Trust
Estate.
Section
10.04. Pledge
of Collateral by Owner Trustee is Binding. The
pledge of the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee by the Trust made under the
Indenture and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall bind the
Certificateholders and shall be effective to transfer or convey the rights
of
the Trust and the Certificateholders in and to such Collateral to the extent
set
forth in the Indenture. No purchaser or other grantee shall be required to
inquire as to the authorization, necessity, expediency or regularity of such
pledge or as to the application of any proceeds with respect thereto by the
Owner Trustee.
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Section
10.05. Limitations
on Rights of Others. Nothing
in this Agreement, whether express or implied (except for Section 7.04), shall
be construed to give to any Person other than the Owner Trustee and the
Certificateholders any legal or equitable right in the Trust Estate or under
or
in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions
contained herein.
Section
10.06. Notices. Unless
otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices
shall be in writing and delivered by hand, by courier or mailed by certified
mail, postage prepaid, (a) if to the Owner Trustee or the Trust, addressed
to it
at c/o Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
SAST
2006-3 or to such other address as the Owner Trustee may have set forth in
a
written notice to the Certificateholders and the Depositor addressed to it
at
the address set forth for such Certificateholders in the Certificate Register;
(b) if to the Administrator, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 0000 Xxxx
Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Trust Administration
SX0603; and (c) if to the Depositor, Saxon Asset Securities Company, 0000 Xxx
Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Attention: Legal. Whenever any notice in writing
is
required to be given by the Owner Trustee or the Administrator, such notice
shall be deemed given and such requirement satisfied if such notice is mailed
by
certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as provided above.
Section
10.07. Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
Section
10.08. Separate
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section
10.09. Successors
and Assigns. All
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein shall
be
binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Owner Trustee and its successors
and assigns and the Depositor and each Certificateholder and its respective
successors, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent,
waiver or other instrument or action by any Certificateholder shall bind the
successors of such Certificateholder.
Section
10.10. Headings. The
headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of
reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section
10.11. Governing
Law. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICT OF
LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
PERFORMANCE, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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Section
10.12. No
Petition.
(a) To
the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor,
SFM and the Administrator, by entering into this Agreement, the
Certificateholders, by accepting the Certificates, and the Indenture Trustee
and
each Noteholder, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant
and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Depositor or
the
Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding under any United States federal
or
state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating
to
the Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Operative
Agreements; provided,
however,
that
nothing herein shall preclude the Administrator from filing proofs of
claim.
(b) The
Depositor shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the
Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent or the Master Servicer under any of the Operative Agreements or otherwise
and the Depositor shall have no obligation or liability to perform the
obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the Operative Agreements that
are required to be performed by the Administrator under the Administration
Agreement or the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Master Servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section
10.13. No
Recourse. Each
Certificateholder by accepting a Certificate acknowledges that such Certificate
represents a beneficial interest in the Trust only and does not represent an
interest in or an obligation of the Depositor, the Administrator, the
Certificate Paying Agent, the Master Servicer, the Owner Trustee, any
co-trustee, the Bank or any Affiliate thereof (other than the Trust) and no
recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be
expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Certificates or
the
other Operative Agreements.
ARTICLE
XI
OFFICERS
Section
11.01. Appointment
of Officers. The
Trust
may have one or more Officers who are hereby empowered to take and are
responsible for performing all ministerial duties on behalf of the Trust
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, including,
without limitation, the execution of the Officers’ Certificate (as defined in
the Indenture), the Issuer Order (as defined in the Indenture), the Issuer
Request (as defined in the Indenture), the annual compliance report required
under Section 3.13 of the Indenture, and any annual reports, documents and
other
reports which the Trust is required to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. Each of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, each Senior Vice President and each Vice President
of
the Depositor is hereby appointed as an Officer of the Trust. The Depositor
shall promptly deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a list
of
its officers who shall become the Officers of the Trust pursuant to this Section
11.01.
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Section
11.02. Officers
to Provide Information to the Owner Trustee. It
shall
be the duty of each Officer to keep the Owner Trustee reasonably and promptly
informed as to material events relating to the Trust, including, without
limitation, all claims pending or threatened against the Trust, the purchase
and
sale of any material portion of the Trust Estate and the execution by such
Officer on behalf of the Trust of any material agreements or
instruments.
