INDENTURE among SUNTRUST [ ] TRUST, SERIES 200[ ]-[__], Issuing Entity Trust Administrator and Indenture Trustee Dated as of [____________], 2007
Exhibit
4.2
among
SUNTRUST
[ ]
TRUST, SERIES 200[ ]-[__],
Issuing
Entity
[_______________________],
Trust
Administrator
and
[________________________],
Indenture
Trustee
Dated
as
of [____________], 2007
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01.
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Definitions.
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2
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Section
1.02.
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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7
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Section
1.03.
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Rules
of Construction
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8
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ARTICLE
TWO
THE
NOTES
Section
2.01.
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Form
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8
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Section
2.02.
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Execution,
Authentication and Delivery
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9
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Section
2.03.
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Limitation
on Transfer of Notes.
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10
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Section
2.04.
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Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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11
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Section
2.05.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
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12
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Section
2.06.
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Persons
Deemed Owners
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13
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Section
2.07.
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Payment
of Principal and Interest.
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13
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Section
2.08.
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Cancellation
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14
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Section
2.09.
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Release
of Collateral.
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15
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Section
2.10.
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Book-Entry
Notes
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15
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Section
2.11.
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Notices
to Clearing Agency
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16
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Section
2.12.
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Definitive
Notes
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16
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Section
2.13.
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Tax
Treatment
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17
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ARTICLE
THREE
COVENANTS
Section
3.01.
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Payment
of Principal and Interest
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17
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Section
3.02.
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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17
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Section
3.03.
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Money
for Payments to be Held in Trust
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17
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Section
3.04.
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Existence.
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19
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Section
3.05.
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Protection
of Collateral
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20
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Section
3.06.
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Opinions
as to Collateral
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20
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Section
3.07.
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Performance
of Obligations.
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20
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Section
3.08.
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Negative
Covenants
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21
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Section
3.09.
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Annual
Statement as to Compliance
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22
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Section
3.10.
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[Reserved].
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23
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Section
3.11.
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[Reserved].
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23
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Section
3.12.
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No
Other Business
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23
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Section
3.13.
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No
Borrowing
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23
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Section
3.14.
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[Reserved].
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23
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Section
3.15.
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Guarantees,
Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities
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23
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Section
3.16.
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Capital
Expenditures
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23
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Section
3.17.
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Removal
of Trust Administrator
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23
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Section
3.18.
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Restricted
Payments
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23
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Section
3.19.
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Notice
of Events of Default
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24
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Section
3.20.
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Further
Instruments and Acts
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24
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Section
3.21.
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Covenants
of the Issuing Entity
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24
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Section
3.22.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Issuing Entity
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24
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ARTICLE
FOUR
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
4.01.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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25
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Section
4.02.
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Application
of Trust Money
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26
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Section
4.03.
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Repayment
of Moneys Held by Paying Agent
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26
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Section
4.04.
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Trust
Money Received by Indenture Trustee
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27
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ARTICLE
FIVE
REMEDIES
Section
5.01.
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Events
of Default
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27
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Section
5.02.
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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28
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Section
5.03.
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Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture
Trustee.
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29
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Section
5.04.
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Remedies;
Priorities.
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31
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Section
5.05.
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Optional
Preservation of the Collateral
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32
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Section
5.06.
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Limitation
of Suits
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33
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Section
5.07.
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Unconditional
Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest
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33
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Section
5.08.
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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34
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Section
5.09.
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
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34
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Section
5.10.
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Delay
or Omission Not a Waiver
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34
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Section
5.11.
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Control
by Noteholders
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34
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Section
5.12.
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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35
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Section
5.13.
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Undertaking
for Costs
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35
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Section
5.14.
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Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws
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35
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Section
5.15.
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Action
on Notes
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36
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Section
5.16.
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Performance
and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
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36
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ARTICLE
SIX
THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section
6.01.
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Duties
of Indenture Trustee.
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36
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Section
6.02.
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Rights
of Indenture Trustee.
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38
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Section
6.03.
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Individual
Rights of Indenture Trustee
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39
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Section
6.04.
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Indenture
Trustee’s Disclaimer
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39
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(ii)
Section
6.05.
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Notice
of Defaults
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39
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Section
6.06.
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Reports
by Indenture Trustee to Holders
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39
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Section
6.07.
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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40
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Section
6.08.
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Replacement
of Indenture Trustee
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40
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Section
6.09.
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Successor
Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx
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41
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Section
6.10.
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Appointment
of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.
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42
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Section
6.11.
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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43
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Section
6.12.
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Representations
and Warranties
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43
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Section
6.13.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuing Entity
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44
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
Section
7.01.
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Note
Registrar To Furnish to the Indenture Trustee the Names and Addresses
of
Noteholders
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44
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Section
7.02.
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Preservation
of Information: Communications to Noteholders.
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44
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Section
7.03.
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Reports
by Issuing Entity.
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44
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Section
7.04.
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Reports
by Indenture Trustee
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45
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
ACCOUNTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section
8.01.
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Collection
of Money
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45
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Section
8.02.
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Collection
Account
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46
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Section
8.03.
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Release
of Collateral.
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46
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ARTICLE
NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
9.01.
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
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46
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Section
9.02.
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Noteholders
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48
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Section
9.03.
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Execution
of Supplemental Indentures
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49
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Section
9.04.
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Effect
of Supplemental Indenture
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49
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Section
9.05.
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Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act
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49
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Section
9.06.
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Reference
in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
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49
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Section
9.07.
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Opinion
of Counsel
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50
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ARTICLE
TEN
REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
Section
10.01.
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Redemption
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50
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Section
10.02.
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Form
of Redemption Notice
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50
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Section
10.03.
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Notes
Payable on Redemption Date
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51
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(iii)
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01.
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions, etc
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51
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Section
11.02.
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Form
of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
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51
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Section
11.03.
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Acts
of Noteholders.
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52
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Section
11.04.
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Notices,
etc., to Indenture Trustee, Trust Administrator, Issuing Entity
and Rating
Agencies
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53
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Section
11.05.
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Notices
to Noteholders; Waiver
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53
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Section
11.06.
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Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act
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54
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Section
11.07.
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Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents
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54
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Section
11.08.
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Successors
and Assigns
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54
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Section
11.09.
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Severability
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54
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Section
11.10.
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Benefits
of Indenture and Consents of Noteholders
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54
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Section
11.11.
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Legal
Holidays
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55
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Section
11.12.
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Governing
Law
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55
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Section
11.13.
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Counterparts
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55
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Section
11.14.
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Recording
of Indenture
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55
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Section
11.15.
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Trust
Obligations.
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55
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Section
11.16.
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No
Petition
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56
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Section
11.17.
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Inspection
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56
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A
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Forms
of Notes
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EXHIBIT
B
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[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT
C
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Form
of ERISA Transfer Affidavit
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(iv)
This
INDENTURE, dated as of [____________], 2007 (this “Indenture”), is among
SUNTRUST
[ ]
TRUST, SERIES 200[ ]-[__], a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuing
Entity”), [_________________], a [________________], as Trust Administrator
(the “Trust Administrator”) and [_________________], a [___________], as
indenture trustee
and not in its individual capacity (the “Indenture Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party, for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuing Entity’s variable rate Notes in
the Classes specified herein (the “Notes”) and the Swap
Counterparty:
GRANTING
CLAUSE
The
Issuing Entity hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date,
as
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and the Swap
Counterparty, all of the Issuing Entity’s right, title and interest, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, in and to: (i) the Trust Estate (as
defined in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement); (ii) the Issuing Entity’s
rights and benefits but none of its obligations under the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement (including the Issuing Entity’s right to cause the Seller to
repurchase Mortgage Loans from the Issuing Entity under the circumstances
described therein); (iii) the Issuing Entity’s rights and benefits but none of
its obligations under the Custodial Agreement; (iv) the Issuing Entity’s rights
and benefits but none of its obligations under the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement; (v) the Trust Account, the Pre-Funding Account and all amounts and
property in the Trust Account and the Pre-Funding Account, and the Security
Entitlements to all Financial Assets credited to such accounts from time to
time; (vi) the Swap Agreement, and all rights of the Trust and payments
thereunder; (vii) all other property of the Trust from time to time; and (viii)
all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action
in
respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all
proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the
foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or
involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts,
accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit
accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any
and
every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and
other
property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the
proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Collateral”).
The
foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and
interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, and to secure
(i) the payment of all amounts due on the Notes and the Swap Agreement in
accordance with their terms, (ii) the payment of all other sums payable under
the Indenture with respect to the Notes, and (iii) compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
The
Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Notes
and the Swap Counterparty, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under
this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees
to
perform its duties required of it in this Indenture in accordance with its
terms.
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01. Definitions.
(a) Except
as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the
following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes
of
this Indenture.
[NOTE: The
following definitions and certain provisions of this Indenture generally include
references to the securities structure and payment terms from a deal involving
a
notional class and a swap agreement. The securities structure is
illustrative of the securities structures that SunTrust Mortgage Securitization,
LLC may include in takedowns from its shelf-registration
statement. Please note that this is a different securities structure
from that presented in the accompanying offering
document.]
Act: The
meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
Authorized
Officer: With respect to the Issuing Entity, any officer of the
Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating
to the Issuing Entity 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 Transfer and Servicing Agreement is in effect, any Vice President,
Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer or more senior officer of the Trust
Administrator who is authorized to act for the Trust Administrator in matters
relating to the Issuing Entity and to be acted upon by the Trust Administrator
pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and who is identified on the
list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Trust Administrator to the
Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or
supplemented from time to time thereafter).
Book-Entry
Notes: Beneficial interests in Notes designated as “Book-Entry
Notes” in this Indenture, ownership and transfers of which shall be evidenced or
made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.11;
provided, that after the occurrence of a condition whereupon Definitive Notes
are to be issued to Note Owners, such Book-Entry Notes shall no longer be
“Book-Entry Notes.”
Certificate
of Trust: The certificate of trust of the Issuing Entity
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Trust Agreement.
Class
M Notes: Each of the Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4,
Class M5, Class M6 and Class M7 Notes.
Clearing
Agency: An organization registered as a “clearing agency”
pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act, as amended. As of the
Closing Date, the Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust
Company.
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Clearing
Agency Participant: A broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
Clearstream: Clearstream
Banking Luxembourg, and any successor thereto.
Collateral: The
meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.
Commission: The
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Current
Interest: As defined in the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
Default: Any
occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become,
an
Event of Default.
Definitive
Note: A Note of any Class issued in definitive, fully registered,
certificated form.
Depository
Institution: Any depository institution or trust company,
including the Indenture Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of
the
United States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision
and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that
are rated in the highest rating category by each Rating Agency, or is otherwise
acceptable to each Rating Agency.
Euroclear: Euroclear
SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System.
Event
of Default: The meaning specified in Section 5.01.
Exchange
Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Executive
Officer: With respect to any corporation or limited liability
company, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, President, Manager, Executive Vice President, any Vice President,
the
Secretary or the Treasurer of such entity; and with respect to any partnership,
any general partner xxxxxxx.
Global
Securities: The meaning specified in Section
2.01(a).
Grant: Mortgage,
pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign,
transfer, create, and xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security interest in and a right
of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to this
Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or
instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to
do
and receive
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anything
that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or
with respect thereto.
Holder
or Noteholder: A Person in whose name a Note is registered on
the Note Register.
Independent: When
used with respect to any specified Person, that such Person (a) is in fact
independent of the Issuing Entity, any other obligor on the Notes, the Seller
and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuing
Entity, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuing Entity, any such
other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons
as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions.
