FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
(Issuable in Series)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Banc of America Securities LLC Charlotte, North Carolina
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx August 23, 2005
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), may offer for sale to
you and to each of the other several underwriters, if any, participating in an
underwriting syndicate managed by you, from time to time its Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates evidencing interests in pools of mortgage loans (the
"Certificates"). The Certificates may be issued in various series, and within
each series, in one or more classes, in one or more offerings on terms
determined at the time of sale (each such series, a "Series" and each such
class, a "Class"). Each Series of the Certificates will be issued under a
separate Pooling and Servicing Agreement (each, a "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement") to be dated as of the respective cut-off date (each, a "Cut-off
Date") by and among the Company, as depositor, First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, as seller and master servicer, and The Bank of New York, as trustee
(the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Certificates issued under each Pooling and Servicing Agreement will
represent the entire beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust
Fund") established by such Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The assets of each
Trust Fund will consist primarily of (i) one or more pools of conventional,
fixed rate, first lien, fully amortizing, one- to four-family residential
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the original terms to maturity
specified in the related Terms Agreement referred to hereinbelow, (ii) mortgage
pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by Xxxxxx Mae, Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac, or (iii) private mortgage-backed securities backed by first lien
mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family residential properties or
participations therein. If so specified in the related Terms Agreement, one or
more elections may be made to treat the assets of each Trust Fund as a real
estate mortgage investment conduit (each, a "REMIC") for federal income tax
purposes.
Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of Certificates (each,
a "Certificate Offering") pursuant to this Agreement through you, it will enter
into an agreement (the "Terms Agreement") providing for the sale of specified
Classes of Offered Certificates (as defined below) to, and the purchase and
public offering thereof by, you and such other underwriters, if any, selected by
you as have authorized you to enter into such Terms Agreement on their behalf
(the underwriters in any such Terms Agreement being referred to herein as
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"Underwriters," which term shall include you whether acting alone in the sale of
any Series of Certificates or as a member of the underwriting syndicate). Each
such Certificate Offering which the Company elects to make pursuant to this
Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented by the related
Terms Agreement. Each Terms Agreement, which shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto, shall specify, among other things, the Classes of
Certificates to be purchased by the Underwriters (the "Offered Certificates"),
the names of the Underwriters participating in such offering (subject to
substitution as provided in Section 16 hereof) and the principal amount of the
Offered Certificates which each severally agrees to purchase, the names of such
other Underwriters, if any, acting as co-managers with you in connection with
each offering, the principal balance or balances of the Offered Certificates,
each subject to any stated variance, and the price or prices at which such
Offered Certificates are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to
and agrees with each Underwriter, as of the date of the related Terms Agreement,
that:
(a) The registration statement specified in the related Terms
Agreement, on Form S-3, including a prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of mortgage pass-through
certificates issuable in series, which registration statement has been declared
effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended to the date
of the related Terms Agreement, including any documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act which were filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on
or before the effective date of the Registration Statement, is hereinafter
called the "Registration Statement", and such prospectus, as such prospectus is
supplemented by a prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Certificates of
the related Series, each in the form first filed after the date of the related
Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, including any documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act
which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the date of such prospectus
supplement (other than any such incorporated documents that relate to Collateral
Term Sheets (as defined herein))(such prospectus supplement, including such
incorporated documents (other than those that relate to Collateral Term Sheets),
in the form first filed after the date of the related Terms Agreement pursuant
to Rule 424(b) is hereinafter called the "Prospectus Supplement"), is
hereinafter called the "Prospectus". Any reference herein to the terms "amend",
"amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the effective date of
the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Prospectus or Prospectus
Supplement, as the case may be, and shall be deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act.
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(b) The related Registration Statement, at the time it became
effective, and the Prospectus contained therein, and any amendments thereof and
supplements thereto filed prior to the date of the related Terms Agreement,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder; on the date of the related Terms
Agreement and on each Closing Date (as defined in Section 3 below), the related
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, and any amendments thereof
and supplements thereto, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; such Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, did
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; such Prospectus, on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule
424(b) and on each Closing Date, will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading; and the detailed description (each, a "Detailed Description") filed
in connection with any pre-funding arrangement referred to in such Prospectus,
on each closing date relating to the purchase of the related Subsequent Mortgage
Loans and the date of any filing thereof under cover of Form 8-K, will not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any information
which such Prospectus states will be included in such Detailed Description;
provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to
the information contained in or omitted from (A) such Registration Statement or
such Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof or (B) any Current
Report (as defined in Section 5(b) below), or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or
such Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto), unless
provided by the Company.
(c) The Certificates of the related Series will conform to the
description thereof contained in the related Prospectus; will each, if rated at
the time of issuance in one of the two highest rating categories by a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, be when issued a "mortgage related
security" as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act, and
will each on the related Closing Date be duly and validly authorized, and, when
validly executed, countersigned, issued and delivered in accordance with the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement and sold to the Underwriters as provided
herein and in the related Terms Agreement, will each be validly issued and
outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(d) Neither the issuance nor sale of the Certificates of the related
Series nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or of the related Terms
Agreement, will conflict with any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Company of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Company or with any organizational document of
the Company or any instrument or any agreement under which the Company is bound
or to which it is a party.