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas in its capacities as
Administrator, Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent shall be
entitled to the same rights, protections, immunities and indemnities as the
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, including without limitation, the right
to compensation, reimbursement and indemnification.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be
duly
executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day
and year first above written.
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES COMPANY,
as
Depositor
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
as
Owner Trustee
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Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
not
in its individual capacity but solely
as
Administrator
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Authorized
Signatory
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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Solely
for purpose of
Sections
7.01, 7.02, 7.03, and 10.11
SAXON FUNDING MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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EXHIBIT
A
[Form
of
Trust Certificate]
[Face]
THIS
TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THIS
TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF (INCLUDING PLEDGED) BY THE HOLDER HEREOF ONLY TO A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE
TRUST CERTIFICATE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES, IN A TRANSACTION
THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT
IS
EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A,
AND
THAT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR
SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE ACT. NO PERSON
IS
OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE UNDER THE ACT OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.
SO
LONG
AS ANY NOTE IS OUTSTANDING, NO TRANSFER OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE
MADE
UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A REPRESENTATION LETTER
FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE
IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE FOR, OR WITH THE ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) OR SECTION
4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR ANY
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR LAW, OR ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF
THE
FOREGOING.
THIS
TRUST CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE
DEPOSITOR, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE
MASTER SERVICER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
THIS
TRUST CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THE SALE
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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NO
TRANSFER OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IN
WHICH
THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DECLARES THAT IT IS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
(A
“REIT”) WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTIONS 856 AND 857 OF THE CODE OR A QUALIFIED
REIT SUBSIDIARY WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 856(i) OF THE CODE. MOREOVER,
ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE TO A PERSON OTHER THAN A REIT
OR A
QUALIFIED REIT SUBSIDIARY THAT ALSO ACQUIRES THE CLASS X CERTIFICATE SHALL
BE
VOID
AB
INITIO
AND THE
PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL ACQUIRE NO RIGHTS IN THIS TRUST
CERTIFICATE.
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SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3
TRUST
CERTIFICATE
Certificate
No. 1 Percentage
Interest: 100%
First
Payment Date: October 25,
2006
Evidencing
a fractional undivided equity interest in the Trust Estate, the property of
which consists primarily of the Collateral in Saxon Asset Securities Trust
2006-3 (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust formed by Saxon Asset
Securities Company, a Virginia corporation, as Depositor (the “Depositor”),
pursuant to the Agreement referred to below.
This
certifies that Saxon
Securities and Certificates, Inc.
is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest referred to above.
The
Trust
was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006 (as
amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement” or “Trust
Agreement”), among the Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee
(the “Owner Trustee”, which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“Deutsche Bank”), as
Administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”), a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereinafter. This Trust
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Trust
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder
is bound, as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Distributions on
this Trust Certificate shall be made by Deutsche Bank in its capacity of
Certificate Paying Agent under the Agreement and as Indenture Trustee under
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement referred to below.
This
Trust Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Trust Certificates
(herein called the “Trust Certificates”) issued under the Agreement to which
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder
of
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Holders of the Trust Certificates
and
the terms upon which the Trust Certificates are executed and delivered. To
the
extent not otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006 (as amended and supplemented from
time
to time, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), by and among the Trust, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., as servicer
and
Deutsche Bank, as Indenture Trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”).
The rights of the Holders of the Trust Certificates are subordinated to the
rights of the Holders of the Notes as set forth in the Indenture, dated as
of
September 1, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Trust and the Indenture
Trustee.
There
will be distributed on the 25th
day of
each month or, if such 25th
day is
not a Business Day, the next Business Day (each, a “Payment Date”), commencing
in October 2006, to the Person in whose name this Trust Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month of such Payment Date (the “Record Date”), such
Certificateholder’s Percentage Interest (as shown in the face of this
Certificate) in the amount to be distributed to the Holder of the Trust
Certificate on such Payment Date, all as described in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Agreement.
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The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Trust Certificate, agrees that
it
will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Certificate Account that have
been released from the lien of the Indenture for payment hereunder and that
none
of the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Certificate
Paying Agent in their individual capacities or the Depositor is personally
liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Trust
Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement,
subject to any liability under the Agreement.
The
Holder of this Trust Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to
receive distributions in respect of this Trust Certificate are subordinated
to
the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture.