Independent
Certificate: A certificate or opinion to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying
with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an Independent
appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuing Entity Order and approved
by
the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion
or
certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent”
in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning
thereof.
Issuing
Entity: SunTrust
[ ]
Trust, Series 200[ ]-[__], a Delaware statutory trust, or any
successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required
by
the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
Issuing
Entity Order or Issuing Entity Request: A written order or
request signed in the name of the Issuing Entity by any one of its Authorized
Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
Non-Priority
Class Note: As of any date of determination, any Outstanding Note
other than the related Notes that comprise the Priority Class
Notes.
Note: Any
of the Class 1-A, Class 2-Al, Class 2-A2, Class 2-A3, Class Ml, Class M2, Class
M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6 and Class M7 Notes issued pursuant to this
Indenture, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Note
Owner or Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person
that is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, 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 a Definitive Note, the Person that is the
registered owner of such Note as reflected in the Note Register.
Note
Register: The meaning specified in Section 2.04.
Note
Registrar: The meaning specified in Section 2.04. The
initial Note Registrar shall be the Trust Administrator.
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Officer’s
Certificate: A certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of
the Issuing Entity, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered
to
the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in
this Indenture to an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate
of any Authorized Officer of the Issuing Entity.
Outstanding: As
of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture except:
(i) Notes
theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar
for cancellation;
(ii) Notes
the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trust Administrator or any Paying Agent in trust for the
Holders of such Notes (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision for such notice has been made, satisfactory to the Trust
Administrator); and
(iii) Notes
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a protected
purchaser;
provided,
that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Balance
of
the Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder or under any Operative Agreement, Notes owned by
the
Issuing Entity, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, any Servicer, the Trust
Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Notes
that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded (unless
such action requires the consent, waiver, request or demand of 100% of the
Outstanding Balance represented by a particular Class and 100% of the
Outstanding Balance represented by such Class is registered in the name of
one
or more of the foregoing entities). Notes so owned that have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes
to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with
respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuing Entity, any other
obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Master Servicer, any Servicer, the Trust Administrator or any Affiliate
of
any of the foregoing Persons.
Outstanding
Balance: The aggregate principal or notional amount of the Notes
Outstanding as of the date of determination.
Paying
Agent: Initially, the Trust Administrator or any other Person
that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in
Section 6.11 and is authorized by the Issuing Entity, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.03, to make payments to and distributions from the
Trust
Account, including payments of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf
of the Issuing Entity.
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Permitted
Transferee: Means (i) an entity for federal income tax purposes
that qualifies as (a) a single REIT, (b) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary of such
REIT, or (c) an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes
that
is wholly owned by such related REIT or related Qualified REIT Subsidiary or
(ii) a lender or repurchase agreement counterparty in a repurchase agreement
or
secured lending transaction that qualifies as a borrowing for federal income
tax
purposes.
Predecessor
Note: With respect to any particular Note, every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated
and delivered under Section 2.04 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or
stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note.
Priority
Class Notes: Until the Class Principal Amounts of the Senior
Notes are reduced to zero and all sums payable to the Holders of the Senior
Notes have been paid in full, the Senior Notes; when the Class Principal Amounts
of the Senior Notes have been reduced to zero and all amounts payable to the
Holders of the Senior Notes have been paid in full, the Class M1 Notes; when
the
Class Principal Amounts of the Senior Notes and the Class M1 Notes have been
reduced to zero and all sums payable to the Holders of such Classes have been
paid in full, the Class M2 Notes; when the Class Principal Amounts of the Senior
Notes, the Class M1 Notes and the Class M2 Notes have been reduced to zero
and
all sums payable to the Holders of such Classes have been paid in full, the
Class M3 Notes; when the Class Principal Amounts of the Senior Notes, the Class
M1 Notes, the Class M2 Notes and the Class M3 Notes have been reduced to zero
and all sums payable to the Holders of such Classes have been paid in full,
the
Class M4 Notes; when the Class Principal Amounts of the Senior Notes, the Class
M1 Notes, the Class M2 Notes, the Class M3 Notes and the Class M4 Notes have
been reduced to zero and all sums payable to the Holders of such Classes have
been paid in full, the Class M5 Notes; when the Class Principal Amounts of
the
Senior Notes and the Class M1 Notes, the Class M2 Notes, the Class M3 Notes,
the
Class M4 Notes and the Class M5 Notes have been reduced to zero and all sums
payable to the Holders of such Classes have been paid in full, the Class M6
Notes; and when the Class Principal Amounts of the Senior Notes and the Class
M1
Notes, the Class M2 Notes, the Class M3 Notes, the Class M4 Notes, the Class
M5
Notes and the Class M6 Notes have been reduced to zero and all sums payable
to
the Holders of such Classes have been paid in full, the Class M7
Notes.
Proceeding: Any
suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
Prospective
Owner: Each prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee
of a Note.
Rating
Agency Condition: With respect to any action to which the Rating
Agency Condition applies, that each Rating Agency shall have been given 10
days
(or such shorter period as is acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice
thereof and that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Depositor, the
Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will not
result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the rated
Notes.
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Redemption
Date: In the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to
Section 10.01, the Payment Date specified by the Indenture Trustee in the notice
delivered pursuant to Section 10.02.
Responsible
Officer: Any officer of the Indenture Trustee with direct
responsibility for administration of the Indenture.
Retained
Notes: Those certain Classes, or portions of certain Classes, of
Notes which, at the time of their issuance, [______________], as the owner
of
the Ownership Certificate, either directly or indirectly through one or more
of
its Qualified REIT Subsidiaries or entities that are disregarded for United
States federal income tax purposes that are wholly owned by the related REIT
or
a related Qualified REIT Subsidiary, acquires beneficial ownership
thereof.
Senior
Principal Notes: Each of the Class 1-A, Class 2-A1, Class 2-A2
and Class 2-A3 Notes.
State: Any
one of the 50 States of the United States of America or the District of
Columbia.
Transfer
and Servicing Agreement: The Transfer and Servicing Agreement
dated as of [____________], 2007, among the Issuing Entity, SunTrust Mortgage
Securitization, LLC, as depositor, [_______________], as master servicer and
trust administrator, [_______________ ____________], as indenture trustee,
STB
Real Estate (Georgia), Inc., as seller, SunTrust Mortgage Inc., as servicer,
and
[______________], as subservicer, as such may be amended or supplemented from
time to time.
Trust
Indenture Act or TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
(b) Except
as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require,
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
Section
1.02. Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference
in
and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in
this Indenture have the following meanings:
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“indenture
securities” means the Notes.
“indenture
security holder” means a Noteholder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.
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“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Issuing Entity and any other obligor
on
the indenture securities.
All
other
TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by rule of the Securities and Exchange
Commission have the respective meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
Section
1.03. Rules
of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(i) a
term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time
to time;
(iii) “or”
is not exclusive;
(iv) “including”
means including without limitation;
(v) words
in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
(vi) 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;
(vii) terms
defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
assigned to them in the UCC; and
(viii) to
“U.S. dollars”, “dollars”, or the sign “$” shall be construed as references to
United States dollars which are freely transferable by residents and
non-residents of the United States of America and convertible by such persons
into any other freely convertible currency unless such transferability or
convertibility is restricted by any law or regulation of general application
in
which event references to “U.S. dollars”, “dollars”, or the sign “$” shall be
construed as references to such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts in the United States of America, and “cents” shall be construed
accordingly.
ARTICLE
TWO
THE
NOTES
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appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as
evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of
any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference
thereto on the face of the Note.
The
Definitive Notes and the global certificates (“Global Securities”) representing
the Book-Entry Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved
or
produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved
borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced
by their execution of such Notes.
Each
Note
shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes
set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
Section
2.02. Execution,
Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be executed on
behalf of the Issuing Entity by any Authorized Officer of the Owner
Trustee. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes
may be manual or facsimile.
Notes
bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time
Authorized Officers of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Administrator shall bind
the Issuing Entity, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have
ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The
Trust
Administrator shall, upon Issuing Entity Order, authenticate and deliver the
Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal or notional amounts with
respect to each Class as specified below:
Class
|
Class
Principal Amount
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1-A
|
$[ ]
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2-Al
|
$[ ]
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2-A2
|
$[ ]
|
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2-A3
|
$[ ]
|
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Ml
|
$[ ]
|
||
M2
|
$[ ]
|
||
M3
|
$[ ]
|
||
M4
|
$[ ]
|
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M5
|
$[ ]
|
||
M6
|
$[ ]
|
||
M7
|
$[ ]
|
The
aggregate principal amounts of such Classes of Notes outstanding at any time
may
not exceed such respective amounts.
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The
Senior Principal Notes will be issued in minimum principal amount denominations
of $[100,000] and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The
Class M Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $[100,000] and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Any
Retained Notes will be subject to the same restrictions and consequences
applicable to the Ownership Certificate as set forth in Section 3.03 of the
Trust Agreement unless either (a) as of the date such Retained Notes are
sold or transferred to a third party or taxable REIT subsidiary (within the
meaning of the Code): (i) the owner of the Ownership Certificate is a Permitted
Transferee; (ii) no modifications have been made to the transaction documents
as
of the date of such sale or transfer; (iii) the respective ratings of the
Retained Notes as of the date of such sale or transfer are not lower than the
ratings for such Retained Notes as of the Closing Date; and (iv) no adverse
changes have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of)
the legal authorities applicable to the Closing Date tax opinions or (b) a
tax
opinion is delivered from a nationally recognized law firm generally recognized
to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization
that
(i) the Retained Notes “will be debt” and (ii) after the sale or
transfer, the Trust will continue to qualify as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary
for
federal income tax purposes. For purposes of this Section 2.02, in
determining whether a holder of Retained Notes complies with the provisions
of
Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement, such holder will be deemed to be the
Certificateholder.
No
Note
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the
Trust Administrator by the manual signature of one of its authorized
signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section
2.03. Limitation
on Transfer of Notes.
(a) No
transfer of a Note in the form of a Definitive Note shall be made unless the
Note Registrar shall have received a representation from the transferee of
such
Note, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Note Registrar
and the Depositor (such requirement is satisfied only by the Note Registrar’s
receipt of a transfer affidavit from the transferee substantially in the form
of
Exhibit C hereto), to the effect that such transferee (i) is not acquiring
such
note for, or with the assets of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement
arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA or to Section 4975 of the
Code or to any substantially similar law (“Similar Law”), or any entity deemed
to hold the plan assets of the foregoing (collectively, “Benefit Plans”), or
(ii) its acquisition and holding of such Notes for, or with the assets of,
a
Benefit Plan will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which is not covered under
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38,
PTCE 95-60, PTCE 96-23 or some other applicable exemption, and will not result
in a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law.
In
the
case of a Note that is a Book-Entry Note, for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii)
of
the preceding paragraph, such representations shall be deemed to have been
made
to the Note Registrar by the transferee’s acceptance of such Note that is a
Book-Entry Note (or the acceptance by a Note Holder of the beneficial interest
in such Note).
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None
of
the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Depositor shall have any
liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any Note that is
in
fact not permitted by this Section 2.03(a) or for the Indenture Trustee or
the
Paying Agent making any payments due on such Note to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of
this
Indenture so long as the transfer was registered by the Note Registrar in
accordance with the foregoing requirements. In addition, none of the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Depositor shall be required to
monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with the transfer restrictions
with respect to any Note in the form of a Book-Entry Note, and none of the
Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Depositor shall have any liability
for transfers of Book-Entry Notes or any interests therein made in violation
of
the restrictions on transfer described in the Prospectus and this
Indenture.