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(e) This Agreement and the related Terms Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(f) At or prior to the related Closing Date, the Company will have
entered into the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, such
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (on such Closing Date) will constitute the valid
and binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights and to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether the enforceability of such Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the execution of the Terms Agreement for
a particular Certificate Offering and subject to the terms and conditions and in
reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and
such Terms Agreement, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally
and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase from the Company, the respective original principal amounts of the
Offered Certificates set forth in the applicable Terms Agreement opposite the
name of such Underwriter, plus any additional original principal amount of
Offered Certificates which such Underwriter may be obligated to purchase
pursuant to Section 16 hereof at the purchase price therefor set forth in such
Terms Agreement (the "Purchase Price").
The parties hereto agree that settlement for all securities sold pursuant
to this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement shall take place on the
settlement date agreed upon at the time of the related transaction and set forth
as the "Closing Date" in such Terms Agreement and not as set forth in Rule
15c6-l(a) of the Exchange Act.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Offered
Certificates of a Series shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP,
Dallas, Texas, at 10:00 A.M., Dallas time, on the Closing Date specified in the
related Terms Agreement, which date and time may be postponed by agreement
between you and the Company (such date and time being herein called the "Closing
Date"). Delivery of such Offered Certificates shall be made to you for the
respective accounts of the Underwriters against payment of the Purchase Price
thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer in federal or other
immediately available funds or by check payable in federal funds, as the Company
shall specify no later than five full business days prior to such Closing Date.
Unless delivery is made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company,
the Offered Certificates shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as you may request not less than two full business days
in advance of each Closing Date.
The Company agrees to notify you at least two business days before each
Closing Date of the exact principal balance evidenced by the Offered
Certificates and to have such Offered Certificates available for inspection,
checking and packaging in Dallas, Texas, no later than 12:00 noon on the
business day prior to such Closing Date.
4. Offering by the Underwriter. It is understood that the Underwriters
propose to offer the Offered Certificates of the related Series for sale to the
public as set forth in the related Prospectus.
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5. Agreements. The Company agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus as supplemented by a
Prospectus Supplement relating to the Offered Certificates to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424 under the Act and will promptly advise you when such Prospectus as
so supplemented has been so filed, and prior to the termination of the
Certificate Offering to which such Prospectus relates also will promptly advise
you (i) when any amendment to the related Registration Statement specifically
relating to such Offered Certificates shall have become effective or any further
supplement to such Prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of such Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
any additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (iv) of the
receipt by the Company of any written notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of such Offered Certificates for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose. The Company will not file any amendment of the related Registration
Statement or supplement to the related Prospectus (other than any amendment or
supplement specifically relating to one or more Series of mortgage pass-through
certificates other than the Series that includes the related Offered
Certificates or any Exchange Act filings other than Current Reports) unless the
Company has furnished you and your counsel with a copy for your respective
review prior to filing and you have consented to such filing. The Company will
use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if
issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) The Company will cause any Computational Materials and any
Structural Term Sheets (each as defined in Section 8 below) with respect to the
Offered Certificates of a Series that are delivered by any Underwriter to the
Company pursuant to Section 8 to be filed with the Commission on a Current
Report on Form 8-K (each such filing of such materials, a "Current Report")
pursuant to Rule 13a-l 1 under the Exchange Act on the business day immediately
following the later of (i) the day on which such Computational Materials and
Structural Term Sheets are delivered to counsel for the Company by such
Underwriter, and (ii) the date on which this Agreement is executed and
delivered. The Company will cause any Collateral Term Sheet (as defined in
Section 9 below) with respect to the Offered Certificates of a Series that is
delivered by any Underwriter to the Company in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9 to be filed with the Commission on a Current Report pursuant to Rule
13a-l 1 under the Exchange Act on the business day immediately following the day
on which such Collateral Term Sheet is delivered to counsel for the Company by
such Underwriter. Each such Current Report shall be incorporated by reference in
the related Prospectus and the related Registration Statement.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Certificates of a Series is required to be delivered under the Act, any event
occurs as a result of which the related Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be
necessary at any time to amend or supplement the related Prospectus to comply
with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly shall prepare and
file with the Commission, subject to the penultimate sentence of paragraph (a)
of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement
or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance.
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(d) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriters, without charge, as many signed copies of the related Registration
Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus
by such Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of the
related Prospectus and any supplements thereto as such Underwriter may
reasonably request.
(e) The Company will furnish such information, execute such
instruments and take such actions as may be reasonably requested by you to
qualify the Offered Certificates of a Series for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate, to maintain such qualifications
in effect so long as required for the distribution of such Offered Certificates
and to determine the legality of such Offered Certificates for purchase by
institutional investors; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not qualified
on the date of the related Terms Agreement or to take any action which would
subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction in
which it is not, on the date of the related Terms Agreement, subject to such
service of process.