The
Depositor and each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Trust Certificate,
agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the
Trust Certificates for federal, state and local income tax purposes as an equity
interest in the Trust.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Certificate, covenants and
agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the
Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or
the
Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the
Certificates, the Notes, the Agreement or any other of the Operative
Agreements.
Distributions
on this Trust Certificate will be made as provided in the Agreement by the
Certificate Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Trust Certificate or the making of any notation hereon.
Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding the above,
the
final distribution on this Trust Certificate will be made after due notice
by
the Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and only
upon
presentation and surrender of this Trust Certificate at the office or agency
maintained by the Certificate Registrar for that purpose by the Trust in the
State of New York.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Trust Certificate set forth
on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating agent by manual
signature, this Trust Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any
benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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THIS
TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly
executed.
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3
By:
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee
By:
Authorized
Signatory
Dated:
__________
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
the Trust Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
Authorized
Signatory
Dated:
__________
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[REVERSE
OF TRUST CERTIFICATE]
The
Trust
Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the
Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Bank or any Affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against any
such parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated
herein or in the Agreement or the other Operative Agreements. In addition,
this
Trust Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental agency or
instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain collections and
recoveries with respect to the Collateral, all as more specifically set forth
herein. A copy of the Agreement may be examined by any Certificateholder upon
written request during normal business hours at the principal office of the
Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated by the
Depositor.
The
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided
that any
amendment be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
amendment complies with the provisions of the Agreement and would not cause
the
Trust to be subject to an entity level tax. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to correct any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency, cure any ambiguity or
deal
with any matter not covered, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent
of
any Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee. If the purpose of the amendment is
to
add or eliminate or change any provision of the Agreement, other than as
specified in the preceding sentence, the amendment shall require the consent
of
the Holders of 662/3%
of the
Percentage Interests in each Class of Certificates, the consent of Noteholders
evidencing more than 662/3%
at the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the time
of, payments received that are required to be distributed to any
Certificateholder or Noteholder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Certificateholders and Noteholders which are required to consent to any such
amendment, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), without the consent of
the
holders of all the outstanding Notes and Certificates, as
applicable.
As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Trust Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Trust Certificate for registration of transfer
at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Trust
in the State of New York, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder
hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Trust Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee.
The
initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the Agreement is the
Administrator.
Except
as
provided in the Agreement, the Trust Certificates are issuable only in a minimum
Percentage Interest of 100%. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Trust Certificates are exchangeable for new
Trust
Certificates evidencing in the aggregate the Percentage Interest of the Trust
Certificate surrendered in the exchange, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable
in
connection therewith or any expense incurred thereby.
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The
Owner
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator,
the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator and the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Trust Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee,
the Master Servicer, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator, the
Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to
the
contrary.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement and the Trust created
thereby shall terminate upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture
pursuant to Section 4.01 thereof and the termination of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please
print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the
within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing
to
transfer said Trust Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar,
with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
*/
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Signature
Guaranteed:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Trust Certificate in every particular,
without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must
be
guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial
bank
or trust company.
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DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate
Paying Agent:
Distribution
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds __________________
to for the account of ______________________________, account number
_______________, or, if mailed by check, to
_________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to __________________________________.
__________________________________
Signature
of assignee or agent
(for
authorization of wire transfer only)
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EXHIBIT
B
[Form
of
Class X Certificate]
[Face]
THIS
CLASS X CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THIS
CLASS X CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF (INCLUDING PLEDGED) BY THE HOLDER HEREOF ONLY TO A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE
CLASS X CERTIFICATE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES, IN A
TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT PURSUANT
TO
RULE 144A, AND THAT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE WITH A VIEW TO,
OR
FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
ACT.
NO PERSON IS OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE UNDER THE ACT OR
ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
SO
LONG
AS ANY NOTE IS OUTSTANDING, NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE SHALL BE
MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A REPRESENTATION
LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH
TRANSFEREE IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE FOR, OR WITH THE ASSETS
OF,
AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION
406
OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR
ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR LAW, OR ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS
OF
THE FOREGOING.