In
the
event that a Note is transferred to a Person that does not meet the requirements
of this Section 2.03, such transfer shall be of no force and effect, shall
be
void ab initio, and shall not operate to transfer any rights to such
Person, notwithstanding any instructions to the contrary to the Issuing Entity,
the Indenture Trustee or any intermediary; and the Trust Administrator shall
not
make any payments on such Note for as long as such Person is the Holder of
such
Note.
Each
Note
shall contain a legend substantially similar to the applicable legend provided
in Exhibit A hereto stating that transfer of such Notes is subject to certain
restrictions as set forth herein.
(b) Any
purported transfer of a Note (or any interest therein) not in accordance with
this Section 2.03 shall be null and void and shall not be given effect for
any
purpose hereunder.
(c) The
Trust Administrator will not have the ability to monitor transfers of the Notes
while they are in book-entry form and will have no liability for transfers
of
Book-Entry Notes in violation of any of the transfer restrictions described
in
this Section 2.03.
Section
2.04. Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Issuing Entity shall
cause the Note Registrar to keep a register (the “Note Register”) in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe and the restrictions
on transfers of the Notes set forth herein, the Issuing Entity shall provide
for
the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of
Notes. The Trust Administrator initially shall be the “Note
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein
provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuing
Entity shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such
an
appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If
a
Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuing Entity
as
Note Registrar, the Issuing Entity will give the Indenture Trustee prompt
written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location,
and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee
shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and
to
obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely
upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive
Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and
the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
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Subject
to Section 2.03 upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at
the
office or agency of the Issuing Entity to be maintained as provided in Section
3.02, the Issuing Entity shall execute, and the Note Registrar shall
authenticate and the Noteholder shall be entitled to obtain from the Note
Registrar, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more
new Notes of the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount.
At
the
option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Class
in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the
Issuing Entity shall execute, and the Note Registrar shall authenticate and
the
Noteholder shall be entitled to obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes
which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All
Notes
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the
valid
obligations of the Issuing Entity, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to
the
same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
Every
Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall
be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form
satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or
such
Xxxxxx’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by
an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the
Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature
guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or
in substitution for, STAMP.
No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, but the Issuing Entity or the Note Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of
Notes.
The
preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuing Entity shall
not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers
or
exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15
days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to such
Note.
Section
2.05. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any mutilated Note is
surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence
to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii)
there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may
be
required by it to hold the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee harmless,
then, in the absence of actual notice to the Issuing Entity, the Note Registrar
or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected
purchaser, and upon certification provided by the Holder of such Note that
the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the Relevant UCC are met, the Issuing Entity
shall execute, and upon its request the Note Registrar shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or
stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, however, that if
any such
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destroyed,
lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within
seven
days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead
of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuing Entity may pay such destroyed, lost
or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without
surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or
payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the
preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which
such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the
Issuing Entity and the Note Registrar shall be entitled to recover such
replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered
or
any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such
replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a
protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or
indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense
incurred by the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee in connection
therewith.
Upon
the
issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuing Entity, the
Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar may require the payment by the Holder
of
such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every
replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuing Entity, whether or not the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable
by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
Section
2.06. Persons
Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for registration of
transfer of any Note, the Issuing Entity, the Trust Administrator, the Indenture
Trustee and any agent of the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination)
as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal
of
and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the Issuing Entity, the Trust
Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuing Entity or
the
Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section
2.07. Payment
of Principal and Interest.
(a) Each
Class of Notes shall accrue interest at the Interest Rate as set forth in the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and such interest shall be payable on each
Payment Date, subject to Section 3.01. Interest shall be computed on
each Class of LIBOR Notes on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number
of days elapsed in each Accrual Period. Interest shall be computed on
each Class of Notes (other than any Class of LIBOR Notes) on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. With respect to each
outstanding Class of
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LIBOR
Notes, the Trust Administrator shall determine LIBOR for each applicable Accrual
Period on the second London Business Day prior thereto, in accordance with
the
provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. All interest
payments on each Class of Notes shall be made in the order provided for in
Section 6.02 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. Any installment
of interest or principal payable on any Note shall be paid on the applicable
Payment Date to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor
Notes) is registered on the Record Date by check mailed first-class postage
prepaid to such Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such
Record Date or, upon written request made to the Note Registrar and the Paying
Agent at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by the
Holder of a Note having an initial Note Principal Amount of not less than
$2,500,000 by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account
specified in the request and at the expense of such Noteholder, except that,
unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect
to Notes 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, except for the final installment of principal payable with
respect to such Note on a Payment Date or on the applicable Maturity Date for
such Class of Notes (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called
for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), which shall be payable as provided
below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered
shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03.
(b) The
principal of the Notes shall be payable in installments on each Payment Date
as
provided herein and in the Notes, subject to Section
3.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal
amount of the Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the
date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if
the
Indenture Trustee or Holders of the Notes representing not less than a majority
of the Outstanding Balance of the Priority Class Notes, have declared the Notes
to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section
5.02. All principal payments on a Class of Notes shall be made in
accordance with Section 6.02 of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement. The Trust Administrator shall notify the Person in whose
name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding
the Payment Date on which the Issuing Entity expects that the final installment
of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be
mailed or transmitted by facsimile no later than five Business Days prior to
such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will
be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify
the
place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such
installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be
mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02.
Section
2.08. Cancellation. All
Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by the
Indenture Trustee. The Issuing Entity may at any time deliver to the
Note Registrar for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Issuing Entity may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture
Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or
disposed of by the Note Registrar in accordance with its standard retention
or
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disposal
policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuing Entity shall direct by an
Issuing Entity Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that
such Issuing Entity Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously
disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.09. Release
of Collateral.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section and the terms
of the Operative Agreements, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from
the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt by it of an Issuing Entity Request
accompanied by (i) an Officer’s Certificate, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel, (iii)
certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and (d)(1), and (iv)(A)
Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1)
or
(B) an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect
that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates; provided that
no such Independent Certificates or Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such
Independent Certificates shall be necessary in respect of property released
from
the lien of the Indenture in accordance with the provisions hereof if such
property consists solely of cash.
(b) The
Servicer or any Subservicer (or if neither does so, the Master Servicer), on
behalf of the Issuing Entity, shall be entitled to obtain a release from the
lien of this Indenture for any Mortgage Loan and the Mortgaged Property at
any
time (i) after a payment by the Seller or the Issuing Entity of the Purchase
Price of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) after a Qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan
is
substituted for such Mortgage Loan and payment of the Substitution Amount,
if
any, (iii) after liquidation of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the deposit of all Liquidation Proceeds
and
Insurance Proceeds in the Collection Account, (iv) upon the termination of
a
Mortgage Loan (due to, among other causes, a prepayment in full of the Mortgage
Loan and sale or other disposition of the related Mortgaged Property), or (v)
as
contemplated by Section 9.02 of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee shall, if requested by the Servicer or the Subservicer,
temporarily release or cause the applicable Custodian temporarily to release
to
such party the Mortgage File pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.15 of
the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement and Section 5 of the Custodial Agreement;
provided, however, that the Mortgage File shall have been stamped to
signify the Issuing Entity’s pledge to the Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall provide the Swap Counterparty with notice of any release
of property pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) above.
Section
2.10. Book-Entry
Notes. Each Class of Notes will be issued in the form of
typewritten Notes or Global Securities representing the Book-Entry Notes, to
be
delivered to, or to the Indenture Trustee as custodian for, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuing Entity. The Book-Entry Notes
shall be registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede &
Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Owner thereof will
receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note,
except as provided in Section 2.11. Unless and until definitive,
fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to such Note
Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:
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(i) the
provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the
Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the
Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or
directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no
obligation to the Note Owners;
(iii) to
the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall
control;
(iv) the
rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and
shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note
Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants pursuant
to the Note Depository Agreement. Unless and until Definitive Notes
are issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the Note Registrar shall not register
any
transfer of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Note; and the initial Clearing
Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants
and
receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to
such
Clearing Agency Participants; and
(v) whenever
this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions
or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a specified percentage of the
Outstanding Balance of the Notes (or the Priority Class Notes), the Clearing
Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that
it
has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency
Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage
of
the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to
the
Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.11. Notices
to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other communication to
the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive
Notes shall have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12,
the
Trust Administrator shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency, and shall
have no obligation to such Note Owners.
Section
2.12. Definitive
Notes. If (i) the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to
properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes
and
the Issuing Entity is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) after
the
occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, Note Owners of the Book-Entry
Notes
representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the
Outstanding Balance of the Book-Entry Notes advise the Clearing Agency in
writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency
is no longer in the best interests of such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency
consents, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Note
Registrar of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender
to the Note Registrar of the typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes
by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuing
Entity shall execute and the Note Registrar shall authenticate the Definitive
Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing
Agency. None of the Issuing Entity, the Note Registrar, Trust
Administrator or the
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Indenture
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 Notes, the Indenture
Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the
Definitive Notes as Noteholders.
Section
2.13. Tax
Treatment. The Issuing Entity has entered into this Indenture,
and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for federal, state and
local income and franchise tax purposes, the Notes (other than the Retained
Notes) will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuing Entity secured by the
Collateral. The Issuing Entity, by entering into this Indenture, and
each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its
acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat
the
Notes for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes as
indebtedness of the Issuing Entity (other than any Retained Notes that are
not
treated as issued and outstanding indebtedness for federal income tax purposes),
unless otherwise required by applicable law.
ARTICLE
THREE
COVENANTS
Section
3.01. Payment
of Principal and Interest. The Issuing Entity will duly and
punctually pay (or will cause to be duly and punctually paid) the principal
of
and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture, and will duly and punctually pay all amounts owed to the Swap
Counterparty under the Swap Agreement. Amounts properly withheld
under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or
principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuing Entity to
such
Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
The
Notes
shall be non-recourse obligations of the Issuing Entity and shall be limited
in
right of payment to amounts available from the Collateral as provided in this
Indenture. The Issuing Entity shall not otherwise be liable for
payments of the Notes, and none of the owners, agents, officers, directors,
employees, or successors or assigns of the Issuing Entity shall be personally
liable for any amounts payable, or performance due, under the Notes or this
Indenture. If any other provision of this Indenture shall be deemed
to conflict with the provisions of this Section 3.01, the provisions of this
Section 3.01 shall control.
Section
3.02. Maintenance
of Office or Agency. The Note Registrar on behalf of the Issuing
Entity will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon
the Issuing Entity in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served.
Section
3.03. Money
for Payments to be Held in Trust. As provided in Section 8.02,
all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are
to be
made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to Article
VI
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be made on behalf of the Issuing
Entity by the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Administrator or by another Paying
Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the such account for payments of Notes
shall be paid over to the Issuing Entity except as provided in this
Section.
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On
or
before the Business Day preceding each Payment Date, the Issuing Entity shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account an aggregate sum
sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, such sum to
be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless
the
Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The
Trust
Administrator is hereby appointed the initial Paying Agent. Any
successor Paying Agent shall be appointed by Issuing Entity Order with written
notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee. Any Paying Agent appointed
by the Issuing Entity shall be a Person that would be eligible to be Indenture
Trustee hereunder as provided in Section 6.11. The Issuing Entity
shall not appoint any Paying Agent (other than the Indenture Trustee) which
is
not, at the time of such appointment, a Depository Institution.