(f) So long as the Offered Certificates of a Series are outstanding,
the Company will furnish to each Underwriter, upon request, copies of the annual
independent public accountants' servicing report furnished to the Trustee
pursuant to the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(g) Unless otherwise specified in the related Terms Agreement, the
Company will pay, and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation will cause the Company
to pay, all expenses incident to the performance of the Company's obligations
under this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement (other than the expenses
of Deloitte & Touche LLP under Sections 8(c) and 9(c) hereof, the Underwriters'
due diligence expenses, the Underwriters' counsel fees and the Underwriters' own
expenses, which will be paid by the Underwriters), including and without
limitation those related to: (i) the filing of the Registration Statement with
respect to the Certificates and all amendments thereto, (ii) the printing or
photocopying and delivery to the Underwriters, in such quantities as you may
reasonably request, of copies of this Agreement and the Terms Agreement, (iii)
the preparation, registration, issuance and delivery to the Underwriters of the
Certificates underwritten pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) the fees and
disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants, and of any counsel
rendering a closing opinion with respect to matters of local law, (v) the
qualification of the Certificates underwritten pursuant to this Agreement under
securities and blue sky laws and the determination of the eligibility of the
Certificates for investment, including filing fees in connection therewith, (vi)
the printing and delivery to the Underwriters, in such quantities as they may
reasonably request, of copies of the Registration Statement with respect to the
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Certificates underwritten pursuant to this Agreement and all amendments thereto,
of any preliminary prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement and of the
Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto and all documents
incorporated therein (other than exhibits to any Current Report), and of any
blue sky survey and legal investment survey, (vii) the printing or photocopying
and delivery to the Underwriters, in such quantities as you may reasonably
request, of copies of the applicable Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (viii) the
fees charged by investment rating agencies requested by the Company to rate the
Certificates underwritten pursuant to this Agreement, (ix) the fees and
expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the listing of the Certificates
underwritten pursuant to this Agreement on any national securities exchange, and
(x) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Certificates of any Series shall be
subject to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company contained in this Agreement, as
supplemented by the related Terms Agreement, as of the respective dates thereof
and the related Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company
made in any applicable officers' certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof
to the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and
such Terms Agreement and to the following additional conditions applicable to
the related Certificate Offering:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the related
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished
to you an opinion addressed to the Underwriters, dated the related Closing Date,
to the effect that:
(i) this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement have been
duly executed and delivered by the Company under the laws of the State of New
York;
(ii) the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company under the laws of the State of New York
and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms;
(iii) the Offered Certificates, when duly executed and
countersigned by the Trustee in accordance with the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the
benefits of such Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(iv) the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement is not
required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and
the trust created thereunder is not required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
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(v) such counsel confirms that the related Registration Statement is
effective under the Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop
order with respect thereto has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose
has been instituted or threatened by the Commission; such Registration Statement
(except the financial statements and schedules and other financial and
statistical data included therein and the documents incorporated by reference
therein, as to which such counsel need express no view), at the time it became
effective and the related Prospectus (except the financial statements and
schedules, the other financial and statistical data included therein and the
documents incorporated by reference therein), as of the date of the Prospectus
Supplement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder; and no information has come to the
attention of such counsel that causes it to believe that (A) such Registration
Statement (except the financial statements and schedules and the other financial
and statistical data included therein and the documents incorporated by
reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no view) at the time it
became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or (B) such Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto (except the financial statements and schedules and the other
financial and statistical data included therein), as of the date of the
Prospectus Supplement, or at the related Closing Date, contained or contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(vi) the statements set forth under the heading "Description of the
Certificates" in the related Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to
summarize certain provisions of the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the related Offered Certificates, provide a fair summary of such provisions;
(vii) the statements set forth in the related Prospectus under the
headings "Certain Legal Aspects of the Mortgage Loans", "Material Federal Income
Tax Consequences" (insofar as they relate specifically to the purchase,
ownership and disposition of the related Offered Certificates) and "ERISA
Considerations" (insofar as they relate specifically to the purchase, ownership
and disposition of such Offered Certificates), to the extent that they
constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, provide a fair summary of such
law or conclusions;
(viii) assuming compliance with all provisions of the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, for federal income tax purposes, (A) if any
election is made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC: the related
Trust Fund (and any specified subgrouping therein) will qualify as a REMIC
pursuant to Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), each Class of Certificates of the related Series, other than the
related Residual Class or Classes, will constitute a class of "regular
interests" in the related REMIC within the meaning of the Code, and each Class
of such Certificates specified in the related Prospectus as a Class of Residual
Certificates will constitute the "residual interest" in the related REMIC within
the meaning of the Code; (B) if no such REMIC election is made: the Trust Fund
will be treated as a "grantor trust"; and
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(ix) assuming that some or all of the Offered Certificates of the
related Series shall be rated at the time of issuance in one of the two highest
rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization,
each Offered Certificate so rated will be at the time of issuance, a "mortgage
related security" as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange
Act.
Such opinion may express its reliance as to factual matters on the
representations and warranties made by, and on certificates or other documents
furnished by, officers of the parties to this Agreement, the related Terms
Agreement or the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such opinion may
assume the due authorization, execution and delivery of the instruments and
documents referred to therein by the parties thereto other than the Company.
