EXHIBIT 99.1
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The Trust Agreement
INDYMAC MBS, INC.,
Depositor
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.,
Underlying Certificate Seller
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee, Securities Intermediary and Bank
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TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 31, 2006
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IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-R1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-R1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms..........................................................................4
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF THE DEPOSITED UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of the Deposited Underlying Certificates...................................19
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Trustee.................................................................20
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Underlying Certificate Seller...................20
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.......................................23
Section 2.05 Issuance of Certificates..............................................................24
Section 2.06 REMIC Matters.........................................................................24
Section 2.07 Presentation for Transfer.............................................................24
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND; PAYMENTS AND REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 3.01 Defaults by the Underlying Trust......................................................25
Section 3.02 Distribution Account and Securities Account...........................................25
Section 3.03 Permitted Withdrawals From the Distribution Account...................................26
Section 3.04 Distributions.........................................................................27
Section 3.05 Reserved..............................................................................27
Section 3.06 Allocation of Realized Losses.........................................................28
Section 3.07 Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates............................28
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Section 3.08 Statements to Certificateholders......................................................30
Section 3.09 Reports of the Trustee; Distribution Account..........................................30
Section 3.10 Access to Certain Documentation and Information.......................................31
Section 3.11 Annual Statement as to Compliance.....................................................31
ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01 The Certificates......................................................................32
Section 4.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates...........32
Section 4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.....................................36
Section 4.04 Persons Deemed Owners.................................................................36
Section 4.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.............................37
Section 4.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................................37
ARTICLE V
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Duties of Trustee.....................................................................38
Section 5.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.................................................38
Section 5.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Deposited Underlying Certificates..............40
Section 5.04 Trustee May Own Certificates..........................................................41
Section 5.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses...........................................................41
Section 5.06 Indemnification of the Trustee........................................................41
Section 5.07 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee..................................................41
Section 5.08 Resignation and Removal of Trustee....................................................42
Section 5.09 Successor Trustee.....................................................................43
Section 5.10 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee....................................................43
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Section 5.11 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.........................................44
Section 5.12 Tax Matters...........................................................................45
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01 Liability of the Depositor............................................................48
Section 6.02 Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor..................................48
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others...................................48
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.01 Termination...........................................................................49
Section 7.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates................................................49
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.01 Amendment.............................................................................52
Section 8.02 Action Under and Conflicts With the Underlying Agreement..............................53
Section 8.03 Recordation of Agreement..............................................................53
Section 8.04 Certain REMIC Matters.................................................................54
Section 8.05 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders............................................54
Section 8.06 Governing Law.........................................................................55
Section 8.07 Notices...............................................................................55
Section 8.08 Severability of Provisions............................................................55
Section 8.09 Successors and Assigns................................................................56
Section 8.10 Article and Section Headings..........................................................56
Section 8.11 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.............................................56
Section 8.12 Protection of Assets..................................................................56
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ARTICLE IX
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
Section 9.01 Filing Obligations....................................................................56
Section 9.02 Form 10-D Filings.....................................................................57
Section 9.03 Form 8-K Filings......................................................................58
Section 9.04 Form 10-K Filings.....................................................................58
Section 9.05 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification..........................................................59
Section 9.06 Form 15 Filing........................................................................59
Section 9.07 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation....................................59
Section 9.08 Use of Subcontractors.................................................................60
Section 9.09 Amendments............................................................................61
Schedule I List of Deposited Underlying Certificates and Underlying Agreements
Schedule II Planned Balance Schedule
Exhibit A - Form of Class A Certificate ........................................................................A-1
Exhibit B - [Reserved]..........................................................................................B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Residual Certificate........................................................................C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Reverse of Certificate......................................................................D-1
Exhibit E - Form of Transferor Affidavit........................................................................E-1
Exhibit F - Form of Transfer Affidavit for the Class A-R Certificate ...........................................F-1
Exhibit G - [Reserved]..........................................................................................F-1
Exhibit H - Form of Performance Certification...................................................................H-1
Exhibit I - Form of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment
of Compliance Statement.........................................................................................I-1
Exhibit J - List of Item 1119 Parties...........................................................................J-1
Exhibit K - Form of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification................................................................K-1
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TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of May 31, by and among IndyMac MBS, Inc.,
as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., as underlying
certificate seller (the "Underlying Certificate Seller"), and Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee") and in its capacities as
Securities Intermediary and as Bank (each as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller and the
Trustee desire to enter into a trust agreement dated as of the date hereof
(the "Trust Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Underlying Certificate Seller has transferred its
interests in and to the Deposited Underlying Certificates (as defined herein)
to the Depositor pursuant to a xxxx of sale executed by the Underlying
Certificate Seller in favor of the Depositor;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed
to the Trustee in return for the Certificates. As provided herein, the Trustee
will elect that the Trust Fund be treated for federal income tax purposes as
comprising a single real estate mortgage investment conduit (the "Master
REMIC"). The Master REMIC will hold as assets the Deposited Underlying
Certificates and will be evidenced by the Certificates, each of which (other
than the Class A-R Certificate) will represent ownership of one or more "REMIC
regular interests" in the Master REMIC. The Class A-R Certificate will
represent ownership of the sole Class of "REMIC residual interest" in the
Master REMIC. The latest possible maturity date, for federal income tax
purposes, of all REMIC regular interests created herein shall be the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.
THE MASTER REMIC
The following table sets forth characteristics of the Certificates,
together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in excess
thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one Certificate
of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount):
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Integral
Initial Class Pass-Through Multiples
Class Certificate Rate Minimum in Excess of
Designation Balance (per annum) Denomination Minimum
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Class A-1 $ 74,147,209 Variable (1) $25,000.00 $1,000.00
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Class A-2 296,588,837 Variable (2) $25,000.00 $1,000.00
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Class A-R (3) $ 100 6.00% $100.00 N/A
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1. The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates for the Interest
Accrual Period for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate
equal to (A) 28.4000000755%, minus (B) LIBOR times 4.0000000135,
subject to a maximum rate of 28.000000755% and a minimum rate of
0.00% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates
for the Interest Accrual Period for the first Distribution Date will
be 8.08% per annum.
2. The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2 Certificates for the Interest
Accrual Period for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate
equal to (A) LIBOR plus (B) 40 basis points, subject to a maximum
rate of 7.50% per annum and a minimum rate of 0.00% per annum. The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2 Certificates for the Interest
Accrual Period for the first Distribution Date will be 5.48% per
annum.
3. The Class A-R Certificate evidences the sole Class of residual
interest in each REMIC.
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Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the categories
used herein:
Accretion Directed None.
Certificates...................................
Accrual Certificates........................... None.
Accrual Components............................. None.
Book-Entry Certificates........................ All Classes of Certificates other than the Physical
Certificates.
COFI Certificates.............................. None.
Component Certificates......................... None.
Components..................................... None.
Delay Certificates............................. All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than the
Non-Delay Certificates, if any.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates................................... Residual Certificates;
and any Certificate of
a Class that ceases to
satisfy the applicable
rating requirement
under the Underwriter's
Exemption.
Floating Rate Certificates..................... Class A-2 Certificates.
Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates................................... Class A-1 Certificates.
LIBOR Certificates............................. Floating Rate Certificates and Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates.
Non-Delay Certificates......................... None.
Notional Amount
Certificates................................... None.
Notional Amount Components..................... None.
Offered Certificates........................... All Classes of Certificates.
Physical Certificates.......................... Residual Certificates.
Planned Principal Classes...................... None.
Planned Principal Components................... None.
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Principal Only
Certificates................................... None.
Rating Agencies................................ Moody's and S&P
Regular Certificates........................... All Classes of Certificates other than the Residual
Certificates.
Residual Certificates.......................... Class A-R Certificate.
Scheduled Principal
Classes........................................ None.
Senior Certificates............................ Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-R Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates...................... None.
Targeted Principal
Classes........................................ None.
Targeted Principal
Components..................................... None.
With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the
corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions herein
relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect, and any
calculations herein incorporating references to such designations shall be
interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms
and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not designated
above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
Accrual Amount: Not applicable.
Accrual Termination Date: Not applicable.