The
Issuing Entity shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee
or
the Trust Administrator, as initial Paying Agent, to execute and deliver to
the
Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with
the
Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee or the Trust Administrator
acts
as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this
Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold
all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes
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 and in the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement and pay such sums to such Persons as herein
provided;
(ii) give
the Indenture Trustee and the Swap Counterparty notice of any default by the
Issuing Entity of which the Paying Agent has actual knowledge in the making
of
any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at
any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of
the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held
in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it ceases to meet
the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its
appointment; and
(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed
thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection
therewith; provided, however, that with respect to reporting
requirements applicable to original issue discount, the accrual of market
discount or the amortization of premium on the Notes, the Depositor shall have
first provided the calculations pertaining thereto and the amount of any
resulting withholding taxes to the Indenture Trustee and the Paying
Agent.
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The
Issuing Entity may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuing Entity
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held
in
trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon
the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent;
and
upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Subject
to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the
Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount
due
with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount
has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid
to
the Issuing Entity on Issuing Entity Request; and the Holder of such Note shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuing Entity
for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the
Issuing Entity), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying
Agent
with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before
being
required to make any such repayment, shall at the expense and direction of
the
Issuing Entity cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the
English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in The City of New York (including, but not limited to, The Bond
Buyer), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Issuing Entity. The Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent shall
also adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuing Entity,
any
other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not
limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been
called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or
interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the
records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address
of
record for each such Holder).
Section
3.04. Existence.
(a) The
Issuing Entity will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises
as
a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes,
or
any successor Issuing Entity hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws
of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuing
Entity will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under
the
laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification
to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall
be
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the
Collateral.
(b) Any
successor to the Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Trust
Agreement shall be the successor Owner Trustee under this Indenture without
the
execution or filing of any paper, instrument or further act to be done on the
part of the parties hereto.
(c) Upon
any consolidation or merger of or other succession to the Owner Trustee, the
Person succeeding to the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement may exercise
every right
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and
power
of the Owner Trustee under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person
had been named as the Owner Trustee herein.
Section
3.05. Protection
of Collateral. The Issuing Entity will from time to time execute,
deliver and file all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such
financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance
and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable
to:
(i) maintain
or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this
Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof,
(ii) perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by
this Indenture;
(iii) enforce
any rights with respect to the Collateral; or
(iv) preserve
and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee
and
the Noteholders in such Collateral against the claims of all persons and
parties.
The
Issuing Entity hereby designates each of the Indenture Trustee and the Trust
Administrator as its agent and attorneys-in-fact to execute any financing
statement, continuation statement or other instrument required to be executed
pursuant to this Section 3.05 and hereby authorizes either of them to file
in
any filing office any financing statement, amendment to financing statement,
or
continuation statement required to be executed pursuant to this Section
3.05.
Section
3.06. Opinions
as to Collateral. On the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity shall
furnish to the Trust Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either, in the opinion of such counsel, such action
has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture,
any
indentures supplemental hereto, and any other requisite documents, and with
respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements, as are necessary to make effective the lien and security interest
of
this Indenture, or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action
is necessary to make such lien and security interest effective.
Section
3.07. Performance
of Obligations.
(a) The
Issuing Entity will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to
permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from
any
of such Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or
agreement included in the Collateral or that would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
or
such other instrument or agreement.
(b) The
Issuing Entity may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its
duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified to the
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Indenture
Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuing Entity shall be deemed to be
action taken by the Issuing Entity. Initially, the Issuing Entity has
contracted with the Trust Administrator pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement to assist the Issuing Entity in performing certain of its duties
under
this Indenture.
(c) The
Issuing Entity will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and
agreements contained in this Indenture, the Operative Agreements and in the
instruments and agreements included in the Collateral, including but not limited
to filing or causing to be filed all financing statements and continuation
statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and the Transfer
and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided
for herein and therein.
(d) If
a responsible officer of the Owner Trustee shall have written notice or actual
knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement, the Issuing Entity shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and each Rating Agency thereof.
(e) As
promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Master
Servicer of the Master Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.01(a)
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall proceed
in
accordance with Section 8.01 and 8.02 of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
(f) Without
derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted to the Indenture
Trustee under this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee hereunder,
the Issuing Entity agrees (i) that it will not, without the prior written
consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority in
Outstanding Balance of the Notes affected thereby, amend, modify, waive,
supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification,
supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, the terms of any Collateral
or
the Operative Agreements (except to the extent otherwise provided in any such
Operative Agreement), or waive timely performance or observance by the Trust
Administrator, Master Servicer or the Depositor of its respective duties under
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement; and (ii) that any such amendment shall
not
(A) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay
the
timing of, payments that are required to be made for the benefit of the
Noteholders or (B) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Notes that is required
to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all
the
Outstanding Notes affected thereby. If any such amendment,
modification, supplement or waiver shall be so consented to by the Indenture
Trustee or such Holders, the Issuing Entity agrees, promptly following a request
by the Indenture Trustee to do so, to execute and deliver, in its own name
and
at its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other documents
as the Indenture Trustee may deem necessary or appropriate in the
circumstances.
Section
3.08. Negative
Covenants. So long as any Notes or the Swap Agreement are
Outstanding, the Issuing Entity shall not:
(i) except
as expressly permitted by this Indenture, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
or the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, sell, transfer, exchange
or
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otherwise
dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuing Entity, including
those included in the Collateral, unless directed to do so by the Indenture
Trustee;
(ii) claim
any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable
in
respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments
under the Code) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder
by
reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the
Collateral;
(iii) (A)
permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit
the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated
or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or
obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security
interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture)
to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Collateral
or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other
than
tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in
each case with respect to any Collateral and arising solely as a result of
an
action or omission of a Borrower or as otherwise permitted in the Transfer
and
Servicing Agreement) or (C) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute
a valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or
other lien) or as otherwise permitted in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement)
security interest in the Collateral;
(iv) dissolve
or liquidate in whole or in part or merge or consolidate with any other
Person;
(v) remove
the Trust Administrator without cause unless the Rating Agency Condition shall
have been satisfied in connection with such removal;
(vi) take
any other action or fail to take any action that would result in an imposition
of an entity level tax on the Issuing Entity; or
(vii) except
with the prior written consent of the Noteholders, take any action described
in
Section 5.06 of the Trust Agreement.
Section
3.09. Annual
Statement as to Compliance. The Issuing Entity will deliver to
the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the
Issuing Entity (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007),
an
Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such
Officer’s Certificate, that:
(i) a
review of the activities of the Issuing Entity during such year and of its
performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s
supervision; and
(ii) to
the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuing Entity has complied with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture throughout such year or, if there has been a default in its compliance
with any such
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condition
or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer
and
the nature and status thereof.
Section
3.10. [Reserved].
Section
3.11. [Reserved].
Section
3.12. No
Other Business. The Issuing Entity shall not engage in any
business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the
Collateral in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the Operative
Agreements and activities incidental thereto.
Section
3.13. No
Borrowing. The Issuing Entity shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness other than the Notes.
Section
3.14. [Reserved].
Section
3.15. Guarantees,
Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as contemplated by
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture, the Issuing Entity
shall
not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly
or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or
performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse
or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection
with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase
or
acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or
securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to,
any other Person.
Section
3.16. Capital
Expenditures. The Issuing Entity shall not make any expenditure
(by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty
or personalty).
Section
3.17. Removal
of Trust Administrator. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the
Issuing Entity shall not remove the Trust Administrator without cause unless
the
Issuing Entity has received a letter from each Rating Agency to the effect
that
such removal will not cause the then-current ratings on the Notes to be
qualified, reduced or withdrawn.
Section
3.18. Restricted
Payments. The Issuing Entity shall not, directly or indirectly,
(i) pay any dividend or make any payment (by reduction of capital or otherwise),
whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner
Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity or otherwise
with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the
Issuing Entity, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value
any
such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise
segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however,
the Issuing Entity may make, or cause to be made, payments and distributions
as
contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under,
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, any Swap Agreement, this Indenture or
the
Trust Agreement. The Issuing Entity will not, directly or indirectly,
make payments to or from the Collection Account except in accordance with this
Indenture and the Operative Agreements.
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Section
3.19. Notice
of Events of Default. The Issuing Entity shall promptly, and in
no event more than three Business Days following such event, give the Indenture
Trustee, Trust Administrator, the Swap Counterparty and each Rating Agency
written notice of each Event of Default hereunder, and each default on the
part
of the Trust Administrator, Master Servicer or the Depositor of its obligations
under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, to the extent a responsible officer
of the Owner Trustee shall have written notice or actual knowledge
thereof.
Section
3.20. Further
Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee or
the Trust Administrator, the Issuing Entity will execute and deliver such
further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary
or
proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section
3.21. Covenants
of the Issuing Entity. All covenants of the Issuing Entity in
this Indenture are covenants of the Issuing Entity and are not covenants of
the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity. The Owner Trustee is, and
any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement will be, entering into
this Indenture on behalf of the Issuing Entity solely as Owner Trustee under
the
Trust Agreement and not in its respective individual capacity, and in no case
whatsoever shall the Owner Trustee or any such successor Owner Trustee be
personally liable on, or for any loss in respect of, any of the statements,
representations, warranties or obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder,
as
to all of which the parties hereto agree to look solely to the property of
the
Issuing Entity.
Section
3.22. Representations
and Warranties of the Issuing Entity. With respect to the
Mortgage Notes, the Issuing Entity represents and warrants that:
(i) This
Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
applicable Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”)) in the Mortgage Notes in favor
of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other liens,
and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuing
Entity;
(ii) The
Mortgage Notes constitute “instruments” within the meaning of the applicable
UCC;
(iii) The
Issuing Entity owns and has good title to the Mortgage Notes free and clear
of
any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person;
(iv) The
Issuing Entity has received all consents and approvals required by the terms
of
the Mortgage Notes to the pledge of the Mortgage Notes hereunder to the
Indenture Trustee;
(v) All
original executed copies of each Mortgage Note have been or will be delivered
to
the Indenture Trustee (or its custodian), as set forth in the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement;
(vi) The
Issuing Entity has received a written acknowledgement from the Indenture Trustee
(or its custodian) that it is holding the Mortgage Notes solely on behalf and
for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee;
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(vii) Other
than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture, the Issuing Entity has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a
security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Mortgage
Notes. The Issuing Entity has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Issuing Entity that include a
description of the collateral covering the Mortgage Notes other than a financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee
hereunder or that has been terminated. The Issuing Entity is not
aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuing Entity;
and
(viii) None
of the Mortgage Notes has any marks or notations indicating that they have
been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee.
(b) The
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.22 shall survive
the
Closing Date and shall not be waived.
ARTICLE
FOUR
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
4.01. Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect with respect to the Notes, except as to (i) rights of
registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments
of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the
Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture
Trustee under Sections 3.03 and 4.02) and (v) the rights of Noteholders as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the
Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee,
on
demand of and at the expense of the Issuing Entity, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to the Notes, when either (I) the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
has
been terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 thereof and no obligations remain
outstanding under the Swap Agreement or (II)
(A) either
(1) all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes that have
been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuing Entity and
thereafter repaid to the Issuing Entity or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation; or
(2) all
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trust Administrator for
cancellation
(a) have
become due and payable,
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(b) will
become due and payable at the applicable Maturity Date within one year,
or
(c) are
to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to
the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trust
Administrator in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuing
Entity,
and
the
Issuing Entity, in the case of a., b. or c. above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trust Administrator
cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States
of
America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in
trust
for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee
for cancellation when due to the Maturity Date or Redemption Date (if the Notes
are called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof), as the case may
be;
(B) the
Issuing Entity has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
(and under the Swap Agreement by the Issuing Entity) by the Issuing
Entity;
(C) the
Issuing Entity has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel (at the Issuing Entity’s expense) and (if required by
the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of
certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01 hereof and, subject to Section 11.02 hereof, each stating that
all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes have been complied with;
and
(D) the
Issuing Entity has delivered to each Rating Agency notice of such satisfaction
and discharge.