THIS
CLASS X CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE
DEPOSITOR, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE
MASTER SERVICER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
THIS
CLASS X CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THE
SALE
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IN
WHICH
THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DECLARES THAT IT IS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
(A
“REIT”) WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTIONS 856 AND 857 OF THE CODE OR A QUALIFIED
REIT SUBSIDIARY WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 856(i) OF THE CODE. MOREOVER,
ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS X CERTIFICATE TO A PERSON OTHER THAN A REIT
OR
A QUALIFIED REIT SUBSIDIARY THAT ALSO ACQUIRES THE TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL
BE
VOID
AB
INITIO
AND THE
PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL ACQUIRE NO RIGHTS IN THIS CLASS X
CERTIFICATE.
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SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3
CLASS
X
CERTIFICATE
Certificate
No. 1 Percentage
Interest: 100%
First
Payment Date: October 25, 2006
Evidencing
a fractional undivided interest in certain residual amounts specified in the
Trust Agreement received by Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2006-3 (the “Trust”), a
Delaware statutory trust formed by Saxon Asset Securities Company, a Virginia
corporation, as Depositor (the “Depositor”), pursuant to the Agreement referred
to below.
This
certifies that Saxon
Securities and Certificates, Inc.
is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest referred to above.
The
Trust
was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006 (as
amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement” or “Trust
Agreement”), among the Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee
(the “Owner Trustee”, which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“Deutsche Bank”), as
Administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”), a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereinafter. This Class X
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Class X
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder
is bound, as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Distributions on
this Class X Certificate shall be made by Deutsche Bank in its capacity of
Certificate Paying Agent under the Agreement and as Indenture Trustee under
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement referred to below.
This
Class X Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Class X Certificates
(herein called the “Class X Certificates”) issued under the Agreement to which
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder
of
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Holders of the Class X Certificates
and
the terms upon which the Class X Certificates are executed and delivered. To
the
extent not otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006 (as amended and supplemented from
time
to time, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), by and among the Trust, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., as servicer
and
Deutsche Bank, as Indenture Trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”).
The rights of the Holders of the Class X Certificates are subordinated to the
rights of the Holders of the Notes as set forth in the Indenture, dated as
of
September 1, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the Trust and the Indenture
Trustee.
There
will be distributed on the 25th
day of
each month or, if such 25th
day is
not a Business Day, the next Business Day (each, a “Payment Date”), commencing
in October 2006, to the Person in whose name this Class X Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month of such Payment Date (the “Record Date”), such
Certificateholder’s Percentage Interest (as shown in the face of this
Certificate) in the amount to be distributed to the Holder of the Class X
Certificate on such Payment Date, all as described in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Agreement.
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The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Class X Certificate, agrees that
it
will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Certificate Account that have
been released from the lien of the Indenture for payment hereunder and that
none
of the Owner Trustee, the Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Certificate
Paying Agent in their individual capacities or the Depositor is personally
liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Class X
Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement,
subject to any liability under the Agreement.
The
Holder of this Class X Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights
to
receive distributions in respect of this Class X Certificate are subordinated
to
the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture.
The
Depositor and each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Class X Certificate,
agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the
Class X Certificates for federal, state and local income tax purposes as an
equity interest in the Trust.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Class X Certificate, covenants and
agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the
Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or
the
Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the
Certificates, the Notes, the Agreement or any other of the Operative
Agreements.
Distributions
on this Class X Certificate will be made as provided in the Agreement by the
Certificate Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Class X Certificate or the making of any notation hereon.
Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding the above,
the
final distribution on this Class X Certificate will be made after due notice
by
the Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and only
upon
presentation and surrender of this Class X Certificate at the office or agency
maintained by the Certificate Registrar for that purpose by the Trust in the
State of New York.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Class X Certificate set forth
on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating agent by manual
signature, this Class X Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to
any
benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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THIS
CLASS X CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this Class X Certificate to be duly
executed.
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3
By:
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
Authorized
Signatory
Dated:
__________
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
the Class X Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
Authorized
Signatory
Dated:
__________
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[REVERSE
OF CLASS X CERTIFICATE]
The
Class
X Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the
Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Bank or any Affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against any
such parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated
herein or in the Agreement or the other Operative Agreements. In addition,
this
Class X Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental agency or
instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain collections and
recoveries with respect to the Collateral, all as more specifically set forth
herein. A copy of the Agreement may be examined by any Certificateholder upon
written request during normal business hours at the principal office of the
Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated by the
Depositor.