Additional Designated Information: As defined in Section 9.02
Aggregate Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Aggregate Targeted Balance: Not applicable.
Agreement: This Trust Agreement and all amendments hereof and
supplements hereto.
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Allocated Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution
Date, the Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls allocated to the Deposited
Underlying Certificates in accordance with the Underlying Agreement in
connection with distributions thereon for such Distribution Date.
Allocated Underlying Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any
Distribution Date, the Underlying Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated
to the Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the Underlying
Agreement in connection with distributions thereon for such Distribution Date.
Allocated Underlying Realized Losses: As to any Distribution Date,
the Underlying Realized Losses (including Underlying Excess Losses) allocated
to the Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the Underlying
Agreement in connection with distributions thereon for such Distribution Date.
Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the sum of Available
Interest Funds and Available Principal Funds on such Distribution Date.
Available Interest Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
of all previously undistributed amounts received by the Trustee on or prior to
such Distribution Date as distributions of interest on the Deposited
Underlying Certificates.
Available Principal Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
of all previously undistributed amounts received by the Trustee on or prior to
such Distribution Date as distributions of principal on the Deposited
Underlying Certificates, reduced by the sum of expenses and liabilities
reimbursable to the Trustee or the Depositor pursuant to Section 5.06 or
Section 6.03 hereof, respectively, and any taxes imposed on the Trust Fund to
be paid from amounts otherwise distributable to Certificateholders pursuant to
Section 5.12 hereof (in each case, that have not been previously paid by a
reduction of Available Principal Funds).
Bank: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Book-Entry Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii)
a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York, or the
State of California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Certificate at any date, the
maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is then
entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the Denomination thereof (A)
plus any Underlying Subsequent Recoveries added to the Certificate Balance of
such Certificate pursuant to Section 3.04, and (B) minus the sum of (i) all
distributions of principal previously made with respect thereto and (ii) all
Underlying Realized Losses allocated thereto and, all other reductions in
Certificate Balance (including the pro rata portion of certain expenses and
liabilities reimbursable to the Depositor pursuant to Section 3.03(b) and any
taxes imposed on the Trust Fund paid pursuant to Section 3.03(c)) previously
allocated thereto pursuant to Section 3.06.
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portion of certain expenses and liabilities reimbursable to the Depositor
pursuant to Section 3.03(b) and any taxes imposed on the Trust Fund paid
pursuant to Section 3.03(c)) previously allocated thereto pursuant to Section
3.06.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose
of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered
in the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed
not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not
be taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of
Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained;
provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100%
of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such
Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision
hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a
particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The
Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor
or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are
registered in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
4.02(a).
Class: All Certificates bearing the same designation as set forth in
the Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as to any
date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date and Class, the
amount by which the amount described in clause (i) of the definition of Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class exceeds the amount of
interest actually distributed on such Class on such Distribution Date pursuant
to such clause (i).
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date and interest bearing Class, the sum of (i) one month's
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the
Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the related Class Certificate Balance or
Notional Amount immediately prior to such Distribution Date, subject to
reduction as provided in 3.04(c) and (ii) any Class Unpaid Interest Amounts
for such Class.
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts: As to any Distribution Date and Class
of interest bearing Certificates, the amount by which the aggregate Class
Interest Shortfalls for such Class on prior Distribution Dates exceeds the
amount distributed on such Class on prior Distribution Dates pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount.
Closing Date: May 31, 2006.
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Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Commission: The United Stated Securities and Exchange Commission.
Component Balance: With respect to any Component and any Distribution
Date, the Initial Component Balance thereof on the Closing Date, (A) plus any
Underlying Subsequent Recoveries added to the Component Balance of such
Component pursuant to Section 3.04, (B) minus the sum of all amounts applied
in reduction of the principal balance of such Component and Realized Losses
allocated thereto on previous Distribution Dates.
Component Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this
Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of
this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Trust Administration IN06R1, and which is the address to
which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Definitive Certificate: Any definitive, fully registered Certificate.
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Delivery: When used with respect to any Distribution Account Property
or Securities Account Property means delivery of such Distribution Account
Property or Securities Account Property, as applicable, as follows (terms used
in the following provisions that are not otherwise defined are used as defined
in Article 8 of the UCC):
(1) in the case of each certificated security (other than a
clearing corporation security (as defined below)) or instrument, by:
(A) the delivery of such certificated security or instrument
to the Securities Intermediary registered in the name of the
Securities Intermediary or its affiliated nominee or endorsed to the
Securities Intermediary or in blank,
(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such certificated security or instrument is credited
to the Securities Account, and
(C) the Securities Intermediary maintaining continuous
possession of such certificated security or instrument in the State
of New York;
(2) in the case of each uncertificated security (other than a
clearing corporation security), by causing:
(A) such uncertificated security to be continuously
registered on the books of the issuer thereof to the Securities
Intermediary, and
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(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such uncertificated security is credited to the
Securities Account;
(3) in the case of each security in the custody of or maintained
on the books of a clearing corporation or its nominee (a "clearing corporation
security"), by causing:
(A) the relevant clearing corporation to credit such
clearing corporation security to the securities account of the
Securities Intermediary, and
(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such clearing corporation security is credited to the
Securities Account;
(4) in the case of each security issued or guaranteed by the
United States of America or agency or instrumentality thereof and that is
maintained in book-entry records of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
("FRBNY") (each such security, a "government security"), by causing:
(A) the creation of a security entitlement to such
government security by the credit of such government security to the
securities account of the Securities Intermediary at the FRBNY, and
(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such government security is credited to the
Securities Account;
(5) in the case of each security entitlement not governed by
clauses (1) through (4) above, by:
(A) causing a securities intermediary (x) to indicate by
book-entry that the underlying "financial asset" (as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) has been credited to be the
Securities Intermediary's securities account, (y) to receive a
financial asset from the Securities Intermediary or acquiring the
underlying financial asset for the Securities Intermediary, and in
either case, accepting it for credit to the Securities Intermediary's
securities account or (z) to be become obligated under other law,
regulation or rule to credit the underlying financial asset to the
Security Intermediary's securities account,
(B) the making by such securities intermediary of entries on
its books and records continuously identifying such security
entitlement as belonging to the Securities Intermediary and
continuously indicating by book-entry that such securities
entitlement is credited to the Securities Intermediary's securities
account, and
(C) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such security entitlement (or all rights and property
of the Securities Intermediary representing such securities
entitlement) is credited to the Securities Account; and
(6) in the case of cash or money, by:
(A) the delivery of such cash or money to the Bank, and
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(B) the Bank's continuously crediting such cash or money to
the Distribution Account.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth
on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate"
or the "Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if neither of the
foregoing, the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.
Deposited Underlying Certificates: As set forth on Schedule I hereto.
Depositor: IndyMac MBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successors in interest.
Depository: The Depository Trust Company, or any successor Depository
hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of
registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates is Cede
& Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as defined
in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York
and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national
banking association, or its successor in interest.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.02 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company in trust for registered holders of IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-R1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-R1." Funds in, and other property credited to, the
Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Distribution Account Property: The Distribution Account, all amounts,
investments and other property held from time to time in the Distribution
Account, and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Distribution Date: The same day as each Underlying Distribution Date.
XXXXX: The Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) a segregated account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of
a depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of
a holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company) have the
highest short-term ratings of Moody's and one of the two highest short-term
ratings of S&P and Fitch, if Fitch or S&P is a Rating Agency, at the time any
amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii) a segregated account or accounts
in a depository institution or trust company in
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which such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by the
FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such
that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to
each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the
funds in such account or a perfected first priority security interest against
any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such
funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the
depository institution or trust company in which such account is maintained,
or (iii) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the trust
department of a federal or state chartered depository institution subject to
regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title XII of the
C.F.R. Section 9.10(b) which in either case has corporate trust powers acting
in its fiduciary capacity, (iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating
Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest by investment in Permitted
Investments, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition,
accounts maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of the
Underwriter's Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form
10-K required to be filed by the Depositor with respect to the Trust Fund
under the Exchange Act.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is designated
as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 8.07
the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring - IndyMac 2006-R1, or any other
address Fitch furnishes to the Depositor.
Form 10-D Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, any material
litigation or governmental proceedings pending against such Person, or against
any of the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trustee or any co-trustee, if such
Person has actual knowledge thereof.