Section
4.02. Application
of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the Trust Administrator
pursuant to Sections 3.03 and 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied
by
it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Trust Administrator
may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or
redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trust
Administrator, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and
interest; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to
the
extent required herein or in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or required
by
law.
Section
4.03. Repayment
of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all
moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under
the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand
of
the Issuing Entity, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied
according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released
from
all further liability with respect to such moneys.
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Section
4.04. Trust
Money Received by Indenture Trustee. If the Indenture Trustee
receives any moneys in respect of the Collateral (other than with respect to
any
amounts in respect of any payments or reimbursements of fees, expenses or
indemnity amounts properly owing to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms
of any of the Operative Agreements), the Indenture Trustee shall remit promptly
such funds to the Trust Administrator.
ARTICLE
FIVE
REMEDIES
Section
5.01. Events
of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default
and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule
or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) Default
for thirty days or more in the payment of any Current Interest on the Notes
when
the same becomes due and payable under Section 6.02 of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement and if the Class A Notes are no longer outstanding, a
default for thirty days or more in the payment of the related Deferred Interest
for the most senior class of Notes;
(ii) failure
to pay the entire principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable
under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or on the applicable Maturity
Date;
(iii) failure
to observe or perform any covenant or agreement of the Issuing Entity made
in
this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance
or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with),
or any representation or warranty of the Issuing Entity made in this Indenture
or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material respect
as of
the time when the same shall have been made, and such default shall continue
or
not be cured, or the circumstance or condition in respect of which such
misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated
or
otherwise cured, for a period of 60 days after there shall have been given,
by
registered or certified mail, to the Issuing Entity by the Indenture Trustee
or
to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least
25%
of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes, a written notice specifying such
default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a notice of Default hereunder;
(iv) the
filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of the Issuing Entity or any substantial part of the
Collateral in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
or
similar official of the Issuing Entity or for any substantial part of the
Collateral, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuing
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Entity’s
affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days;
(v) the
Issuing Entity becomes subject to United States federal income tax at the entity
level; or
(vi) the
commencement by the Issuing Entity of a voluntary case under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in
effect, or the consent by the Issuing Entity to the entry of an order for relief
in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuing Entity
to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuing Entity
or
for any substantial part of the Collateral, or the making by the Issuing Entity
of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the
Issuing Entity generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the
taking of any action by the Issuing Entity in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
The
Issuing Entity shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Swap Counterparty,
within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of
an
Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse
of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iii), its status and
what
action the Issuing Entity is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
Section
5.02. Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default
should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture
Trustee may, or shall, at the direction of the Holders of Notes representing
not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Balance of the Priority Class Notes,
declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing
to the Issuing Entity and the Swap Counterparty (and to the Indenture Trustee
if
given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount
of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes through
the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.
At
any
time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before
a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article Five provided, the Holders
of
Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding Balance of the Priority Class
Notes, by written notice to the Issuing Entity, the Swap Counterparty and the
Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences
if:
(i) the
Issuing Entity has paid or deposited with the Trust Administrator a sum
sufficient to pay:
(a) all
payments of principal of and interest on all affected Priority Class Notes
and
all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the
Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred;
and
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(b) all
sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee
and
its agents and counsel; and
(ii) all
Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes
that
has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 5.12.
No
such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
The
Holders of Non-Priority Class Notes shall have no right to exercise any
Noteholders’ rights referred to in this Article Five, except to the extent
expressly provided herein.
Section
5.03. Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.
(a) The
Issuing Entity covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any
Current Interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such
default continues for a period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the
payment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable
on
the applicable Maturity Date, the Issuing Entity will, upon demand of the
Indenture Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes,
the
whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest,
with
interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent payment at such rate of
interest shall be legally enforceable, on overdue installments of interest
at
the rate borne by the Notes and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture
Trustee and its agents and counsel, and such amounts as may be due to the Swap
Counterparty.
(b) In
case the Issuing Entity shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and
may
enforce the same against the Issuing Entity upon such Notes and collect in
the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuing Entity upon such
Notes, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable.
(c) If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, in
its
discretion, or shall, at the direction of the Holders of Priority Class Notes
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Balance thereof, as
more particularly provided in Section 5.04, proceed to protect and enforce
its
rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as
the
Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such
rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in
this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to
enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the
Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
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(d) In
case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuing Entity or any other obligor
upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the
Collateral, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
in
case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, or
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for
or
taken possession of the Issuing Entity or its property or such other obligor
or
Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to
the
Issuing Entity or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property
of the Issuing Entity or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective
of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of
this
Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings
or
otherwise:
(i) to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the
Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence, fraud, willful
misconduct or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such
Proceedings;
(ii) unless
prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders
of Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing
similar functions in any such Proceedings;
(iii) to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims
of
the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
(iv) to
file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary
or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders
of
Notes allowed in any Proceedings relative to the Issuing Entity, its creditors
and its property;
and
any
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such
Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments
to
the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent
to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture
Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation
to
the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred
by it or its agents, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence, fraud, willful
misconduct or bad faith.
(e) Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize
or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any
plan of
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reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of
any
Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of
the
claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote
for
the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
(f) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any
of
the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession
of
any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings
relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and
any
recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements
and
compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and
their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of
the
Holders of the Notes and the Swap Counterparty.
(g) In
any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to
represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make
any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
Section
5.04. Remedies;
Priorities.
(a) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee
may, and at the direction of Holders of Priority Class Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Balance thereof shall, do one or more of the
following (subject to Section 5.05):
(i) institute
Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the
collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture
with
respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment
obtained and collect from the Issuing Entity and any other obligor upon such
Notes moneys adjudged due;
(ii) institute
Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this
Indenture with respect to the Collateral;
(iii) exercise
any remedies of a secured party under the Relevant UCC and take any other
appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the
Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes; and
(iv) sell
the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one
or
more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by
law;
provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate
any Collateral following an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default
described in Section 5.01(i) or (ii), unless (A) the Holders of 100% of the
Outstanding Balance of the Notes consent thereto or (B) the proceeds of such
sale or liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge
in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and
interest or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Collateral will not
continue to provide sufficient
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funds
for
the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become
due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture
Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Balance
of
the Notes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with
respect to clauses (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain
and rely conclusively upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking
or
accounting firm of national reputation (at the expense of the Issuing Entity)
as
to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the
Collateral for such purpose.
(b) If
the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article
Five, it shall pay out the money or property in the following
order:
first: to
the Indenture Trustee, for all reasonable and customary costs or expenses,
including any reasonable and customary out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees, incurred
by it in connection with the enforcement of the remedies provided for in this
Article V and for any other unpaid amounts due to the Indenture Trustee
hereunder, to the Trust Administrator for any amounts due and owing to it under
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, to the Custodian for any amounts due
and
owing to them under the Custodial Agreement, and to the Owner Trustee, to the
extent of any reasonable and customary fees and expenses due and owing to it
(including pursuant to Section 7.03 of the Trust Agreement) and for any other
unpaid amounts due to the Owner Trustee under the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement;
second: to
the Master Servicer and Servicer for any Servicing Fees then due and unpaid
and
any unreimbursed Advances and other servicing advances;
third: to
the Swap Counterparty, any Net Swap Payments, if any, owed under the Swap
Agreement;
fourth: to
the Notes, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including any Deferred
Interest and any Available Funds Shortfall) and amounts in respect of principal,
and to the Swap Counterparty, any swap termination payments, in each case
according to the priorities set forth in Section 6.02 of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that accrued and unpaid
interest shall be paid to Noteholders of each Class of Notes before any payments
in respect of principal; and
fifth: to
the Owner Trustee or its Paying Agent for any amounts to be distributed to
the
Holder of the Ownership Certificate.
The
Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Issuing Entity shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture
Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount
to
be paid.
Section
5.05. Optional
Preservation of the Collateral. If the Notes have been declared
to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and
such
declaration and
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its
consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may,
but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Collateral. It is
the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times
sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes,
and
the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining
whether or not to maintain possession of the Collateral. In
determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture
Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely conclusively upon an opinion (at
the
expense of the Issuing Entity) of an Independent investment banking or
accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed
action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such
purpose.
Section
5.06. Limitation
of Suits. Other than as otherwise expressly provided herein in
the case of an Event of Default, no Holder of any Note shall have any right
to
institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless:
(i) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the
Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes have made
written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect
of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee
hereunder;
(iii) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with
such request;
(iv) the
Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
(v) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the
Outstanding Balance of the Notes.
It
is
understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders
of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other
Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided.
In
the
event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests
and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing
less than a majority of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes, the Indenture
Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be
taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
Section
5.07. Unconditional
Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Note shall have the
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right,
which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of
and
interest (including any Deferred Interest and any Available Funds Shortfall),
if
any, on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in
such
Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
Section
5.08. Restoration
of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any
Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under
this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such
Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuing Entity, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such
Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee
and
the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been
instituted.
Section
5.09. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon
or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to
the
extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right
and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section
5.10. Delay
or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture
Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon
any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law
to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or
by
the Noteholders, as the case may be.
Section
5.11. Control
by Noteholders. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02, the
Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for
any
remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided
that:
(i) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
(ii) subject
to the express terms of Section 5.04, any direction to the Indenture Trustee
to
sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be by Holders of Notes representing
not
less than 100% of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes;
(iii) if
the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been satisfied and the Indenture
Trustee elects to retain the Collateral pursuant to such Section, then any
direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than
100% of the
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Outstanding
Balance of the Notes to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be of no force
and effect; and
(iv) the
Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
Notwithstanding
the rights of the Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to Section
6.01(h), the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines
might
involve it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of
any
Noteholders not consenting to such action.
Section
5.12. Waiver
of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of
the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.02, the Holders of Notes
of
not less than a majority of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes may waive,
in
writing, any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a
Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (b)
in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any
such waiver, the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the
Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or impair any right consequent thereto.
Upon
any
such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured
and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall
be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section
5.13. Undertaking
for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder
of a Note by such Xxxxxx’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed,
that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement
of
any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture
Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee,
the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the
costs
of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by
such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to
(a)
any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any
Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate
more
than 10% of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes or (c) any suit instituted
by
any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest
on
any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in
this
Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date).
Section
5.14. Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuing Entity covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon,
or
plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Issuing Entity (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
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expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will
not
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power
as though no such law had been enacted.
Section
5.15. Action
on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover
judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the
seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to
this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or
remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the
recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuing Entity
or
by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the
Collateral or upon any of the assets of the Issuing Entity. Any money
or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance
with Section 5.04(b).