Such opinion may be qualified, insofar as it concerns the enforceability of the
documents referred to therein, to the extent that such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and by general equity
principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law). Such opinion may be further qualified as expressing no
opinion as to (x) the statements in the related Prospectus under the heading
"Certain Legal Aspects of the Mortgage Loans" except insofar as such statements
relate to the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the United States,
and (y) the statements in such Prospectus under the headings "ERISA
Considerations" and "Material Federal Income Tax Consequences" except insofar as
such statements relate to the laws of the United States. In addition, such
opinion may be qualified as an opinion only on the laws of the States of New
York and Texas and the federal laws of the United States of America.
(c) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to
you an opinion addressed to the Underwriters, dated the related Closing Date, to
the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
corporate power to own its properties, to conduct its business as described in
the related Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Certificates of the related Series;
(ii) The Company has full power and authority to sell the related
Mortgage Loans as contemplated herein and in the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement;
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(iii) This Agreement, the related Terms Agreement and the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(iv) The issuance and sale of the Offered Certificates have been
duly authorized by the Company;
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated herein or in the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, except such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction and such other approvals as have been obtained;
(vi) Neither the issuance of the Certificates of the related Series
nor delivery of the related Offered Certificates, nor the consummation of any
other of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the related Terms
Agreement or the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, nor the fulfillment of
the terms of the related Certificates, the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, this Agreement or the related Terms Agreement will conflict with or
violate any term or provision of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the
Company or any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Company of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company and will not conflict with, result in a breach or
violation or the acceleration of or constitute a default under the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound; and
(vii) There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, threatened before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or the related Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of
the Certificates of the related Series or the consummation by the Company of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, such Terms Agreement or such
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (iii) which might materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Company of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, this Agreement, such Terms Agreement, such Pooling and
Servicing Agreement or the related Certificates.
In rendering his or her opinion such counsel may rely as to matters of
fact, to the extent deemed proper and as stated therein, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company or public officials. In addition, such
opinion may be qualified as an opinion only on the general corporation laws of
the State of Delaware.
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(d) In-house counsel for First Horizon Home Loan Corporation (or its
ultimate parent) shall have furnished to you an opinion addressed to the
Underwriters, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) First Horizon Home Loan Corporation has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Kansas, with corporate power to own its properties, to conduct its
business as described in the related Prospectus and to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificates of the related Series;
(ii) First Horizon Home Loan Corporation has full power and
authority to sell and master service the related Mortgage Loans as contemplated
herein and in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) This Agreement, the related Terms Agreement and the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by First Horizon Home Loan Corporation under the laws of the State of
Kansas; (iv) The issuance and sale of the Offered Certificates have been duly
authorized by First Horizon Home Loan Corporation;
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation of the transactions contemplated herein or in the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except such as may be required under the blue
sky laws of any jurisdiction and such other approvals as have been obtained;
(vi) Neither the issuance of the Certificates of the related Series
nor delivery of the related Offered Certificates, nor the consummation of any
other of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the related Terms
Agreement or the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, nor the fulfillment of
the terms of the related Certificates, the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, this Agreement or the related Terms Agreement will conflict with or
violate any term or provision of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation or any statute, order or regulation
applicable to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation and will not conflict with, result in a breach or
violation or the acceleration of or constitute a default under the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, other than
such conflicts, breaches and violations or defaults which, individually or on a
cumulative basis, would not have a material adverse effect on First Horizon Home
Loan Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the issuance and
sale of the Certificates or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby; and
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(vii) There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending
or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, threatened before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement or the related Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of
the Certificates of the related Series or the consummation by First Horizon Home
Loan Corporation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, such
Terms Agreement or such Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (iii) which might
materially and adversely affect the performance by First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement, such Terms Agreement, such Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
related Certificates.
In rendering his or her opinion such counsel may rely as to matters of
fact, to the extent deemed proper and as stated therein, on certificates of
responsible officers of First Horizon Home Loan Corporation or public officials.
In addition, such opinion may be qualified as an opinion which is based solely
upon a review of the general corporation law of the State of Kansas without
regard to the interpretational case law thereof.
(e) You shall have received from XxXxx Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the related Closing Date, with
respect to the issuance and sale of the Certificates of the related Series, the
related Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and such other related
matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as the Underwriters may reasonably
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) The Company shall have furnished to you a certificate of the Company,
signed by the President or any Vice President or the principal financial or
accounting officer of the Company, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect
that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the related
Registration Statement (excluding any Current Reports and any other documents
incorporated by reference therein), the related Prospectus, any Detailed
Description (excluding any related Current Report), this Agreement and the
related Terms Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the related
Closing Date with the same effect as if made on such Closing Date, and the
Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date;
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(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to their knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to
believe that such Registration Statement (excluding any Current Report) contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that the related Prospectus (excluding any related Current
Report) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or that any Detailed Description includes any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any information which the Prospectus (or the
related Prospectus Supplement) states will be included in such Detailed
Description.