Form 10-K Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, (a) any Form
10-D Disclosure Item and (b) any affiliations or relationships between such
Person and any Item 1119 Party.
Initial Class Certificate Balance: With respect to each Class of
Certificates, the Class Certificate Balance of such Class on the Closing Date.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month
of such Distribution Date. With respect to any Class of Non-Delay Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the one month period commencing on the 25th day of
the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (other
than the first Distribution Date, for which it is the Closing Date) and ending
on the
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24th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. All Classes of
Certificates will accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to any Interest Accrual
Period for any LIBOR Certificates, the second Business Day prior to the first
day of such Interest Accrual Period.
International Organization: As defined in the Code.
Investment Company Act: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
Item 1119 Party: The Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller,
the Trustee and any other material transaction party, as identified in Exhibit
J, as updated pursuant to Section 9.04.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date in January 2046.
LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one-month United States
dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section 3.07.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligations: The obligations of the
Trustee under Section 3.11(b), Section 5.10 and Section 5.08 with respect to
notice and information to be provided to the Depositor and Article 9 (except
Section 9.07(a)(i) and (ii)).
Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Certificates, the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the aggregate, at least 51% of the
Percentage Interests evidenced by all Certificates of such Class.
Master REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Monthly Statement: The Statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 3.08.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
If Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, the
address for notices to Moody's shall be Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Pass-Through
Monitoring, or such other address as Moody's may hereafter furnish to the
Depositor.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Officers' Certificate: A certificate (i) in the case of the
Depositor, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the
Board, the President, a Managing Director, a Vice President (however
denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or
one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Depositor or
(ii) in the case of any other Person, signed by an authorized officer of such
Person.
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Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Depositor, including, in-house counsel, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to the interpretation or
application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (i) in fact be
independent of the Depositor, (ii) not have any direct financial interest in
the Depositor or in any affiliate thereof, and (iii) not be connected with the
Depositor as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or person performing similar functions.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership
interest in such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect,
legal or beneficial.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
Pass-Through Rate: For any interest bearing Class of Certificates or
Component, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the manner described
in the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,
such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Performance Certification: As defined in Section 9.05.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities and may include investments for which the Trustee
or any of its Affiliates serves as investment manager or advisor:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency
thereof, provided such obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by
any state of the United States or the District of
Columbia receiving the highest long-term debt
rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating
as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by
each Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company
paper rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower
rating as will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by each Rating Agency;
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(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits,
or bankers' acceptances issued by any depository
institution or trust company incorporated under the
laws of the United States or of any state thereof
and subject to supervision and examination by
federal and/or state banking authorities, provided
that the commercial paper and/or long term
unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company (or in the case of the
principal depository institution in a holding
company system, the commercial paper or long-term
unsecured debt obligations of such holding company,
but only if Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency) are
then rated one of the two highest long-term and the
highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency
for such securities, or such lower ratings as will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
rating then assigned to the Certificates by either
Rating Agency;
(v) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either
case entered into with a depository institution or
trust company (acting as principal) described in
clause (iv) above;
(vi) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having
the highest rating assigned by each Rating Agency
and restricted to obligations issued or guaranteed
by the United States of America or entities whose
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America and repurchase
agreements collateralized by such obligations; and
(vii) such other relatively risk free investments bearing
interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each
Rating Agency as will not result in the downgrading
or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
Certificates by either Rating Agency, as evidenced
by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization
or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in section 521 of
the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including
the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable
income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(l) of the
Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an
"electing large partnership" as defined in Section 775 of the Code, (vi) a
Person that is not a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
partnership, or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate or
trust whose income from sources without the United States is includible in
gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States or
a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States
persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust
unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed Internal Revenue
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Service Form W-8ECI or any applicable successor form, and (vii) any other
Person so designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that
the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person
may cause either REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that the Certificates are outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and
"International Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701
of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision
thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and,
with the exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority
of its board of directors is not selected by such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Prepayment Assumption: As defined in the Prospectus Supplement.
Priority Amount: Not applicable.
Priority Percentage: Not applicable.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated May 30,
2006 relating to the Offered Certificates.
Purchase Price: As defined in Section 2.03(a) hereof.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If any such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee.
References herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean
such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Record Date: The last Business Day of the calendar month preceding
the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 3.07 hereof.
Regular Certificates: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation
AB), 17 C.F.R. ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such
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clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in
the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No.
33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to
time.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning
of section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final regulation,
revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement or
interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the
Closing Date.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
Reportable Event: Any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and
in any event, the following:
(a) entry into a definitive agreement related to the Trust Fund,
the Certificates or the Deposited Underlying Certificates, or an amendment to
a Transaction Document, even if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement
(e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3)
of Regulation AB);
(b) termination of a Transaction Document (other than by
expiration of the agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of
all parties completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the
Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g.,a servicing agreement with
a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(c) with respect to the Trustee only, if the Trustee becomes
aware of any bankruptcy or receivership with respect to the Underlying
Certificate Seller, the Depositor, any enhancement or support provider
contemplated by Items 1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or any other material
party contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB;
(d) with respect to the Trustee and the Depositor only, the
occurrence of an early amortization, performance trigger or other event,
including an Event of Default under this Agreement;
(e) any amendment to this Agreement;
(f) the resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the
Trustee;
(g) with respect to the Trustee only, if the Trustee becomes
aware that (i) any material enhancement or support specified in Item
1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB that was
previously applicable regarding one or more Classes of the Certificates has
terminated other than by expiration of the contract on its stated termination
date or as a result of all parties completing their obligations under such
agreement; (ii) any material
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enhancement specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item
1115 of Regulation AB has been added with respect to one or more Classes of
the Certificates; or (iii) any existing material enhancement or support
specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of
Regulation AB with respect to one or more Classes of the Certificates has been
materially amended or modified; and
(h) with respect to the Trustee and the Depositor only, a
required distribution to Holders of the Certificates is not made as of the
required Distribution Date under this Agreement.
Reporting Subcontractor: With respect to the Trustee, any
Subcontractor determined by such Person pursuant to Section 9.08(b) to be
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB. References to a Reporting Subcontractor shall refer only to the
Subcontractor of such Person and shall not refer to Subcontractors generally.
Residual Certificates: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice
President, any Managing Director, Director, Associate, Assistant Vice
President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any Trust Officer or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also to whom, with
respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and has
direct responsibility for the administration of this Trust Agreement.
Rule 3a-7: Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as then in effect
(or any successor rule).
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification: As defined in Section 9.05.
Securities Account: As defined in Section 3.02.
Securities Account Property: The Securities Account, all amounts,
investments and other property held from time to time in the Securities
Account, and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Securities Intermediary: As defined in Section 3.02(b).
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, the
address for notices to S&P shall be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or such
other address as S&P may hereafter furnish to the Depositor.
Shift Percentage: Not applicable.
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
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Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that
performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB with respect to the Mortgage Loans under the direction or
authority of the Trustee.
Suspension Notification: Notification to the Commission of the
suspension of the Trust Fund's obligation to file reports pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Targeted Balance: Not applicable.
Targeted Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Transaction Documents: This Agreement and any other document or
agreement entered into in connection with the Trust Fund, the Certificates or
the Deposited Underlying Certificates.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Transfer Affidavit: A certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit F.
Transferor Affidavit: A certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit E.
Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and its successors and,
if a successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created by this Agreement and
evidenced by the Certificates, consisting of: (A) the Deposited Underlying
Certificates, (B) all distributions thereon due to the holders of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates after May 25, 2006 in respect of the terms
thereof, (C) the Distribution Account and the Securities Account, (D) all
investment property, deposit accounts, accounts, general intangibles, money,
instruments, documents and other property evidencing any and all of the
foregoing, and (E) all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York.
Underlying Agreement: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of March 1, 2006 among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as depositor, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B.,
as seller and as Servicer, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
trustee, related to Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-A3CB, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C, as it may be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Underlying Certificate Account: The "Certificate Account" as defined
in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Certificate Seller: Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., a Delaware
corporation, or its successors in interest. Underlying Distribution Date: The
"Distribution Date" as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Distribution Date: The "Distribution Date" as defined in
the Underlying Agreement.