Section
5.16. Performance
and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
(a) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so, the Issuing Entity
shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel
or secure the performance and observance by the Seller, the Depositor, the
Trust
Administrator or the Master Servicer, as applicable, of each of their
obligations to the Issuing Entity under or in connection with the Mortgage
Loan
Purchase Agreement and Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and to exercise any
and
all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuing
Entity under or in connection with the Transfer and Servicing Agreement to
the
extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the
transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller, the Depositor,
the
Trust Administrator or the Master Servicer, as applicable, under the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement and Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the institution
of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure
performance by the Seller, the Depositor, the Trust Administrator or the Master
Servicer of each of their applicable obligations under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement and Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(b) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may,
and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by telephone
(confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of a majority of
the
Outstanding Balance of the Priority Class Notes shall, exercise all rights,
remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuing Entity against the
Depositor, the Trust Administrator or the Master Servicer under or in connection
with the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or the Seller under or in connection
with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to
take
any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, the
Depositor or the Master Servicer, of each of their applicable obligations to
the
Issuing Entity thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction,
approval, extension or waiver under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and
any right of the Issuing Entity to take such action shall be
suspended.
ARTICLE
SIX
THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section
6.01. Duties
of Indenture Trustee.
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(a) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same
degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise
or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as
are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and shall not be liable except for
the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in
this
Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in
the absence of bad faith fraud, negligence or willful misconduct on its part,
the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and on their face conforming to
the
requirements of this Indenture; however, the Indenture Trustee shall examine
the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform on their
face
to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, its own willful misconduct, its own
fraud or its own bad faith, except that:
(i) this
paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (a) of this
Section;
(ii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in accordance with this Indenture or upon a
direction received by it from the requisite Noteholders pursuant to Article
V;
and
(iv) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have
notice or knowledge of (a) any failure by the Issuing Entity to comply with
its
obligations hereunder or in the Operative Agreements or (b) any Default or
Event
of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee assigned
to
and working in its corporate trust department obtains actual knowledge of such
Default or Event of Default or shall have received written notice
thereof. In the absence of such actual knowledge or notice, the
Indenture Trustee may conclusively assume that there is no Default or Event
of
Default.
(d) Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee
is
subject to the provisions of this Section.
(e) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising
under any of the Operative Agreements, including principal of or interest on
the
Notes, or
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interest
on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing
with the Issuing Entity.
(f) Money
held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(g) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend,
advance or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall
not
refuse or fail to perform any of its duties hereunder solely as a result of
nonpayment of its normal fees and expenses.
(h) Every
provision of this Indenture or any Operative Agreement relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section, Section 6.02 and to the
provisions of the TIA.
(i) The
Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
and perform its duties thereunder.
(j) The
Indenture 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 Collateral, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action
under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the
Indenture Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided (i) in accordance
with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture or any other Operative Agreement, and (ii)
in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture or any Operative Agreement against the
Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee agrees that it will, at the
cost and expense of the Issuing Entity, promptly take all action as may be
necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Collateral that result
from
actions by, or claims against itself (in its individual capacity, and not in
the
capacity of Indenture Trustee) that are not related to the administration of
the
Collateral.
Section
6.02. Rights
of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and
to
have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Indenture
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the
document.
(b) Before
the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall not be at the expense of
the
Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The right of the Indenture Trustee
to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture or in any
Operative
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Agreement
shall not be construed as a duty and the Indenture Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its negligence, fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct
in the performance of such act.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or
a
custodian or nominee.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;
provided, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful
misconduct, negligence, fraud or bad faith.
(e) The
Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and any Opinion of Counsel with
respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture, any Operative Agreement
and
the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with any Opinion of Counsel of such
counsel.
(f) In
the event that the Indenture Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent, Note
Registrar, Custodian or Trust Administrator hereunder or under any Operative
Agreement, the rights and protections afforded to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to this Article Six shall be afforded to such Paying Agent, Note Registrar,
Custodian and Trust Administrator.
(g) The
permissive rights of the Indenture Trustee enumerated herein shall not be
construed as duties.
Section
6.03. Individual
Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and
may otherwise deal with the Issuing Entity or its Affiliates with the same
rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Paying
Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with
like
rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Section
6.11.
Section
6.04. Indenture
Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy
of
any of the Operative Agreements or the Notes or the sufficiency of the
Collateral; it shall not be accountable for the Issuing Entity’s use of the
proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement
of
the Issuing Entity or the Servicer in this Indenture, any Operative Agreement
or
in any other document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in
the
Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of
authentication.
Section
6.05. Notice
of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge thereof,
the
Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to each Noteholder
and the Swap Counterparty.
Section
6.06. Reports
by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Trust Administrator shall
deliver to each Noteholder such information with respect to the Notes as may
be
required to enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax
returns and shall file such
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information
returns with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to payments or accruals
of interest on the Notes as are required to be filed under the Code or
applicable Treasury Regulations.
Section
6.07. Compensation
and Indemnity. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled, as
compensation for its services, a fee to be paid by the Master Servicer as
provided in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture
Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee
shall be reimbursed on behalf of the Issuing Entity from funds in the Collection
Account, as provided in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, for all reasonable
ordinary out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of
collection, in addition to the compensation for its services (as provided in
the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement). Reimbursable expenses under this
Section shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and
experts. The Issuing Entity shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee,
any co-trustee and their respective employees, directors and agents, as provided
in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and from funds in the Collection
Account, against any and all claim, loss, liability or expense (including
attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the administration of this
trust and the performance of its duties hereunder or under any Operative
Agreement, including, without limitation, the execution and filing of any
information returns. The Indenture Trustee or co-trustee, as
applicable, shall notify the Issuing Entity and the Trust Administrator promptly
of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the
Indenture Trustee or the co-trustee, as applicable, to so notify the Issuing
Entity and the Trust Administrator shall not relieve the Issuing Entity or
the
Trust Administrator of its obligations hereunder. The Issuing Entity
shall defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee may
have separate counsel and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be payable
on behalf of the Issuing Entity from funds in the Collection
Account. The Issuing Entity shall not be required to reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the
Indenture Trustee or any co-trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s or
co-trustee’s, as the case may be, own willful misconduct, negligence, fraud or
bad faith.
The
Issuing Entity’s obligations to the Indenture Trustee and any co-trustee
pursuant to this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the
Indenture Trustee and the termination of discharge of this
Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee or any co-trustee incurs
expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(iv) or
(vi)
with respect to the Issuing Entity, the expenses are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
Section
6.08. Replacement
of Indenture Trustee. No resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Section. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any
time by giving 90 days’ written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Issuing
Entity, each Noteholder, the Swap Counterparty and each Rating
Agency. The Issuing Entity shall remove the Indenture Trustee
if:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
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(ii) the
Indenture Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its
property; or
(iv) the
Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If
the
Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office
of
the Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being
referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuing Entity shall
promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee that satisfies the eligibility
requirements of Section 6.11.
The
resigning or removed Indenture Trustee agrees to cooperate with any successor
Indenture Trustee in effecting the termination of the resigning or removed
Indenture Trustee’s responsibilities and rights hereunder and shall promptly
provide such successor Indenture Trustee all documents and records reasonably
requested by it to enable it to assume the Indenture Trustee’s functions
hereunder.
A
successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuing
Entity. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee
shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under
this
Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty. The retiring
Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture
Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
If
a
successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the
retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture
Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Balance
of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
If
the
Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee
and
the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
Section
6.09. Successor
Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx. If the Indenture Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking
association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee; provided, that such
corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide each Rating
Agency prior written notice of any such transaction.
In
case
at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation
to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture
any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such
successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication
of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Notes so
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authenticated;
and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated,
any
successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the
Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full
force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that
the
certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.
Section
6.10. Appointment
of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting
any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral
may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and
may
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as
a
co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all
or
any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity
and for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty, such title
to
the Collateral, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of
this
Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or
separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility
as
a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 6.08 hereof.
(b) Every
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture
Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Indenture 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 Indenture 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 Indenture 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 Collateral 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 Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no
trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission
of
any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the
Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any
separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing
any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the
conditions of this Article Six. Each separate trustee and co-trustee,
upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates
or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all
the
provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every
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provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument
shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee.
(d) Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee,
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 Indenture
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
Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment
of a
new or successor trustee.
Section
6.11. Eligibility;
Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times (i)
satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a), (ii) have a combined capital
and
surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recently published
annual report of condition, (iii) have a long-term debt rating equivalent to
“A”
or better and a short-term debt rating equivalent to “A-1” or better by the
Rating Agencies or be otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies, and (iv)
not
be an Affiliate of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including the optional
provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA Section 310(b)(9); provided,
however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section
310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the
Issuing Entity are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth
in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
Section
6.12. Representations
and Warranties. The Indenture Trustee hereby represents
that:
(a) the
Indenture Trustee is duly organized and validly existing as a [____________
________] in good standing under the laws of [__________________] 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;
(b) the
Indenture Trustee has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Indenture and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Indenture have been duly authorized by the Indenture Trustee
by all necessary corporate action;
(c) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof 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 articles of organization or bylaws of the
Indenture Trustee or, to the knowledge of the Indenture Trustee, any agreement
or other instrument to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or by which it
is
bound; and
(d) to
the Indenture Trustee’s best knowledge, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending or threatened before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Indenture Trustee or its properties: (i) asserting the
invalidity of this Indenture, (ii) seeking to prevent the
consummation
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of
any of
the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under, or the validity
or enforceability of, this Indenture.
Section
6.13. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuing Entity. The Indenture
Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee which
has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the
extent indicated.
ARTICLE
SEVEN
NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
Section
7.01. Note
Registrar To Furnish to the Indenture Trustee the Names and Addresses of
Noteholders. The Note Registrar will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Indenture Trustee at such times as the Indenture Trustee may
request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Note Registrar of any
such request, a list in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of a date not
more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished.
Section
7.02. Preservation
of Information: Communications to Noteholders.
(a) The
Trust Administrator shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trust Administrator as provided in Section
7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Trust
Administrator in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Trust
Administrator may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section
7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. If three or more
Noteholders, or one or more Holders of a Class of Notes evidencing not less
than
25% of the Outstanding Balance thereof (hereinafter referred to as
“Applicants”), apply in writing to the Trust Administrator or the Indenture
Trustee, and such application states that the Applicants desire to communicate
with other holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under
the Notes, then the Trust Administrator shall, within five Business Days after
the receipt of such application, afford such Applicants access, during normal
business hours, to the current list of Holders. Every Holder, by
receiving and holding a Note, agrees with the Issuing Entity, the Indenture
Trustee and the Trust Administrator that neither the Issuing Entity, the
Indenture Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses
of the Holders under this Indenture, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
(b) Noteholders
may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.
(c) The
Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall have
the
protection of TIA Section 312(e).
Section
7.03. Reports
by Issuing Entity.
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(a) The
Issuing Entity shall:
(i) file
with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in accordance with the rules
and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuing
Entity with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations. Delivery of such
information, documents and reports to the Indenture Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuing Entity’s
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Indenture
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates);
and
(ii) supply
to the Trust Administrator (and the Trust Administrator shall transmit by mail
to all Noteholders described in TIA Section 313(c)) such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuing Entity
pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 7.03(a) and by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
(b) Unless
the Issuing Entity otherwise determines and notifies the Indenture Trustee
and
the Trust Administrator in writing, the fiscal year of the Issuing Entity shall
end on December 31 of each year.
Section
7.04. Reports
by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA Section 313(a), within
60 days after each March 1, beginning with March 1, 2007, the Indenture Trustee
shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c) a brief report
dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The
Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A
copy of
each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed by the
Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each securities exchange, if any,
on
which the Notes are listed. The Issuing Entity shall notify the
Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any securities
exchange.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
ACCOUNTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section
8.01. Collection
of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and
collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent
or
other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by
the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee
shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this
Indenture. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture,
if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any
agreement or instrument that is part of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee
may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or
performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
Proceedings. Any such
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action
shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default
under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article
Five.