The
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided
that any
amendment be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
amendment complies with the provisions of the Agreement and would not cause
the
Trust to be subject to an entity level tax. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to correct any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency, cure any ambiguity or
deal
with any matter not covered, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent
of
any Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee. If the purpose of the amendment is
to
add or eliminate or change any provision of the Agreement, other than as
specified in the preceding sentence, the amendment shall require the consent
of
the Holders of 662/3%
of the
Percentage Interests in each Class of Certificates, the consent of Noteholders
evidencing more than 662/3%
at the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the time
of, payments received that are required to be distributed to any
Certificateholder or Noteholder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Certificateholders and Noteholders which are required to consent to any such
amendment, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), without the consent of
the
holders of all the outstanding Notes and Certificates, as
applicable.
As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Class X Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Class X Certificate for registration of transfer
at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Trust
in the State of New York, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder
hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Class X Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the
same
aggregate interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee.
The
initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the Agreement is the
Administrator.
Except
as
provided in the Agreement, the Class X Certificates are issuable only in a
minimum Percentage Interest of 100%. As provided in the Agreement and subject
to
certain limitations therein set forth, Class X Certificates are exchangeable
for
new Class X Certificates evidencing in the aggregate the Percentage Interest
of
the Class X Certificate surrendered in the exchange, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge
payable in connection therewith or any expense incurred thereby.
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The
Owner
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator,
the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee, the Master
Servicer, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator and the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Class X Certificate is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee,
the Master Servicer, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator, the
Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to
the
contrary.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement and the Trust created
thereby shall terminate upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture
pursuant to Section 4.01 thereof and the termination of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
B-8
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please
print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the
within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing
to
transfer said Trust Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar,
with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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Signature
Guaranteed:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Trust Certificate in every particular,
without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must
be
guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial
bank
or trust company.
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DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate
Paying Agent:
Distribution
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds __________________
to for the account of ______________________________, account number
_______________, or, if mailed by check, to
_________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to __________________________________.
__________________________________
Signature
of assignee or agent
(for
authorization of wire transfer only)
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
SAXON
ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3
THIS
Certificate of Trust of Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2006-3 (the “Trust”), is
being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, a Delaware banking
corporation, as owner trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act (12 DEL. CODE, Sections 3801 et seq.) (the
“Act”)
1.
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NAME.
The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is “SAXON ASSET SECURITIES
TRUST 2006-3.”
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2.
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DELAWARE
TRUSTEE. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust
in the
State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North,
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention:
Corporate
Trust Administration.
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3.
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EFFECTIVE
DATE. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective on October ___,
2006.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the owner trustee of the Trust, has
executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a) of the
Act.
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
as
Owner
Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF
RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
______________
Date
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas,
as
Certificate Registrar
0000
Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Trust Administration - SX0603
Re: Saxon
Asset Securities Trust 2006-3 Certificates
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of Saxon
Asset Securities Trust 2006-3
Certificates (the “Securities”), we certify that (a) we understand that the
Security has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”), or any state securities laws and is being transferred to us in a
transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and
any
such laws, (b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments
in
the Security, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Security and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to
our
decision to purchase the Security, (d) we have not, nor has anyone acting on
our
behalf, offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Security or any interest in the Security, or solicited any offer to buy,
transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Security or any interest in the
Security from any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by
means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action
that would constitute a distribution of the Security under the Act or that
would
render the disposition of the Security a violation of Section 5 of the Act
or
any state securities laws or require registration pursuant thereto, and we
will
not act, or authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Security and (e) we are a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Act (“Rule 144A”). We are aware that the sale to
us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.
We
are
acquiring the Security for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A
and understand that such Security may be resold, pledged or transferred only
(1)
to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that
purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional
buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being
made
in reliance on Rule 144A or (2) pursuant to another exemption from registration
under the Act.
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Very
truly yours,
______________________________
[Name
of
Transferee]
By:
Name:
Title:
X-0
XXXXX
0 XX XXXXXXX X
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Buyers Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule 144A
Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1.
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As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
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2.
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In
connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144A”) because (i) the Buyer owned and/or
invested on a discretionary basis $_____________1
in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below)
as of
the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Buyer satisfies
the
criteria in the category marked
below.