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Underlying Excess Losses: "Excess Losses" as defined in the
Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Liquidated Mortgage Loan: "Liquidated Mortgage Loan" as
defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls: "Net Interest Shortfalls" as
defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: "Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls" as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Realized Losses: "Realized Losses" (other than any
Underlying Excess Losses) as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Relief Act Reductions: Any "Relief Act Reductions" as
defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Senior Credit Support Depletion Date: The "Senior Credit
Support Depletion Date" as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Subsequent Recoveries: "Subsequent Recoveries" as defined
in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Trust: The "Trust Fund" as defined in the Underlying
Agreement.
Underlying Trustee: The "Trustee" as defined in the Underlying
Agreement.
Underwriter's Exemption: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67
Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002), as amended (or any successor thereto), or any
substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department
of Labor.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to each Class of
Notional Amount Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among
the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests), and (b) the remaining Voting Rights (or 100%
of the Voting Rights if there is no Class of Notional Amount Certificates)
shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in
proportion to the Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on
such date.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF THE DEPOSITED UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of the Deposited Underlying Certificates. The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby
transfer, convey, sell and assign to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of
the Certificates, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Deposited Underlying Certificates with appropriate
endorsements and other documentation sufficient under the Underlying Agreement
to transfer each such Deposited Underlying Certificate, free and clean of any
lien, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind to the Trustee, including all
distributions thereon due after May 25, 2006, and all proceeds of the
foregoing. Each of the Underlying Certificate Seller and the Depositor
severally agrees to transfer to the Trustee promptly upon receipt (by wire
transfer of immediately available funds), any amounts it receives in respect
of the Deposited Underlying Certificates due thereon after May 25, 2006.
The transfer of the Deposited Underlying Certificates and all other
assets constituting the Trust Fund is absolute and is intended by the parties
hereto as a sale. The Underlying Certificate Seller hereby confirms that it
has caused the beneficial ownership interest in the Deposited Underlying
Certificates to be registered with a Depository Participant or an indirect
participant in the Depository in the name of the Securities Intermediary for
the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms to the Trustee that (i)
the Deposited Underlying Certificates have been confirmed by the Depository to
have been delivered to the Trustee (on behalf of the Certificateholders),
subject to no other interests, and held with the Securities Intermediary, as a
Depository Participant, in book-entry form, and (ii) the Securities
Intermediary is holding such Deposited Underlying Certificate for the account
of the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee hereby
acknowledges the receipt by it and the Securities Intermediary of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates and the other documents and instruments
referenced above, in good faith and without actual notice of any adverse
claim, and declares that it holds and will hold the Deposited Underlying
Certificates and the other documents and instruments, and that it holds and
will continuously hold all other assets in the Trust Fund, in each case, in
the State of New York (provided, however, that if the Deposited Underlying
Certificates ever become definitive certificates, the Trustee will hold them
in Nashville, Tennessee), in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee shall not permit the
Deposited Underlying Certificates or any other asset constituting the Trust
Fund to be subjected to any lien, claim or encumbrance arising by, through or
under the Trustee or any person claiming by, through or under the Trustee. The
Depositor agrees to provide to the Trustee all documents required for the
transfer to the Trustee of the Deposited Underlying Certificates.
It is intended that the conveyance of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates by the Depositor to the Trustee as provided in this Section be,
and be construed as, a sale of the Deposited Underlying Certificates by the
Depositor to the Trustee for the benefit of the
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Certificateholders. It is, further, not intended that such conveyance be
deemed a pledge of the Deposited Underlying Certificates by the Depositor to
the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, in
the event that the Deposited Underlying Certificates are held to be the
property of the Depositor, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or
deemed to create a security interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates,
then it is intended that (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a
security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC and the
corresponding articles of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable
jurisdiction; and (b) the conveyance provided for in this Section shall be
deemed to be a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders of a security interest in all of the Depositor's right,
title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the
Trust Fund. The Depositor and the Trustee, at the Depositor's written
direction and expense, shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement,
take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were
deemed to create a security interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates
and other assets constituting the Trust Fund described above, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement.
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Trustee. Deutsche Bank, in its
capacity as Securities Intermediary for the Trustee confirms that (i) the
Deposited Underlying Certificates in book-entry form have been confirmed by
the Depository to have been delivered to the Trustee, subject to no other
interests, and held in the Securities Intermediary in book-entry form, as a
participant in the Depository and (ii) the Securities Intermediary is holding
such Deposited Underlying Certificates in book-entry form for the account of
the Trustee, as owner of the Deposited Underlying Certificates in its capacity
as trustee for the Certificateholders. The Trustee declares that it shall hold
ownership interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates in trust and shall
hold all proceeds of any of the foregoing and all other rights, titles or
interests of the Trustee in any asset included in the Trust Fund from time to
time in trust, upon the terms herein set forth, for the use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of
Certificateholders, to confirm that the class designation and original
principal balance with respect to the Deposited Underlying Certificates
conform to the information set forth on Schedule I on the Closing Date.
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Underlying
Certificate Seller. The Underlying Certificate Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Depositor and the Trustee
(a) With respect to the Deposited Underlying Certificates as of the
Closing Date as follows:
(i) prior to the transfer of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates to the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller was
the sole owner of the Deposited Underlying Certificates free and
clear of any lien, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind and
prior to the transfer of the Deposited Underlying Certificates to the
Trust Fund, the Depositor was the sole owner of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates free and clear of any lien, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind;
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(ii) the Underlying Certificate Seller has not assigned any
interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates or any
distributions thereon, except as contemplated herein;
(iii) the crediting of the Deposited Underlying Certificates
to the Securities Account is sufficient to effect the transfer of all
right, title and interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 free and clean of any lien,
pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind;
(iv) the Deposited Underlying Certificates constitute a
"securities entitlement" within the meaning of the UCC;
(v) neither the Underlying Certificate Seller nor the
Depositor is aware of any default or event of default under, or
breach of any terms of, the Underlying Agreement or the Deposited
Underlying Certificates;
(vi) the information set forth on Schedule I to this
Agreement is true and correct as of the Closing Date; and
(vii) the Deposited Underlying Certificates have been
credited to the Securities Account.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(a)
shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates by the Depositor to the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Underlying
Certificate Seller, the Depositor or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the Deposited
Underlying Certificates, the Underlying Certificate Seller, the Depositor or
the Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and to the
Certificateholders. The Underlying Certificate Seller shall cure such breach
in all material respects or, if such breach cannot be cured on or prior to the
Distribution Date in July 2006, the Underlying Certificate Seller shall
repurchase the Deposited Underlying Certificates from the Trustee on the
Distribution Date immediately following the date on which the Underlying
Certificate Seller is so directed by Holders of a Majority in Interest of the
Classes of Regular Certificates. Any such repurchase of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates by the Underlying Certificate Seller shall be
accomplished on the Distribution Date of repurchase, by the payment on the
Business Day prior to such Distribution Date by the Underlying Certificate
Seller to the Trustee of an amount (in immediately available funds) (the
"Purchase Price") equal to the principal balance of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates immediately prior to the Distribution Date of such repurchase
plus unpaid interest thereon due on or prior to the Distribution Date of such
repurchase (it being understood that all distributions made on the Deposited
Underlying Certificates up to immediately prior to the Distribution Date of
such repurchase shall be property of the Trust Fund). The payment of the
Purchase Price shall be considered a prepayment in full of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates and shall be delivered to the Trustee for deposit in
the Distribution Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.02
hereof. Upon such deposit into such Distribution Account, the repurchased
Deposited Underlying Certificates shall be released to the Underlying
Certificate Seller, and the Trustee and the Depositor shall execute and
deliver such instruments of transfer or
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assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be reasonably requested
and provided by the Underlying Certificate Seller to vest in the Underlying
Certificate Seller, or its designee or assignee, title to the Deposited
Underlying Certificates repurchased pursuant hereto. The obligation of the
Underlying Certificate Seller to cure such breach of representations and
warranties or effect such repurchase of the Deposited Underlying Certificates
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders.