(g) Counsel for the Trustee shall have furnished to you an opinion
addressed to the Underwriters, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect
that:
(i) the Trustee has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a New York banking corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of New York with corporate power to own its properties and conduct its business
as presently conducted by it, to conduct business as a trustee and to enter into
and perform its obligations under the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Trustee enforceable against the Trustee in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and to judicial discretion, and general principles
of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity
or at law);
(iii) the Trustee has duly accepted its appointment as trustee under
the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(iv) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any New York or
federal court or government agency or body is required on the part of the
Trustee for the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except such as may be required under any
federal or state securities law; and
(v) the performance on the part of the Trustee of any of the
transactions contemplated in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement does
not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any term or provision
of, or constitute a default under, the certificate of incorporation, as amended,
or by-laws of the Trustee, or any New York or federal statute or regulation
applicable to the Trustee, or to such counsel's knowledge, any indenture or
other agreement or instrument to which the Trustee is a party or by which it is
bound, or, to such counsel's knowledge, any order of any state or federal court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Trustee.
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In addition, such counsel shall furnish to you such opinions as to the
treatment of the Trust Fund for purposes of New York tax law as are reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(h) Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter addressed
to the Underwriters, dated as of the date of the related Terms Agreement, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, stating in effect that they have
performed certain specified procedures as a result of which they have determined
that such information as you may reasonably request of an accounting, financial
or statistical nature (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
information derived from the general accounting records of First Horizon Home
Loan Corporation) set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement under the
caption "Servicing of Mortgage Loans Foreclosure, Delinquency and Loss
Experience" agrees with the accounting records of First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, excluding any questions of legal interpretation.
(i) Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter addressed
to the Underwriters, dated as of the related Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, stating in effect that they have performed certain
specified procedures as a result of which they have determined that such
information as you may reasonably request of an accounting, financial or
statistical nature (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
information derived from the general accounting records of the Company and which
is obtained from an analysis of a sample of the Mortgage Loans included in the
related pool) set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement under the caption
"The Mortgage Pool" and in any Detailed Description relating to such Prospectus
Supplement is mutually consistent and agrees with the accounting records of the
Company and, where applicable, the related Mortgage Loan files of the Company,
excluding any questions of legal interpretation. In addition, if applicable,
such accountants shall have furnished to you a letter addressed to the
Underwriters, dated as of the related Closing Date, which shall include a
statement or statements to the effect that based upon the assumptions and
methodology agreed to by the Company (and which is consistent with the manner in
which any final PAC Balances, TAC Balances, Scheduled Balances, Maximum and
Minimum Scheduled Balances or any other scheduled balances are to be calculated
as set forth in the related Prospectus), all of which shall be described by
reference in such letter, such accountants shall have verified the mathematical
accuracy of any final PAC Balances Table, TAC Balances Table, Scheduled Balances
Table, Maximum or Minimum Scheduled Balances Table or other scheduled balances
table attached as an exhibit to the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(j) Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you (addressed to the
Underwriters) and the Company a letter or letters, dated as of the date of the
related Terms Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to you and the
Company, including, without limitation, statements, if applicable, to the effect
that:
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(i) based upon the assumptions and methodology set forth in the
related Prospectus, all of which shall be described by reference in such letter,
they recomputed the percentages of the initial principal balance outstanding as
of each of the Distribution Dates (as defined in such Prospectus) indicated and
the weighted average lives of each Class of Offered Certificates at each of the
indicated percentages of the applicable prepayment assumption, and they compared
the recomputed percentages and weighted average lives to the corresponding
percentages and weighted average lives set forth in the related tables and found
them to be in agreement;
(ii) based upon the assumptions and methodology set forth in such
Prospectus, all of which shall be described by reference in such letter, they
have verified the mathematical accuracy of any Scheduled Final Distribution
Dates for the Offered Certificates, PAC Balances, TAC Balances, Scheduled
Balances, Maximum and Minimum Scheduled Balances or any other scheduled balances
set forth in such Prospectus for each indicated Distribution Date, and have
verified the mathematical accuracy of any initial Effective Ranges of any PAC
Certificates, Scheduled Certificates or other scheduled Certificates set forth
in such Prospectus; and
(iii) based upon the assumptions and methodology set forth in such
Prospectus, all of which shall be described by reference in such letter, they
have verified the mathematical accuracy of the pre-tax yields to maturity and,
if applicable, aggregate cash flows of any Class of Certificates for which such
pretax yields and, if applicable, aggregate cash flows are set forth in such
Prospectus at the indicated percentages of the Prepayment Assumption and, if
applicable, at the indicated values of COFI, LIBOR or any other index, as
applicable.
(k) The Offered Certificates of the related Series shall have received the
ratings specified in the related Terms Agreement (the "Required Ratings").
(1) Prior to the related Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to
the Underwriters such further information, certificates and documents as the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(m) If any Certificates of the related Series are to be sold to any other
underwriter and/or offered in reliance upon an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Act, the sale at or prior to the related Closing Date of
such Certificates to the purchaser thereof shall have occurred.