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___ CORPORATION,
ETC. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and loan association
or similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership,
or charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
___ BANK.
The
Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution organized under the laws
of
any State, territory or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the State or territorial
banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent
institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, A COPY OF WHICH IS
ATTACHED HERETO.
___ SAVINGS
AND LOAN. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association, building and loan
association, cooperative bank, homestead association or similar institution,
which is supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having
supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan
association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at
least $25,000,000 as demonstrated units latest annual financial
statements.
___ BROKER-DEALER.
The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
________________
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Buyer
must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
in
securities unless buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, buyer must
own
and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in
securities.
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___ INSURANCE
COMPANY. The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary and predominant
business activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks
underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by
the
insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State or territory
or the District of Columbia.
___ STATE
OR
LOCAL PLAN. The Buyer is a plan established and maintained by a State, its
political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA
PLAN. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ INVESTMENT
ADVISOR. The Buyer is an investment adviser registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940.
___ SBIC.
The
Buyer is a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment
Act
of 1958.
___ BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. The Buyer is a business development company as defined
in
Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
___ TRUST
FUND. The Buyer is a trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust company and
whose participants are exclusively (a) plans established and maintained by
a
State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the
State
or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, or (b) employee
benefit plans within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, but is not a trust fund that includes as participants
individual retirement accounts of H.R. 10 plans.
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The
term “Securities” as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i) securities of
issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part
of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is a
dealer, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv)
loan
participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned
but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate
and
commodity swaps.
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4.
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For
purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned
and/or
invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of
such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining such
aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by
subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated
with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance
with
generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of
such
subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer’s direction. However, such
securities were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned,
consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is not
itself
a reporting company under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934.
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5.
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The
Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands
that
the seller to it and other parties related to the Securities are
relying
and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or
more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule
144A.
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Yes
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____
No
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Will
the Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A Securities only for the Buyer’s own
account?
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6.
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If
the answer to the foregoing question is “no”, the Buyer agrees that, in
connection with any purchase of securities sold to the Buyer for
the
account of a third party (including any separate account) in reliance
on
Rule 144A, the Buyer will only purchase for the account of a third
party
that at the time is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning
of Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer agrees that the Buyer will not
purchase securities for a third party unless the Buyer has obtained
a
current representation letter from such third party or taken other
appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to conclude that such
third
party independently meets the definition of “qualified institutional
buyer” set forth in Rule 144A.
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7.
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The
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification
is made
of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such
notice is given, the Buyer’s purchase of Rule 144A Securities will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of
such
purchase.
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__________________________________________
Print
Name of Buyer
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:
X-0
XXXXX
0 XX XXXXXXX X
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Buyers That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule 144A
investment representation to which this certification is attached:
1.
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As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer
or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144A”) because Buyer is part of a family of
investment companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
adviser.
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2.
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In
connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is
an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940,
and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer’s family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of
the
Buyer’s most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount
of
securities owned by the Buyer of the Buyer’s family of Investment
Companies, the cost of such securities was
used.
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____ The
Buyer
owned $__________ in securities (other that the excluded securities referred
to
below) as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The
Buyer
is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in the aggregate
$__________ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below)
as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3.
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The
term “Family of Investment Companies” as used herein means two or more
registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the
same
investment advisor or investment advisers that are affiliated (by
virtue
of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because
one
investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the
other).
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4.
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The
term “Securities” as used herein does not include (i) securities of
issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the Buyer’s
Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and certificates
of deposit, (iii) loan participations, (iv) repurchase agreements,
(v)
securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vi) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
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5.
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The
Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that each of the
parties
to which this certification is made are relying and will continue
to rely
on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer
will
be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase
for
the Buyer’s own account.
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6.
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The
undersigned will notify each of the parties to which this certification
is
made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until
such
notice, the Buyer’s purchase of Rule 144A securities will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the
date of
such purchase.
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_______________________________________
PRINT
NAME OF BUYER
BY:
NAME:
TITLE:
DATE:
IF
AN
ADVISER:
______________________________________
PRINT
NAME OF BUYER
DATE:
D-7
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
ERISA TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
STATE
OF NEW YORK
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COUNTY
OF NEW YORK
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The
undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1.
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The
undersigned is the __________________________of (the “Investor”), a
[corporation duly organized] and existing under the laws of __________,
on
behalf of which he makes this
affidavit,
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2.