(b) With respect to the Underlying Certificate Seller:
(i) The Underlying Certificate Seller is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of [Delaware] with full power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Underlying Certificate Seller and constitutes the
legal, valid and binding agreement of the Underlying Certificate
Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery of this
Agreement nor the issuance, delivery and sale of the Certificates,
nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated
herein nor the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement or the
Certificates will result in the breach of any term or provision of
the charter, by-laws or resolutions of the Underlying Certificate
Seller or conflict with, result in a breach, violation or
acceleration of or constitute a default under, the terms of any
material indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the
Underlying Certificate Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or
any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Underlying
Certificate Seller of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Underlying
Certificate Seller.
(iv) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations of, the Underlying Certificate Seller pending, or, to
the knowledge of the Underlying Certificate Seller, threatened,
before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (A)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the Certificates, (B)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, or (C) which might materially and adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Certificates.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.03(b) shall survive delivery of the Trust Fund to
the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Underlying Certificate Seller, the
Depositor or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a breach of any of the
foregoing representations and warranties which breach materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and to the Rating
Agencies.
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Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee as of the Closing Date
as follows:
(i) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
with full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Depositor and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Depositor, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally or by general principles of equity, regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery of this
Agreement nor the issuance, delivery and sale of the Certificates,
nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated
herein nor the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement or the
Certificates will result in the breach of any term or provision of
the charter or by-laws of the Depositor or conflict with, result in a
breach, violation or acceleration of or constitute a default under,
the terms of any material indenture or other agreement or instrument
to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, or any
statute, order or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
having jurisdiction over the Depositor.
(iv) There are no actions or proceedings against, or
investigations of, the Depositor pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor, threatened, before any court, administrative agency or
other tribunal (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the
Certificates, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates
or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, or (C) which might materially and adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Certificates.
(v) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security
interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates in favor of the
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, which security interest is
prior to all other liens and is enforceable as such as against
creditors and purchasers from the Depositor.
(vi) Immediately before the assignment of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates to the Trustee, the Depositor had good and
marketable title to such Deposited Underlying Certificates free and
clear of any lien, claim, encumbrance of any Person. The Depositor
has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates to the transfer to the Trustee of
its interest and rights in the Deposited Underlying Certificates.
(vii) The Distribution Account constitutes a "deposit
account" (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC). The
Securities Account constitutes a "securities
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account" (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC). The Deposited
Underlying Certificates have been credited to the Securities Account.
The Securities Intermediary has agreed to treat all assets credited
to the Securities Account as "financial assets" (as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC).
(viii) This Agreement is an agreement pursuant to which the
Securities Intermediary or the Bank, as the case may be, has agreed
to comply with all instructions or directions originated by the
Trustee relating to the Distribution Account and the Securities
Account without further consent by the Depositor.
(ix) Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned,
sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of
the Deposited Underlying Certificates. The Depositor has not
authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements
against the Depositor that include a description of the collateral
covering the Deposited Underlying Certificates. The Depositor is not
aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Depositor.
(x) Neither the Distribution Account nor the Securities
Account is in the name of any person other than the Trustee. The
Depositor has not consented to the securities intermediary of the
Securities Account to comply with entitlement orders of any person
other than the Trustee.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Trust Fund to the
Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties
which breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other party and to the Rating Agencies.
Section 2.05 Issuance of Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges the
receipt by it of the Deposited Underlying Certificates and concurrently with
such receipt, the Trustee has duly executed on behalf of the Trust Fund,
authenticated and delivered, to or upon the written order of the Depositor,
the Certificates in authorized denominations and registered in such names as
the Depositor has directed in writing.
Section 2.06 REMIC Matters. The Preliminary Statement sets forth the
designations and "latest possible maturity date" for federal income tax
purposes of all interests created hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with
respect to each REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee. Each REMIC's fiscal year
shall be the calendar year.
Section 2.07 Presentation for Transfer. On the Closing Date, the
Underlying Certificate Seller, the Depositor and/or the Trustee (as
appropriate) shall present the documents described in Section 2.01 for
registration of transfer of the Deposited Underlying Certificates to the
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements under the Underlying Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND;
PAYMENTS AND REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 3.01 Defaults by the Underlying Trust. In connection with its
receipt of any distribution on the Deposited Underlying Certificates on any
Distribution Date, if (i) the amount of any distribution varies from the
amount due thereon pursuant to the terms of the Underlying Agreement, (ii) the
Trustee shall not have received a distribution by the close of business on
such Distribution Date, or (iii) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
gain actual knowledge of any default under the Underlying Agreement, the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller
and the Certificateholders, and shall, subject to the provisions of Sections
5.01 and 5.02 of Article V hereof, pursue such remedies as may be available to
it as holder of such Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the
terms of the Underlying Agreement.
Section 3.02 Distribution Account and Securities Account. (a) The
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and
maintain an account (the "Distribution Account") at the Bank, which shall be
an Eligible Account, entitled "Indy Mac MBS, Inc. Residential Asset
Securitization Trust 2006-R1." The Distribution Account shall be maintained as
a "deposit account" (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(29), bearing a designation
clearly indicating that the account and all funds deposited in it are held for
the exclusive benefit of the Certificateholders. All amounts on deposit in the
Distribution Account shall remain uninvested. Deutsche Bank hereby confirms
the following with respect to the Distribution Account: (A) the Distribution
Account shall be established and maintained as a "deposit account" (as defined
in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC), (B) Deutsche Bank is an organization
engaged in the business of banking and is acting in such capacity (in such
capacity, the "Bank") in maintaining the Distribution Account and (C) the
Trustee is the Bank's sole "customer" (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of
the UCC) with respect to the Distribution Account (other than the Securities
Account). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary and for the avoidance of
doubt, if at any time the Bank shall receive any instructions originated by
the Trustee directing the disposition of funds in the Distribution Account,
the Bank shall comply with such instructions without further consent by the
Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller or any other Person.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Bank's "jurisdiction" (within
the meaning of Section 9-304 of the UCC) is the State of New York.
The Distribution Account Property shall be Delivered to the
Securities Intermediary in accordance with the definition of "Delivery."
(a) By the date of this Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall establish
an account (the "Securities Account") which shall be established and
maintained as a "securities account" as defined in Section 8-501 of the UCC to
which financial assets are or may be credited, (B) Deutsche Bank shall act in
the capacity of a "Securities Intermediary" as defined in of Section
8-102(a)(14) of the UCC (in such capacity, the "Securities Intermediary") with
respect to the Securities Account, and (C) the Securities Intermediary shall
treat the Trustee as the sole "entitlement holder" within the meaning of
Section 8-102(a)(7) of the Securities Account and the
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sole Person entitled to exercise the rights that comprise any financial asset
credited to the Securities Account.
The Securities Account Property shall be Delivered to the Securities
Intermediary in accordance with the definition of "Delivery."
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary and for the avoidance of
doubt, if at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any
notifications or entitlement orders from the Trustee directing it to transfer
or redeem any financial asset or other property relating to the Securities
Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such notification or
other entitlement order without further consent by the Depositor or any other
Person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Securities
Intermediary's jurisdiction (as defined in Section 8-110 of the UCC) shall be
the State of New York.
(d) The Trustee shall upon receipt deposit into the Securities
Account and then immediately transfer to the Distribution Account the
following payments and collections in respect of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates:
(i) all distributions due and received on the Deposited
Underlying Certificates after May 25, 2006; and
(ii) any amount required to be deposited in the Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 2.03(a) in connection with the repurchase
of a Deposited Underlying Certificate by the Underlying Certificate
Seller.
(e) Upon a determination by the Trustee that the final distribution
shall be made in respect of a Deposited Underlying Certificate, the Trustee
shall take such steps as may be necessary in connection with the final payment
thereon in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Underlying
Agreement. The Trustee shall promptly deposit in the Distribution Account the
final distribution received upon presentment and surrender of the affected
Deposited Underlying Certificate.
(f) The Depositor shall give written notice to the Trustee, the
Underlying Certificate Seller and each Rating Agency of any proposed change of
the location of the Distribution Account or the Securities Account prior to
any change thereof.