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(n) Subsequent to the date of the related Terms Agreement, there shall not
have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the business or properties of the Company which the Underwriters
conclude in their respective reasonable judgment, after consultation with the
Company, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates
of the related Series so as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed
with the public offering or the delivery of such Offered Certificates as
contemplated by the related Prospectus.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been
fulfilled in all material respects with respect to the particular Offered
Certificates of a Series when and as provided in this Agreement and the related
Terms Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement shall not be in all
material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Underwriters and their counsel, this Agreement (with respect to the related
Offered Certificates) and the related Terms Agreement and all obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder (with respect to the related Offered Certificates) and
thereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the related Closing Date
by the Underwriters. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company
in writing, or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation jointly and
severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person
who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act, or
other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement relating to
the Offered Certificates of the applicable Series as it became effective or in
any amendment or supplement thereof, or in such Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof, or in any Detailed Description
referred to in such Prospectus (or the related Prospectus Supplement) or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and agree to reimburse each such indemnified party for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that (i) neither the Company nor First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein (A) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may
be, as herein stated by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use in
connection with the preparation thereof or (B) in any Current Report or any
amendment or supplement thereof except to the extent that any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement therein or omission therefrom results (or is alleged
to have resulted) directly from an error (a "Mortgage Pool Error") in the
information concerning the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans furnished by
the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may be, to any
Underwriter in writing or by electronic transmission that was used in the
preparation of either (x) any Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or
amendments or supplements thereof) included in such Current Report (or amendment
or supplement thereof) or (y) any written or electronic materials furnished to
prospective investors on which the Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets
(or amendments or supplements) were based and (ii) such indemnity with respect
to any Corrected Statement (as defined below) in such Registration Statement or
the related Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) shall not inure
to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter)
from whom the person asserting any loss, claim, damage or liability purchased
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the Certificates of the related Series that are the subject thereof if such
person did not receive a copy of an amendment or supplement to such Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale
of such Certificates and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact
contained in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) was corrected (a "Corrected Statement") in such
other amendment or supplement and such amendment or supplement was furnished by
the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may be, to such
Underwriter prior to the delivery of such confirmation. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which the Company and First Horizon Home
Loan Corporation may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, and each person or
entity (including each of its directors and officers) who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnities from the Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
to the Underwriter, but only with reference to (A) written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for use in the
preparation of the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity with respect
to the related Series, or (B) any Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or
amendments or supplements thereof) furnished to the Company by such Underwriter
pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9 and incorporated by reference in such
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereof (except that no such indemnity shall be available for any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, resulting from
any Mortgage Pool Error). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability that the Underwriters may otherwise have. The Company and First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation each hereby acknowledges, unless otherwise
specified in writing by an Underwriter, that the statements set forth in the
first sentence of the last paragraph appearing on the cover page of the related
Prospectus Supplement as such statements relate to such Offered Certificates and
the second sentence of the first paragraph and the first sentence of the second
paragraph in each case under the heading "Method of Distribution" in such
Prospectus Supplement as such statements relate to such Offered Certificates
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
Underwriter for inclusion in the related Prospectus (other than any
Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or amendments or supplements
thereof) furnished to the Company by such Underwriter), and such Underwriter
confirms that such statements are correct.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 7
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from
any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under
this Section 7, except to the extent that the omission to so notify the
indemnifying party causes or exacerbates a loss. In case any such action is
brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such
legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on
behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 7 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in connection with the
assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding
sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be
liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel approved by the
indemnified party in the case of subparagraph (a) or (b), representing the
indemnified parties under subparagraph (a) or (b), who are parties to such
action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within
a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the
indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified
party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i)
or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel
referred to in such clause (i) or (iii).
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section 7 is due in accordance with its terms but is for any reason held by
a court to be unavailable from the Company, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
or any Underwriter, on grounds of policy or otherwise, or if the indemnified
party failed to give notice under paragraph (c) of this Section 7 in respect of
a claim otherwise subject to indemnification in accordance with paragraph (a) or
(b) of this Section 7, the Company, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and such
Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating or defending same) to which the Company, First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation and such Underwriter may be subject, as follows:
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(i) in the case of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) which do not arise out of or are not based upon any
untrue statement or omission of a material fact in any Computational Materials
or ABS Term Sheets (or any amendments or supplements thereof) or in any written
or electronic materials distributed to prospective investors on which the
Computational Materials are based, in such proportion so that such Underwriter
is responsible for that portion represented by the difference between the
proceeds to the Company in respect of the Offered Certificates appearing on the
cover page of the Prospectus Supplement for the related Series and the total
proceeds received by such Underwriter from the sale of such Offered Certificates
(the "Underwriting Discount"), and the Company and First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation are jointly and severally responsible for the balance; provided,
however, that in no case shall such Underwriter be responsible under this
subparagraph (i) for any amount in excess of such Underwriting Discount
applicable to the Offered Certificates purchased by such Underwriter pursuant to
this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement; and
(ii) in the case of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) which arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or omission of a material fact in any Computational Materials or ABS
Term Sheets (or any amendments or supplements thereof) or in any written or
electronic materials distributed to prospective investors on which the
Computational Materials are based, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Company or First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, as the case may be, on the one hand and such Underwriter on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that in no
case shall such Underwriter be responsible under this subparagraph (ii) for any
amount in excess of the Underwriting Discount applicable to the Offered
Certificates purchased by such Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement and the
related Terms Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such
Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or any amendments or supplements
thereof or such written or electronic materials) results from information
prepared by the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may
be, on the one hand or such Underwriter on the other and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7(d), no person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person
who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each
person who controls the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the
case may be, within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each
officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each
director of the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may
be, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation, as the case may be, subject in each case to the
immediately preceding sentence of this paragraph (d).