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The
Investor is not acquiring either the Trust Certificate or the Class
X
Certificate of Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2006-3 (the “Trust”) for, or
with the assets of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement
arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended or Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any substantially similar law,
or any
entity deemed to hold the plan assets of the
foregoing.
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3.
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The
Investor hereby acknowledges that under the terms of the Trust Agreement,
dated as of September 1, 2006, under which the Trust was formed and
the
Trust Certificate and the Class X Certificate were issued, no transfer
of
the Trust Certificate or the Class X Certificate shall be permitted
to be
made to any person unless Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
of
the Trust, has received a certificate from such transferee in the
form
hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be executed on
its
behalf, pursuant to proper authority, by its duly authorized officer, duly
attested, this ____ day of __________________ 200___
___________________________________
[Investor]
By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
ATTEST:
STATE
OF
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ss.
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COUNTY
OF
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Personally
appeared before me the above-named _______________, known or proved to me to
be
the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the
________________ of the Investor, and acknowledged that he executed the same
as
his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.
Subscribed
and sworn before me this ____ day of ___________ 200__.
________________________________
NOTARY
PUBLIC
My
commission expires the
_____
day
of______________ 20__.
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EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY REGARDING TRANSFEREE’S STATUS AS A REIT OR QUALIFIED
REIT SUBSIDIARY
This
representation and warranty is delivered pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust
Agreement dated as of September 1, 2006 (the “Agreement”), among Saxon Asset
Securities Company, as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wilmington Trust Company, as
owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
trust administrator (the “Administrator”), in connection with the transfer by
[Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2006-3 (the “Trust”) to the undersigned] [the
[transferor] to the undersigned] as a beneficial owner (the “Beneficial Owner”)
of a Trust Certificate and a Class X Certificate. Capitalized terms used but
not
defined in this document have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Agreement.
The
Beneficial Owner hereby certifies that it has received a copy of the Agreement
and that it understands the restrictions on transferability of the Trust
Certificates and the Class X Certificates set forth in Section 3.03 of the
Agreement. In connection with the transfer of the Trust Certificate and the
Class X Certificate to the Beneficial Owner, the Beneficial Owner represents
and
warrants that:
(1) The
Beneficial Owner either (i) qualifies for taxation as a real estate investment
trust (a “REIT”) within the meaning of Sections 856 and 857 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or (ii) is a Qualified REIT
Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code.
(2) Notwithstanding
anything in the Agreement to the contrary, the Beneficial Owner hereby warrants
that the Beneficial Owner shall indemnify the Trust for any income tax imposed
upon the Trust due to the Beneficial Owner’s failure to qualify as a REIT or as
a Qualified REIT Subsidiary at any time at which such Beneficial Owner owns
a
Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate.
(3) The
Beneficial Owner hereby agrees to be subject to the provisions governing events
of default set out in the Indenture between Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2006-3
(the “Trust”), as issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture
trustee, dated as of September 1, 2006.
(4) The
Beneficial Owner hereby agrees to notify the Trust within sixty (60) days of
the
date on which the Beneficial Owner discovers that it has failed to qualify
as a
REIT or as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary at any time at which the Beneficial
Owner
owns a Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate.
(5) The
Beneficial Owner
hereby acknowledges that under the terms of the Agreement, no transfer of a
Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate shall be permitted to be made to
any
person so long as any Note is Outstanding unless the Certificate Registrar
has
received a certificate from such transferee to the effect that such transferee
is a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary and such person acquires a 100%
beneficial interest in both the Trust Certificate and the Class X
Certificate.
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(6) The
Beneficial Owner
will not transfer a Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate to any person
or
entity (i) as to which the Purchaser has reason to believe does not satisfy
the
requirements set forth in this affidavit, and (ii) without obtaining from the
prospective Purchaser an affidavit substantially in this form and providing
to
the Certificate Registrar a written statement substantially in the form of
Exhibit F to the Agreement.
(7) The
Beneficial Owner will not transfer a Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate
to any person or entity unless the transferee would hold a 100% Percentage
Interest in both the Class X Certificate and the Trust Certificate.
(8) The
Holder of a Trust Certificate or a Class X Certificate will not take any action
or inaction that would cause the Trust to be subject to any United States
federal income taxation.
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