(g) If the Bank or the Securities Intermediary has or subsequently
obtains by agreement, operation of law, or otherwise a security interest in
the Distribution Account or the Securities Account, each of the Bank and the
Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that the security interest shall be
subordinate to the security interest of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Section 3.03 Permitted Withdrawals From the Distribution Account. The
Trustee may from time to time withdraw funds from the Distribution Account for
the following purposes:
(a) to make payments to Certificateholders in the amounts and in the
manner provided in Section 3.04;
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(b) to reimburse itself and the Depositor for expenses incurred by
and reimbursable to itself or the Depositor with respect to each REMIC
hereunder pursuant to Section 5.06 and Section 6.03, respectively;
(c) to pay any taxes imposed upon each REMIC hereunder, as provided
in Section 5.12; and
(d) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon the
termination of the Trust Fund.
Section 3.04 Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the
Distribution Account the Available Interest Funds for such Distribution Date
and apply such funds to the distributions of interest on each interest-bearing
class of the Offered Certificates.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the
Distribution Account the Available Principal Funds for such Distribution Date
and apply such funds to the distributions of principal on the classes of
Offered Certificates, as follows:
first, to the Class A-R Certificates, until its Class
Certificate Balance is reduced to zero; and
second, concurrently to the Class A-1 and Class A-2
Certificates, pro rata, until their respective Class Certificate
Balances are reduced to zero.
(c) On each Distribution Date, Available Interest Funds and Available
Principal Funds shall each be distributed on the Master REMIC Regular
Interests, in each case in an amount sufficient to make the distributions to
the Corresponding Classes of Certificates on such Distribution Date in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.04(a).
(d) On each Distribution Date, the amount referred to in clause (i)
of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for each Class
of Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced by such Class's
pro rata share (based on interest then due and payable to such Class) of
Allocated Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date.
(e) If Subsequent Recoveries have been received with respect to an
Underlying Liquidated Mortgage Loan and are applied to increase the Class
Certificate Balance of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, that amount will
be applied pro rata to increase the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Certificates to which Realized Losses have been allocated, but in each case by
not more than the amount of Underlying Realized Losses previously allocated to
that Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 3.06. Holders of such
Certificates will not be entitled to any payment in respect of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount on the amount of such increases for any
Interest Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such increase
occurs. Any such increases shall be applied pro rata to the Certificate
Balance of each Certificate of such Class.
Section 3.05 Reserved.
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Section 3.06 Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) On or prior to the beginning of the second Business Day prior to
each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall determine the total amount of
Allocated Underlying Realized Losses for such Distribution Date. The Trustee
shall make such determination on the basis of amounts on deposit in the
Underlying Certificate Account (which Underlying Certificate Account it holds
as Underlying Trustee) or on the basis of the agreement referred to in the
last sentence of Section 5.07.
(b) Allocated Underlying Realized Losses with respect to any
Distribution Date shall be allocated to the Class A-1 and Class A-2
Certificates, pro rata, on the basis of their respective Class Certificate
Balances until the respective Class Certificate Balance of each such Class is
reduced to zero.
(c) Any Allocated Underlying Realized Loss allocated to a Class of
Certificates or any reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of
Certificates pursuant to Section 3.06(b) above shall be allocated among the
Certificates of such Class in proportion to their respective Certificate
Balances.
(d) Any allocation of Allocated Underlying Realized Losses to a
Certificate or any reduction in the Certificate Balance of a Certificate,
pursuant to Section 3.06(a) above shall be accomplished by reducing the
Certificate Balance thereof immediately following the distributions made on
the related Distribution Date in accordance with the definition of
"Certificate Balance."
Section 3.07 Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.
(a) On each Interest Determination Date so long as any LIBOR
Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee will determine LIBOR on the basis of
the British Bankers' Association ("BBA") "Interest Settlement Rate" for
one-month deposits in U.S. dollars as found on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00
a.m. London time on each LIBOR Determination Date. "Telerate Page 3750" means
the display page currently so designated on the Moneyline Telerate Service
(formerly the Dow Xxxxx Markets) (or such other page as may replace that page
on that service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date, LIBOR cannot be determined
as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section 4.08, the Trustee shall either
(i) request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of the quotation offered
by its principal London office for making one-month United States dollar
deposits in leading banks in the London interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in lieu of making
any such request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that appear at such
time on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the International Swap
Dealers Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording, Assumptions and Provisions
for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available. LIBOR for the next Interest
Accrual Period will be established by the Trustee on each Interest
Determination Date as follows:
(i) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
applicable Interest Accrual Period
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shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounding
such arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/32%).
(ii) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none
of the Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for
the next Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of
(i) LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest Determination Date
or (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall
be the rate per annum which the Trustee determines to be either (i)
the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United States dollar
lending rates that New York City banks selected by the Trustee are
quoting, on the relevant Interest Determination Date, to the
principal London offices of at least two of the Reference Banks to
which such quotations are, in the opinion of the Trustee, being so
made, or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no such
arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States dollar lending
rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on
such Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.
(iii) If on any Interest Determination Date the Trustee is
required but is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in the
manner provided in paragraph (b) above, LIBOR for the related Classes
of Certificates shall be LIBOR as determined on the preceding
applicable Interest Determination Date.
Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee
will at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of
determining LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The
Underlying Certificate Seller initially shall designate the Reference Banks.
Each "Reference Bank" shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market, shall not
control, be controlled by, or be under common control with, the Trustee and
shall have an established place of business in London. If any such Reference
Bank should be unwilling or unable to act as such or if the Underlying
Certificate Seller should terminate its appointment as Reference Bank, the
Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed another Reference
Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to any Person for
(i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or
(ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by
circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
(c) The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for
each Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each
Interest Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding
on the basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes
corresponding to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the
Certificates in the Preliminary Statement.
In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates, any Interest Settlement Rate, or any Reserve Interest Rate, the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in relying upon the
offered quotations (whether written, oral or on the Dow Xxxxx Markets) from
the BBA designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to
LIBOR, the Interest Settlement Rate or the Reserve Interest Rate, as
appropriate, in effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any
liability or responsibility to any Person for (i)
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the Trustee's selection of New York City banks for purposes of determining any
Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its inability, following a good-faith reasonable
effort, to obtain such quotations from, the BBA designated banks, the
Reference Banks or the New York City banks or to determine such arithmetic
mean, all as provided for in this Section 3.07.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee.
Section 3.08 Statements to Certificateholders. Concurrently with each
distribution on a Distribution Date, the Trustee will make available to the
Holder of each Certificate and each Rating Agency on its website
(xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/xxxx) a statement generally setting forth the
following information:
(i) Available Interest Funds and Available Principal Funds
for such Distribution Date, and the amount (if any) by which
Available Principal Funds has been reduced on account of the payment
of certain expenses, liabilities and taxes described in the
definition thereof;
(ii) with respect to such Distribution Date, the aggregate
amount of principal and interest, stated separately, distributed to
Holders of each Class of Certificates;
(iii) with respect to such Distribution Date, the amount of
any interest shortfall for each Class of Certificates, together with
the amount of any unpaid interest shortfall for such Class
immediately following such Distribution Date;
(iv) with respect to each Class of Certificates, the losses
allocated to such Class with respect to such Distribution Date;
(v) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Certificates, after giving effect to distributions of principal of
such Certificates on such Distribution Date; and
(vi) any additional amount distributed to the Holder of the
Class A-R Certificate on such Distribution Date.
In addition, the Trustee will make available to Certificateholders
copies of the statements received by the Trustee as the holder of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates on behalf of the Trust Fund on its website
as specified in this Section 3.08.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee will prepare and deliver to each person who at any time
during the previous calendar year was a Certificateholder of record a
statement containing the information required to satisfy any requirements of
the Code, the REMIC Provisions and regulations thereunder as from time to time
are in force. For purposes of this Section 3.08, the Trustee's duties are
limited to the extent that adequate information is reasonably available to the
Trustee as described herein.
Section 3.09 Reports of the Trustee; Distribution Account. Upon
written request of a Certificateholder or Certificate
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Owner and at the expense of such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, the
Trustee shall make available to Certificateholders or Certificate Owners
within 15 days after the date of receipt of such request a statement setting
forth the status of the Distribution Account as of the close of business on
the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such request, and
showing, for the period covered by such statement, the aggregate of deposits
into and withdrawals from the Distribution Account.