Section
8.02. Collection
Account. On each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the Paying
Agent (or, if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee)
shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account as provided
in
Sections 5.08 and 6.02 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
Section
8.03. Release
of Collateral.
(a) Subject
to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the Indenture
Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture and the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall, execute instruments to release property
from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in
the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with
the
provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument
executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article Eight shall be
bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any
monies.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes outstanding and
all
sums due to the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the Transfer
and Servicing Agreement and all fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee,
the
Master Servicer, the Trust Administrator and the Custodian pursuant to this
Indenture or any other Operative Agreement have been paid, release any remaining
portion of the Collateral that secured the Notes and the Swap Agreement from
the
lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuing Entity or any other Person
entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Account and assign
or
transfer any outstanding Swap Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall
release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this subsection
(b)
only upon receipt of an Issuing Entity Request accompanied by an Officer’s
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA) Independent
Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)( 1) meeting
the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01 hereof.
ARTICLE
NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
9.01. Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Without
the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with prior notice to each Rating
Agency, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee and with the prior written
consent of the Swap Counterparty (but only to the extent such supplemental
indenture materially adversely affects the amounts, priority or timing of
payments under the Swap Agreement), when authorized by an Issuing Entity Order,
at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:
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(i) to
correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the
lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the
Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien
of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional
property;
(ii) to
evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof,
of
another person to the Issuing Entity, and the assumption by any such successor
of the covenants of the Issuing Entity herein and in the Notes
contained;
(iii) to
add to the covenants of the Issuing Entity, for the benefit of the Holders
of
the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuing
Entity;
(iv) to
convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the
Indenture Trustee;
(v) (A)
to cure any ambiguity, (B) to correct or supplement any provision herein or
in
any supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provisions
herein or in any supplemental indenture or to conform the provisions hereof
to
those of the Offering Document, (C) to obtain or maintain a rating for a Class
of Notes from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (D)
to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
entered into pursuant to clause (D) of this subparagraph (v) shall adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder not consenting
thereto;
(vi) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a
successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of
the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to
the
requirements of Article ; or
(vii) to
modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent
as
shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the
TIA
or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this
Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the
TIA.
provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall be entered into
unless the Indenture Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel stating
that as a result of such supplemental indenture, the Trust will not be subject
to federal income tax as long as an entity that qualifies as a REIT under the
Code holds directly, or indirectly through one or more Qualified REIT
Subsidiaries or entities that are disregarded for United States federal income
tax purposes that are wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary,
a
100% ownership interest in the Ownership Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee
receives an Officer’s Certificate from the Holder of the Ownership Certificate
that the Holder of the Ownership Certificate qualifies as a single REIT, one
or
more Qualified REIT Subsidiaries of a single REIT or one or more entities that
are disregarded for federal income tax purposes that are wholly owned by a
single REIT or one or more Qualified REIT Subsidiaries of a single REIT under
the Code and
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the
Holder of the Ownership Certificate holds a 100% ownership Interest in the
Ownership Certificate.
The
Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) A
letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that any supplemental indenture
entered into pursuant to this Section 9.01 will not cause the then-current
ratings on the Notes to be qualified, reduced or withdrawn shall constitute
conclusive evidence that such amendment does not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Noteholders.
Section
9.02. Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The Issuing Entity and
the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuing Entity Order, also may,
with prior notice to each Rating Agency and with the consent of the Holders
of
not less than 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes and with the
prior
written consent of the Swap Counterparty (but only to the extent such
supplemental indenture materially adversely affects the amounts, priority or
timing of payments under the Swap Agreement), by Act of such Holders delivered
to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture
or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this
Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, (i) adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby, (ii) reduce
in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments in respect of
any
Note, (iii) alter the obligations of the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee
to
make an Advance or alter the servicing standards set forth in the Transfer
and
Servicing Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, (iv) reduce the aforesaid
percentages of Notes the Holders of which are required to consent to any such
supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of all Notes affected
thereby, or (v) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity
with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Collateral
or,
except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the lien of
this
Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder
of
any Note of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture and
provided, further, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel, subject the Trust to federal income tax as long as an entity
that qualifies as a REIT under the Code holds directly, or indirectly through
one or more Qualified REIT Subsidiaries or entities that are disregarded for
United States federal income tax purposes that are wholly owned by a REIT or
a
Qualified REIT Subsidiary, a 100% ownership interest in the Ownership
Certificate, and provided further, that the Indenture Trustee receives
an Officer’s Certificate from the Holder of the Ownership Certificate that the
Holder of the Ownership Certificate qualifies as a single REIT, one or more
Qualified REIT Subsidiaries of a single REIT or one or more entities that are
disregarded for federal income tax purposes that are wholly owned by a single
REIT or one or more Qualified REIT Subsidiaries of a single REIT under the
Code
and the Holder of the Ownership Certificate holds a 100% ownership Interest
in
the Ownership Certificate.
The
Indenture Trustee may rely on an Opinion of Counsel to determine whether or
not
any Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such
determination shall be
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conclusive
upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder.
It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be
sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly
after the execution by the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Issuing Entity shall mail
to the Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental indenture
relates and each Rating Agency a notice setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the
Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.
Section
9.03. Execution
of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this
Article Nine or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject
to
Section 6.02, shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the
documents required under Section 11.01, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
provided in Section 9.07. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
Section
9.04. Effect
of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and shall
be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to
the
Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity and the Holders of the Notes shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section
9.05. Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and
every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform
to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as
this
Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
Section
9.06. Reference
in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Article Nine may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a
notation in a form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided
for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuing Entity or the
Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform,
in
the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuing Entity, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuing Entity and
authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Notes.
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Section
9.07. Opinion
of Counsel. In connection with any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article Nine, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
receive an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental indenture
is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent
to
the execution of such supplemental indenture in accordance with the relevant
provisions of this Article Nine have been met.
Nothing
in this Section shall be construed to require that any Person obtain the consent
of the Indenture Trustee to any amendment or waiver or any provision of any
document where the making of such amendment or the giving of such waiver without
obtaining the consent of the Indenture Trustee is not prohibited by this
Indenture or by the terms of the document that is the subject of the proposed
amendment or waiver.
ARTICLE
TEN
REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
Section
10.01. Redemption. The
Notes are subject to redemption pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement. The Issuing Entity shall furnish each Rating
Agency and the Swap Counterparty notice of such redemption. If the
Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. shall furnish notice of its exercise of
its
option to redeem the Notes to the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty
and
the Trust Administrator not later than 15 days prior to the Redemption Date
and
SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. shall deposit by 10:00 A.M. New York City
time on the Redemption Date with the Trust Administrator in the Collection
Account the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed, whereupon all such
Notes shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date upon the furnishing of
a
notice complying with Section 10.02 hereof to each Holder of the
Notes.
Section
10.02. Form
of Redemption Notice. Notice of redemption under Section 10.01
shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
or
by facsimile mailed or transmitted not later than 10 days prior to the
applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes and the Swap Counterparty,
as
of the close of business on the Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption
Date, at such entity’s address or facsimile number appearing in the Note
Register or in the Swap Agreement, as applicable.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the
Redemption Date;
(ii) the
Redemption Price; and
(iii) the
place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption
Price
(which shall be the office or agency of the Issuing Entity to be maintained
as
provided in Section 3.02).
Notice
of
redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name
and
at the expense of the Issuing Entity. Failure to give notice of
redemption, or any defect
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therein,
to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or affect the validity of the
redemption of any other Note.
Section
10.03. Notes
Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes or portions thereof to be
redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required under Section 10.02
(in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 10.01) and remittance to the
Indenture Trustee of the Redemption Price as required under Section 10.01,
on
the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption Price and (unless
the Issuing Entity shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) no
interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any period after the date
to
which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption
Price.
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01. Compliance
Certificates and Opinions, etc. Upon any application or request
by the Issuing Entity to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Issuing Entity shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee: (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in
the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with, and (iii) (if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate
from a firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements
of this Section, except that, in the case of any such application or request
as
to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a
statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has
caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(ii) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based;
(iii) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory
to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has
been complied with; and
(iv) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
Section
11.02. Form
of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of,
any specified Person,
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it
is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion
of,
only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to
some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any
such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuing Entity may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise
of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such officer’s certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of
the Servicer, Subservicer, the Depositor, the Issuing Entity or the Trust
Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters
is in the possession of the Servicer, the Subservicer, the Depositor, the
Issuing Entity or the Trust Administrator, unless such counsel knows, or in
the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Whenever
in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report
to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuing Entity shall deliver
any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence
of the Issuing Entity’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the
truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the
effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts
and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent
to the right of the Issuing Entity to have such application granted or to the
sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not,
however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the
truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document
as
provided in Article Six.
Section
11.03. Acts
of Noteholders.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in
writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuing
Entity. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of
the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01)
conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuing Entity, if made
in
the manner provided in this Section.
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(b) The
fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems
sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every Note issued
upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuing Entity in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of
such action is made upon such Note.
Section
11.04. Notices,
etc., to Indenture Trustee, Trust Administrator, Issuing Entity and Rating
Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted
by this Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or act of Noteholders is
to be
made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuing Entity shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to
or
with the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(ii) the
Trust Administrator by the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder or by the Issuing
Entity shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished
or filed in writing to or with the Trust Administrator at its Corporate Trust
Office, or
(iii) the
Issuing Entity by the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Administrator or any
Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and
mailed first-class, postage prepaid to the Issuing Entity addressed to the
address provided in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuing
Entity. The Issuing Entity shall promptly transmit any notice
received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee.
Notices
required to be given to the Rating Agencies and/or the Swap Counterparty by
the
Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust Administrator or the Owner
Trustee shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail,
return receipt requested, to the address provided in the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement or such other address as shall be designated by written notice to
the
other parties.
Section
11.05. Notices
to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice
to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class,
postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at such Holder’s
address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date,
and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
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Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived
in
writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the
Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the
validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
In
case,
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike,
work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of
any
event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any
provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall
be
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving
of such notice.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give
such
notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder,
and
shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of
Default.
Section
11.06. Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be
included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act,
such required provision shall control.
The
provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any person
(including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly
excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether
or
not physically contained herein.
Section
11.07. Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall
not
affect the construction hereof.
Section
11.08. Successors
and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and
the Notes by the Issuing Entity shall bind its successors and assigns, whether
so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and agents.
Section
11.09. Severability. In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
11.10. Benefits
of Indenture and Consents of Noteholders. Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Owner Trustee,
the
Swap Counterparty and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. Each Noteholder and Note
Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial
interest in a Note, consents to and agrees to be bound by the terms and
conditions of this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, the Swap Counterparty is an express third party beneficiary
of
this Indenture.
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Section
11.11. Legal
Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due
shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the
Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be
made
on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made
on
the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period
from and after any such nominal date.
Section
11.12. Governing
Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL
BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section
11.13. Counterparts. This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section
11.14. Recording
of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in any
appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the
Issuing Entity and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which
may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such recording is
necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person
secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to
the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
Section
11.15. Trust
Obligations.
(a) No
recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations
of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes
or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner
Trustee in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity or (iii) any partner, owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its respective individual capacity, any holder
of a beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or
the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have
expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee have no such obligations in their respective individual capacities)
and
except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to
the
extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock,
unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing
to
such entity. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance
of any duties or obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, the Owner Trustee
shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions
of Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust Agreement.