8. Computational Materials and Structural Term Sheets.
(a) On the business day before the date on which the Current Report
relating to the Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof; each Underwriter
shall deliver to the Company five complete copies of all materials provided by
such Underwriter to prospective investors in such Offered Certificates that
constitute (i) "Computational Materials" within the meaning of the no-action
letter dated May 20, 1994 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission to Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Acceptance Corporation I, Xxxxxx, Peabody & Co.
Incorporated, and Xxxxxx Structured Asset Corporation and the no-action letter
dated May 27, 1994 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission to the Public Securities Association (together, the "Xxxxxx
Letters"), the filing of which material is a condition of the relief granted in
such letter (such materials being the "Computational Materials"), and (ii)
"Structural Term Sheets" within the meaning of the no-action letter dated
February 17, 1995 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission to the Public Securities Association (the "PSA Letter"), the filing
of which material is a condition of the relief granted in such letter (such
materials being the "Structural Term Sheets"). Each delivery of Computational
Materials and Structural Term Sheets to the Company pursuant to this paragraph
(a) shall be effected by delivering four copies of such materials to counsel for
the Company on behalf of the Company at the address specified in Section 3
hereof and one copy of such materials to the Company.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Certificates of a Series is required to be delivered under the Act, it shall be
necessary to amend or supplement the related Prospectus as a result of an untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Computational Materials or
Structural Term Sheets provided by any Underwriter pursuant to this Section 8 or
the omission to state therein a material fact required, when considered in
conjunction with the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, when read in conjunction
with the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, not misleading, or if it
shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Current Report relating to any
Computational Materials or Structural Term Sheets to comply with the Act or the
rules thereunder, such Underwriter shall prepare and furnish to the Company for
filing with the Commission an amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or an amendment or supplement which will effect such
compliance.
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(c) Each Underwriter shall cause Deloitte & Touche LLP to furnish to the
Company a letter, dated as of the date on which you deliver any Computational
Materials or Structural Term Sheets to the Company pursuant to Section 8(a), in
form and substance satisfactory to the Company, stating in effect that they have
verified the mathematical accuracy of any calculations performed by such
Underwriter and set forth in such Computational Materials or Structural Term
Sheets, as applicable.
9. Collateral Term Sheets.
(a) On the business day immediately following the date on which any
Collateral Term Sheet (as defined in the PSA Letter) was first delivered to a
prospective investor in such Offered Certificates, each Underwriter shall
deliver to the Company five complete copies of all materials provided by such
Underwriter to prospective investors in the Offered Certificates that constitute
"Collateral Term Sheets." Each delivery of a Collateral Term Sheet to the
Company pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be effected by delivering four
copies of such materials to counsel for the Company on behalf of the Company at
the address specified in Section 3 hereof and one copy of such materials to the
Company. (Collateral Term Sheets and Structural Term Sheets are, together,
referred to herein as "ABS Term Sheets.")
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates
of a Series is required to be delivered under the Act, it shall be necessary to
amend or supplement the related Prospectus as a result of an untrue statement of
a material fact contained in any Collateral Term Sheets provided by an
Underwriter pursuant to this Section 9 or the omission to state therein a
material fact required, when considered in conjunction with the related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, when read in conjunction with the related Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or
supplement any Current Report relating to any Collateral Term Sheets to comply
with the Act or the rules thereunder, such Underwriter shall prepare and furnish
to the Company for filing with the Commission an amendment or supplement which
will correct such statement or omission or an amendment or supplement which will
effect such compliance.
(c) Each Underwriter shall cause Deloitte & Touche LLP to furnish to the
Company a letter, dated as of the date on which you deliver any Collateral Term
Sheets to the Company pursuant to Section 9(a), in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company, stating in effect that they have verified the
mathematical accuracy of any calculations performed by such Underwriter and set
forth in such Collateral Term Sheets, as applicable.
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10. Termination. This Agreement (with respect to a particular Certificate
Offering) and the related Terms Agreement shall be subject to termination in
your absolute discretion, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of
and payment for the related Offered Certificates, if prior to the related
Closing Date (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange
shall have been suspended or materially limited, (ii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either
federal or New York State authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity, event or crisis the
effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make
it, in your reasonable judgment, impracticable to market such Offered
Certificates.
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company (or
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may be) or its officers and of
each Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement and the related
Terms Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company (or First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may be) or any of the officers,
directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof; and will
survive delivery of and payment for the related Offered Certificates. The
provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of
this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement.
12. Successors. This Agreement and the related Terms Agreement will inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and thereto and their
respective successors and the officers, directors and controlling persons
referred to in Section 7 hereof; and their successors and assigns, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder or thereunder. No purchaser
of any Offered Certificate from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or
assign by reason of such purchase.
13. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATED TERMS AGREEMENT WILL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN.
14. Miscellaneous. This Agreement, as supplemented by the related Terms
Agreement, supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement and the
related Terms Agreement or any term of each may not be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated except by an affirmative written agreement made by the
party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination
is sought. The headings in this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement are
for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof or thereof.
15. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective
only on receipt, and, if sent to you, will be delivered to you at the address
first above written to the attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx with a copy to XxXxx
Xxxxxx LLP, 0000 X Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx; or
if sent to the Company, will be delivered to First Horizon Asset Securities
Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, with a
copy to First Tennessee National Corporation, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
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16. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail on the Closing Date to purchase the Offered Certificates
which it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder and under the applicable
Terms Agreement (the "Defaulted Certificates"), you shall have the right, within
24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all,
of the Defaulted Certificates in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the
terms herein set forth and under the applicable Terms Agreement. If, however,
you have not completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the aggregate original principal amount of Defaulted
Certificates does not exceed 10% of the aggregate original principal amount of
the Certificates to be purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the
non-defaulting Underwriters named in such Terms Agreement shall be obligated to
purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective
underwriting obligations thereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all
non-defaulting Underwriters; and
(b) if the aggregate original principal amount of Defaulted
Certificates exceeds 10% of the original principal amount of the Offered
Certificates to be purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the applicable
Terms Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 16 and nothing in this Agreement
shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its
default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of
this Agreement or such applicable Terms Agreement, either you or the Company
shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period of time not
exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration
Statement or in any other documents or arrangements.
17. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Certificates pursuant to this
Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Certificates
and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm's-length commercial
transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the
other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and
understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction
contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter
is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary
of the Company, or its affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any
other party; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or
fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of
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whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on
other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations
expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the Underwriters and their
respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that
involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the
Underwriters have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of
any fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Underwriters have not
provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the
offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters
with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement
between the Company and you.
Very truly yours,
FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION
By:
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Name: Xxxxx XxXxx
Title: Executive Vice President
EXHIBIT A
FTRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
REMIC MULTI-CLASS MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES
TERMS AGREEMENT
(to Underwriting Agreement,
dated [ ], 2000
between the Company and the Underwriter)
First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. [ ]
4000 Horizon Way [Date]
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Each of [ ] (the "Underwriters") severally agrees, subject to the terms and
provisions herein and of the captioned Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), to purchase such Classes of Series [ ] Certificates specified in
Section 2(a) hereof (the "Offered Certificates"). This letter supplements and
modifies the Underwriting Agreement solely as it relates to the purchase and
sale of the Offered Certificates described below. The Series ______-____
Certificates are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission by means
of an effective Registration Statement (No. 333-__________) Capitalized terms
used and not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Underwriting
Agreement.
Section 1. The Mortgage Pool: The Series ____-__ Certificates shall
evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in a mortgage pool (the
"Mortgage Pool") of conventional, fixed rate, fully amortizing one- to
four-family residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the
following characteristics as of _________ --, ____ (the "Cut-off Date"):
(a) Aggregate Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pool: $[ ] aggregate
principal balance as of the Cut-off Date, subject to [an upward or downward
variance of up to [ ]%, the precise aggregate principal balance to be determined
by the Company (a permitted variance such that the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance thereof will be not less than $[ ] or greater than $[ ].
(b) Original Terms to Maturity: The original term to maturity of
each Mortgage Loan included in the Mortgage Pool shall be between ___ and ___
years.
Section 2. The Certificates: The Offered Certificates shall be issued as
follows:
(a) Classes: The Offered Certificates shall be issued with the
following Class designations, interest rates and principal balances, subject in
the aggregate to the variance referred to in Section 1(a)[and, as to any
particular Class, to an upward or downward variance of up to [ ]%]:
Principal Interest Class Purchase
Class Balance Rate Price Percentage
(b) The Offered Certificates shall have such other characteristics
as described in the related Prospectus.
Each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, subject to the
terms and conditions contained herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, to
purchase the principal balances of the Classes of Certificates specified
opposite its name below:
Series
Designation [Underwriter] [Underwriter]
Section 3. Purchase Price: The Purchase Price for each Class of the
Offered Certificates shall be the Class Purchase Price Percentage therefor (as
set forth in Section 2(a) above) of the initial Class Certificates Principal
Balance thereof plus accrued interest at the rate of [ 3% per annum from and
including the Cut-off Date up to, but not including, _________ --, _____ (the
"Closing Date").
Section 4. Required Ratings: The Offered Certificates shall have received
Required Ratings of at least [ ] from [ ].
Section 5. Tax Treatment: [One or more elections will be made to treat the
assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.] [The Trust Fund will be treated as a
"grantor trust" for federal income tax purposes.]
[Section 6. Additional Expenses:] *
* to be inserted if applicable.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof;
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement
between the Underwriters and the Company.
Very truly yours,
CO-MANAGER:
[UNDERWRITER]
By:
Name:
Title:
CO-MANAGER:
[UNDERWRITER]
By:
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and
accepted as of the date
first above written.
FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