Section 3.10 Access to Certain Documentation and Information. The
Trustee shall provide the related Certificateholders or Certificate Owners
with access to a copy of each report, if any, received by it as holder of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates under the Underlying Agreement. The Trustee
shall also provide the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller with
access to any such report and to all written reports, documents and records
required to be maintained by the Trustee in respect of its duties hereunder.
Such access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request
evidenced by prior written notice received by the Trustee two Business Days
prior to the date of such proposed access and during normal business hours of
the Trustee at offices designated by the Trustee.
Section 3.11 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) By March 1 of each year, commencing with 2007, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor an Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signer
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Trustee during the
preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of the performance
of the Trustee under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on the
review, the Trustee has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, in
all material respects throughout the year (or applicable portion thereof), or,
if there has been a failure to fulfill any obligation in any material respect,
specifying each failure known to the officer and the nature and status
thereof.
(b) The Trustee shall cause each Subcontractor, if any, to deliver to
the Depositor and the Trustee on or before March 15 of each year, commencing
with its 2007 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the signer
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of such Subcontractor during the
preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of the performance
of the Subcontractor under the applicable agreement, has been made under such
officer's supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based
on such review, such Subcontractor has fulfilled all its obligations under the
applicable agreement, in all material respects throughout such year (or
applicable portion thereof), or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any
such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to
such officer and the nature and status thereof.
(c) Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner upon request at the Trustee's expense,
provided such statement is delivered by the Trustee.
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ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01 The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto
as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the
minimum denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that one
Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be in
excess of the applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate denominations per
Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 7.01 hereof respecting the final distribution on
the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make
distributions to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date
either (x) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of
such holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor,
if such Holder has so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days prior
to the related Record Date or (y) by check mailed by first class mail to such
Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trust Fund by an authorized officer of the Trustee upon the
written direction of the Depositor. Certificates bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures
were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind the
Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
be so authorized prior to the countersignature and delivery of such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid
for any purpose, unless authenticated by the Trustee by manual signature, and
such authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall authenticate the Certificates to be
issued at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
Section 4.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.06 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and
(c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates
of the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
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At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance
with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) [reserved]
(c) No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made
unless the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan
or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, (ii) a representation that the purchaser
is an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined
in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE
95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy the
requirements for exemptive relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or
(iii) in the case of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for
registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or a
plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable
provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any
other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement, or using such
plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee to the effect that the
purchase and holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in a
non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to
those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. For purposes
of the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate
that is not a Residual Certificate, in the event the representation letter
referred to in the preceding sentence is not so furnished, such representation
shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's
(including an initial acquirer's) acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted
Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any
purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an
employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code without
the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
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To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not
limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by this Section 4.02(c) or for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect
to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer
was registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(b) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit F.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts
to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if
it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted
Transferee and to provide to the Trustee a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit E stating that it has no knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 4.02(d) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 4.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by Section 4.02(c) and this Section 4.02(d) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit and Transferor
Certificate. The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to
recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact
not a
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Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such
subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all
payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such
time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee
of such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a
Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in
this Section 4.02(d) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the
Underlying Certificate Seller or the Depositor, to the effect that the
elimination of such restrictions will not cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result
in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another
Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on
an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to
ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is
not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the
Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(e) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 4.02(e) in connection with transfer shall be
at the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(f) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at
all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and
at all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by
the Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the
Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating
firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this
Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representatives
shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may conclusively rely and
shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the
Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and
persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or
indirect Certificate Owners.
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All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall
be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository
Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor or (y) the Depositor at its option
advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depository, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate
Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive
Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to
the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the
Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and each
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of
Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all
references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the
Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to
the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the
Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as
Certificateholders hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall not by virtue of
its assumption of such obligations become liable to any party for any act or
failure to act of the Depository.
Section 4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Depositor and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any
new Certificate under this Section 4.03, the Trustee may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith. Any replacement
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 4.04 Persons Deemed Owners.
The Depositor, the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as
the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as
provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
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whatsoever, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Depositor or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 4.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders or Certificate Owners (a) request
such information in writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such
Certificateholders or Certificate Owners desire to communicate with other
Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders or Certificate Owners propose to
transmit, or if the Depositor shall request such information in writing from
the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the
receipt of such request, provide the Depositor or such Certificateholders or
Certificate Owners at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, by receiving and
holding a Certificate, agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the
Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
Section 4.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee will
maintain at its expense an office or offices or agency or agencies located at
c/o 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Transfer
Unit, where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange. The Trustee will give prompt written notice to the
Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such office or
agency.
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ARTICLE V
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee shall undertake to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments
furnished to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine
whether they appear on their face to be in the form required by this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be responsible for
the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement,
opinion, report, document, order or other instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it
believed in good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the
proper authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
As long as any Voting Rights are held by parties other than the Underlying
Certificate Seller, its Affiliates, or its agents, Voting Rights of
Certificates held by the Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates or its
agents as the Seller shall certify to the Trustee upon any entity obtaining
such ownership, will be excluded from participating in such voting
arrangements, and excluded from determining the 25% threshold.
Section 5.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 5.01:
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(i) the Trustee may request and conclusively rely upon and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the Trustee
shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any
signature of any such party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond
or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to
each Class of Certificates; provided, however, that no Certificates held by
the Underlying Certificate Seller, the Depositor or any Affiliate shall be
given effect for the purpose of calculating any such aggregation of Voting
Rights;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
nominees, custodians, accountants, attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent,
nominee, custodian, attorney or accountant appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment
of funds pursuant to this Agreement;
(viii) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby;
(ix) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith
on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
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(x) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any breach by
the Underlying Certificate Seller of any representation, warranty or covenant
or any default or event of default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in
fact such a default or breach is received by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Certificates and
this Agreement;
(xi) Neither, the Trustee nor any of its officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted under this
Agreement or in connection therewith except to the extent caused by the
Trustee's negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, no longer subject to appeal or
review. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no
event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss
or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost
profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or damage and regardless of the form of action;
(xii) In the event that the Trustee is also acting as Securities
Intermediary and Bank hereunder, the rights, protections, immunities and
indemnities afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article V shall be
afforded to the Securities Intermediary and Bank;
(xiii) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance of
the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller nor shall it have any
liability (in its capacity as Trustee) in connection with the malfeasance or
nonfeasance by the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller; and
(ix) The Trustee shall not knowingly take any action that would cause
the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a qualifying special purpose entity.
All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the
possession of any of such Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial
or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all
the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
In order to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders
in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including
those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering
("Applicable Law"), the Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record
certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a
business relationship with the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties
agrees to provide to the Trustee upon its request from time to time such
identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party
in order to enable the Trustee to comply with Applicable Law.
Section 5.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Deposited
Underlying Certificates. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Underlying
Certificate Seller, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of
any Deposited Underlying Certificates or related document other than with
respect to the Trustee's execution and counter-signature of
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the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller of any funds
paid to the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller in respect of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates.
Section 5.04 Trustee May Own Certificates. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
Section 5.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Trustee acknowledges
that on the Closing Date it will receive compensation for all services
rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the
exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder as
specified in a separate fee schedule between the Trustee and the Underlying
Certificate Seller. The Trustee shall be entitled reimbursement from the
Underlying Certificate Seller upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions hereof or any other documents executed in connection
herewith (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses
and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its
employ). The obligations of the Underlying Certificate Seller under this
Section 5.05 to compensate the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Agreement and the earlier resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
Section 5.06 Indemnification of the Trustee. The Underlying
Certificate Seller shall indemnify and defend the Trustee and any director,
officer, employee, or agent of the Trustee and hold them harmless from and
against, any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or
trusts hereunder (including, without limitation, any losses, liabilities,
damages, claims or expenses arising from defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any powers or
duties hereunder), other than those resulting from the negligence or bad faith
in the performance of any of the Trustee's duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of the Trustee's obligations and duties hereunder. Such
indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Trust
Fund created hereby or the resignation or removal of the Trustee pursuant to
the terms hereof.