(b) In
addition, (i) this Indenture is executed and delivered by [______________],
not
individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee, in the exercise of
the
powers and
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authority
conferred and vested in it, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings
and
agreements herein made on the part of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee
is
made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements
by [______________], but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only
the Trust, (iii) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any
liability on [___________________], individually or personally, to perform
any
covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability,
if
any, being expressly waived by the Indenture Trustee and by. any
Person claiming by, through or under the Indenture Trustee, and (iv) under
no
circumstances shall [___________________] be personally liable for the payment
of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuing Entity or be liable for the
breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made
or undertaken by the Issuing Entity under this Indenture or the Operative
Agreements.
Section
11.16. No
Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture,
and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they
will not at any time institute against the Depositor or the Issuing Entity,
or
join in any institution against the Depositor or the Issuing Entity 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 Notes, this
Indenture or any of the Operative Agreements.
Section
11.17. Inspection. The
Issuing Entity agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any
representative of the Indenture Trustee and/or the Swap Counterparty, during
the
Issuing Entity’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account,
records, reports and other papers of the Issuing Entity, to make copies and
extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent Public
Accountants, and to discuss the Issuing Entity’s affairs, finances and accounts
with the Issuing Entity’s officers, employees and Independent certified public
accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. The Indenture Trustee shall, and shall cause its
representatives to, hold in confidence all such information except to the extent
disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for
confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent
with its obligations hereunder.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuing Entity, the Trust Administrator and the Indenture
Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective
officers, thereunto duly authorized and duly attested, all as of the day and
year first above written.
SUNTRUST
[ ]
TRUST, SERIES 200[ ]-[__], as Issuing
Entity
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By: [______________________],
not in its
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capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[____________________],
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trust
Administrator
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[____________________],
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee
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By:
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EXHIBIT
A
FORMS
OF
NOTES
UNLESS
THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS
NOTE
DOES NOT EVIDENCE AN OBLIGATION OF OR AN INTEREST IN, AND IS NOT GUARANTEED
BY,
THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE,
THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE TRUST ADMINISTRATOR, OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OF THEM
AND
IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PRIVATE
INSURER.
THE
PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT
ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
[FOR
SUBORDINATE NOTES: THIS NOTE IS SUBORDINATE IN RIGHT OF
PAYMENT AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
EACH
PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS AND
AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.03 OF THE INDENTURE. ANY TRANSFER
IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID
AB INITIO, AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE
TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUING
ENTITY, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE OR ANY INTERMEDIARY.
THIS
NOTE
MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY A TRANSFEREE FOR, OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO 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 TO ANY SUBSTANTIALLY
SIMILAR LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) OR ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF THE
FOREGOING (“BENEFIT PLAN”), UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT
THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE: (X) WILL NOT RESULT IN A
NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE
WHICH
IS
NOT COVERED BY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”) 84-14, PTCE 90-1,
PTCE 91-38, PTCE 95- 60, PTCE 96-23 OR SOME OTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION AND
(Y)
WILL NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW. EACH
INVESTOR IN THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO MAKE THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WILL FURTHER BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT IT WILL NOT
SELL,
PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE
FOREGOING.
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SUNTRUST
[ ]
TRUST, SERIES 2007-[__]
CLASS
NOTES
[Aggregate
Class Principal Amount of
the
Class Notes: $]
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[Class
Principal Amount
of
this Note: $]
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Interest
Rate:
Number:
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Initial
Cut-off Date: [____________], 2007
CUSIP
No.:
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SUNTRUST
[_________________] TRUST, SERIES 200[ ]-[__], a statutory trust
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the “Issuing Entity”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE
& CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of________________________
($__________) payable on each Payment Date in an amount equal to the result
obtained by multiplying (A) the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Note
(obtained by dividing the initial Class Principal Amount of this Note by the
initial Class Principal Amount of all Class Notes, both as specified above)
and
(B) the amount payable on such Payment Date in respect of principal of the
Class
Notes pursuant to the Indenture dated as of [____________], 2007 (as amended
and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuing Entity,
[____________________], as Trust Administrator (the “Trust Administrator”) and
[_____________], a [__________________], as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”); provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount
of this Note shall be due and payable on the Payment Date occurring in
[__________________] (the “Maturity Date”) or as otherwise specified in the
Indenture. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture or the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement dated as of [____________], 2007 (as amended and supplemented from
time to time, the “Transfer and Servicing Agreement”), by and among the Issuing
Entity, SunTrust Mortgage Securitization, LLC, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
[______________], as trust administrator (in such capacity, the “Trust
Administrator”) and master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”),
STB Real Estate (Georgia), Inc., as seller, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., as
servicer, and the Indenture Trustee, which agreements also contain rules as
to
construction that shall be applicable herein.
The
Issuing Entity will pay interest on this Note at a per annum rate equal to
the
applicable Interest Rate, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding
on
the immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments
of
principal made on such preceding Payment Date) on each Payment Date until the
principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment in
full.
Payments
on this Note will be made on the 25th day of each month or, if such a day is
not
a Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in
[__________], 2007 (each, a “Payment Date”), to the Person in whose name this
Note is registered [For LIBOR Notes: at the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date] (the
“Record Date”), in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Note and the amount, if any, required to be distributed to
all
the Notes of the Class represented by this Note. All sums
distributable on this Note are payable in the coin or currency of the United
States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment
of public and private debts. Such principal of and interest on this
Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
All
payments made by the Issuing Entity with respect to this Note shall be applied
first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to
the
unpaid principal of this Note.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this
Note.
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Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trust
Administrator whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall
not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuing Entity has caused this instrument to be signed,
manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth
below.
SUNTRUST
[ ]
TRUST, SERIES 200[ ]-[__]
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By:
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[_______________],
not in its individual
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capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement
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By:______________________________________________________
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Authorized Signatory |
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Dated: ___________________,
2007
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TRUST
ADMINISTRATOR’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trust
Administrator
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Dated: ____________________,
2007
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SUNTRUST
[ ]
TRUST, SERIES 200[ ]-[__]
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuing Entity, all issued
under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for, a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the
Holders of the Notes. To the extent that any provision of this Note
contradicts or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, the
provisions of the Indenture shall control and supersede such contradictory
or
inconsistent provision herein. This Note is subject to all terms of
the Indenture.
The
Class
1-A, Class 2-A1, Class 2-A2 and Class 2-A3 Notes (the “Senior Notes”) are, and
will be, equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security
therefor as provided in the Indenture. The rights of the Holders of
the Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6 and Class M7Notes
(the “Subordinate Notes”) to receive payments or distribution of interest and
principal are, and will be, subordinate to the rights of the Holders of the
Senior Notes to receive payments of interest and principal, respectively, as
provided in the Indenture.
Payments
to each Noteholder shall be made (i) by check mailed to the Person whose name
appears as the Registered Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes)
on the books of the Note Registrar and Paying Agent as of the close of business
on each Record Date or (ii) upon written request made to the Note Registrar
and
Paying Agent at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date by
the
Holder of a Note having an initial Note Principal Amount of not less than
$2,500,000, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account
specified in writing by such Noteholder. The final payment in
retirement of this Note shall be made only upon surrender of this Note to the
Note Registrar and Paying Agent at the office thereof specified in the notice
to
Noteholders of such final payment mailed prior to the Payment Date on which
the
final payment is expected to be made to the Holder thereof.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein,
the transfer of this Note may be registered by the Note Registrar upon surrender
of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated
by
the Issuing Entity pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note Registrar
duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Xxxxxx’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program
(“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate
principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration
of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to
pay
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or
exchange.
The
Class
1-A, Class 2-Al, Class 2-A2 and Class 2-A3 Notes will be issued in minimum
denominations of $100,000 in original principal amount and in integral multiples
of $1 in excess
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thereof. The
Class Ml, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6 and Class M7 Notes
will be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 in original principal amount
and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The
Notes
are subject to optional redemption in accordance with the Indenture and the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
Each
Noteholder and Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note
Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse
may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the
Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or
under
the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection
therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee, or the Owner Trustee in their
respective individual capacities, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in
the
Issuing Entity or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer,
director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity,
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as
any
such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner
or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law,
for
any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure
to
pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
Each
Noteholder and Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note
Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees by accepting the
benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder or Note Owner will not at any
time institute against the Depositor or the Issuing Entity, or join in any
institution against the Depositor or the Issuing Entity of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any
United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any
obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the other Operative
Agreements.
Each
Noteholder and Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note
Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, consents to and agrees to be bound
by
the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
The
Issuing Entity has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with
the
intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuing
Entity secured by the Collateral. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a
Note (and each Note Owner by acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Note),
agrees to treat the Notes for all federal, state and local income tax purposes
as indebtedness (except that any Note held by a person that, for federal income
tax purposes, owns or is treated as owning a 100% Percentage Interest of the
Ownership Certificate shall not be treated as outstanding
indebtedness).
Prior
to
the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuing
Entity, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar, the Paying Agent and any
agent of the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date
as
may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the
Issuing
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Entity,
the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar, the Paying Agent or any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof by supplemental indenture and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Issuing Entity and the rights of the Holders of the Notes
under the Indenture at any time by the Depositor, the Issuing Entity and the
Indenture Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3%
of
the Outstanding Balance of the Notes for the purpose of adding any provisions
to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor
Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits
the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, or the waiver of
certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent
of
Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.
The
term
“Issuing Entity” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuing
Entity under the Indenture.
The
Notes
are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the
Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
THIS
NOTE
AND THE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS
(OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS,
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUCH LAWS.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuing Entity, which
is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note
at
the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the
Operative Agreements, none of the Issuing Entity in its individual capacity,
the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, the Indenture Trustee in its
individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuing Entity,
or any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors,
employees or successors or assigns shall be personally liable for, nor shall
recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest
on
this Note or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants,
obligations or indemnifications contained in the Indenture. The
Holder of this Note by its acceptance hereof agrees that, except as expressly
provided in the Operative Agreements, in the case of an Event of Default under
the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing
for
any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse
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to,
and
enforcement against, the assets of the Issuing Entity for any and all
liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in
this
Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social
Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of
assignee:_____________
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto:
(name
and address of assignee)
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints _________________________, attorney, to transfer said Note on the
books
kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated:_________________________
*/
Signature
Guaranteed:
______________________________
*/
*/
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the
name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in
every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change
whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor
institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in STAMP or such other “signature guarantee
program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934, as amended
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EXHIBIT
B
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
ERISA TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
date
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Re:
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SunTrust
[ ]
Trust, Series 200[ ]-[__] Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series
200[ ]-[__]
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1. 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.
2. The
Investor either (i) is not, and on ____________ [date of transfer] will not
be,
acquiring the Notes for, or on behalf 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 (“ERISA”), or to Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or to any substantially similar
law
(“Similar Law”)) or any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of the foregoing
(a “Benefit Plan”) or (ii) our acquisition and holding of the Notes for, or on
behalf of, a Benefit Plan will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which is not covered
under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE
91-38, PTCE 95-60, PTCE 96-23 or some other applicable exemption, and will
not
result in a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law.
3. The
Investor hereby acknowledges that under the terms of the Indenture among
SunTrust
[ ]
Trust, Series 200[ ]-[__], as Issuing Entity, [______________], as
Trust Administrator, and [_______________], as Indenture Trustee, dated as
of
[____________], 2007, no transfer of any Note shall be permitted to be made
to
any person unless the Indenture Trustee has received a certificate from such
transferee in the form hereof.
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 ______________, 20_.
[Investor]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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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___________ 20_.
NOTARY
PUBLIC
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My
commission expires the
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____day
of ___________,20___.
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