Section 5.07 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. The Trustee
hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and
doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of America,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating which
would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then
current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such security from
time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing
by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 5.07 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 5.07, the Trustee shall
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resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 5.08
hereof. The entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and trust
relationships with the Depositor and its affiliates and with the Underlying
Certificate Seller and its affiliates; provided, however, that such entity
cannot be an affiliate of the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be the same Person as the Underlying
Trustee or shall have an agreement with the Underlying Trustee to have access
to the information relating to the Underlying Certificate Account in order to
enable the Trustee to perform its duties under Section 3.06(a).
Section 5.08 Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the
Underlying Certificate Seller and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days
before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 5.09, such
resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in
accordance with Section 5.09 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
5.07. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
As a condition to the effectiveness of any such resignation, at least
15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Trustee
shall provide (x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to
this Section and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the
Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of
Form 8-K with respect to the resignation of the Trustee.
If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.07 hereof and shall fail to resign
after written request thereto by the Depositor, (ii) at any time the Trustee
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed,
or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, (iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any
state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located and (B) the imposition
of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee or (iv)
, during the period which the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act
Reports with respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee fails to comply with its
obligations under, the preceding paragraph, Section 5.10 or Article 9 and such
failure is not remedied within the lesser of 10 calendar days or such period
in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be filed timely (without
taking into account any extensions), then, in the case of clauses (i) through
(iii), then the Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which shall be
delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall be delivered to the
Depositor and one copy to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of
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which instruments shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the
Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to
the successor so appointed, together with a written description of the basis
for such removal. As long as any Voting Rights are held by parties other than
the Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates, or its agents, Voting
Rights of Certificates held by the Underlying Certificate Seller, its
Affiliates or its agents as the Underlying Certificate Seller shall certify to
the Trustee upon any such entity obtaining such ownership will be excluded
from participating in such voting arrangements, and excluded from determining
the 51% threshold. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to each
Rating Agency and the Underlying Certificate Seller by the successor trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 5.08 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 5.09 hereof.
Section 5.09 Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 5.08 hereof
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee and the Depositor an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder
and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall
become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if
originally named as trustee herein. The Depositor and the predecessor trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may
reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in
the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 5.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 5.07 hereof and its
appointment shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the
Certificates and has provided to the Depositor in writing and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably
requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation
under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement Trustee.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 5.09, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to
mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed
at the expense of the Depositor.
Section 5.10 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 5.07 hereof without the execution or
filing of any paper
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or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to
the contrary notwithstanding.
As a condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation,
at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of any merger or
consolidation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall provide (x) written notice to
the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all
information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement
Trustee.
Section 5.11 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Fund at the time be located, the Depositor and the
Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as
co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof,
whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
5.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and
the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not
have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a
request to do so, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such
appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 5.07 and no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 5.09.
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) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
Section 5.11, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed
by the 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 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 (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Depositor
hereunder), the 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 applicable Trust Fund 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
Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason
of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment
shall not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or
co-trustee as agent of the Trustee; and
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(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove
any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees,
when and as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement
and the conditions of this Article V. 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 Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
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
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 5.12 Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC
election is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall
constitute, and that the conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be
such as to qualify such assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit"
as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of
such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent
(and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of any such
REMIC and that in such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be
prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment
Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax
authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with
respect to any such REMIC, containing such information and at the times and in
the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws,
regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the
Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make
or cause to be made elections that such assets be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and,
if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as
and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, the
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calculation of any original issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption;
(e) provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the
transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a
non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a non-Permitted
Transferee is the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of
computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable
for such tax); (f) to the extent that they are under its control conduct
matters relating to such assets at all times that any Certificates are
outstanding so as to maintain the status of any REMIC as a REMIC under the
REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit
to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any
REMIC; (h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 5.12, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any such REMIC prior to its
termination when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation
shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting
any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or local income tax or
information returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such other person as may
be required to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws,
regulations or rules; (j) maintain records relating to any such REMIC,
including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities
thereof and the fair market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined
at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to
prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; and (k)
as and when necessary and appropriate, represent any such REMIC in any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by
any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to
any taxable year of any such REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of any such REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of any such REMIC in
relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth
herein, the Depositor and the Underlying Certificate Seller shall provide, or
cause to be provided, to the Trustee within ten (10) days after the Closing
Date all information or data that the Trustee requests in writing and
determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering
prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield,
prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the
Deposited Underlying Certificate. Thereafter, the Depositor and the Underlying
Certificate Seller shall provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request
therefor, any such additional information or data that the Trustee may, from
time to time, reasonably request in order to enable the Trustee to perform its
duties as set forth herein. The Underlying Certificate Seller hereby
indemnifies the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims or
expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of the
Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor or the Underlying
Certificate Seller to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate
information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of
any REMIC hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net
income from foreclosure property" of any REMIC hereunder as defined in Section
860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to such REMIC after the Startup Day
pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or
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any other tax is imposed, including, without limitation, any minimum tax
imposed upon the REMIC hereunder pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the
California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for
herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax
arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its
obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Depositor, in the case of any such
minimum tax, or if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the
Depositor of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (iii) the Underlying
Certificate Seller, if any such tax arises out of or results from the
Underlying Certificate Seller's obligation to repurchase the Deposited
Underlying Certificates pursuant to Section 2.03 or (iv) in all other cases,
or in the event that the Trustee, the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate
Seller fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i),(ii) or
(iii), any such tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to
the Certificateholders, as provided in Section 3.03.
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01 Liability of the Depositor. The Depositor shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor herein.
Section 6.02 Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor.
The Depositor will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as
a corporation under the laws of the United States or under the laws of one of
the states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, or
any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor
shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the Depositor,
shall be the successor of the Depositor hereunder, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others.
None of the Depositor, or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents
of the Depositor shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders for
any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Depositor or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor or any such Person from any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in
the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties hereunder. The Depositor and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Depositor may rely in good faith on any document of any kind
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any
matters arising hereunder. The Depositor and any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Depositor shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held
harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with
any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental
taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of
duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
hereunder. The Depositor, shall be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute
or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective duties
hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Depositor may in its discretion undertake any such
action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement
and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee
and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and
costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses,
costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor shall be entitled
to be reimbursed therefor out of the Distribution Account.
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.01 Termination.
Subject to Section 7.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller and the Trustee created hereby
with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the later of (i) a
termination of the Underlying Trust pursuant to Article IX of the Underlying
Agreement, (ii) the receipt of the final distribution to be made on the
Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Underlying Agreement and (iii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement. In no
event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity
Date.
Section 7.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If the Trustee receives notice that the Underlying Trust is to be
terminated in accordance with the terms of the Underlying Agreement, notice
shall be given by the Trustee to Certificateholders as promptly as practicable
thereafter.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
promptly by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed (x) not earlier
than the 15th day of the month next preceding the month of such final
distribution and not later than as promptly as practicable after the Trustee
receives notice that the Underlying Trust is to be terminated in accordance
with the terms of the Underlying Agreement. Any such notice shall specify (a)
the Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will
be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein
designated, (b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the
office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and
(d) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of
the Certificates at the office therein specified. The Trustee will also give
such notice to each Rating Agency at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders.
Upon the final distribution with respect to the Trust Fund, the
Trustee shall promptly release to the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate the
Deposited Underlying Certificates.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class, in the
order set forth in Section 3.04. hereof, on the final Distribution Date in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to
Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as to each Class
of Regular Certificates, the Certificate Balance thereof plus accrued interest
thereon (or on their Notional Amount, if applicable) in the case of an
interest bearing Certificate and (ii) as to the Residual
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Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on deposit in the Distribution
Account (other than the amounts retained to meet claims) after application
pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in
the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Class A-R Certificateholder shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund which remain subject
hereto.
Section 7.03 Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) Upon the receipt of the final distribution to be made on the
Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Underlying Agreement, the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate shall
cause the Trust Fund to be terminated in accordance with the following
additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion
of Counsel, at the expense of the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate, to the
effect that the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 7.03
will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" on
any REMIC as defined in section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any REMIC to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(1) Upon receipt of the notice given pursuant to the Underlying
Agreement, but in no event later than 90 days prior to the final Underlying
Distribution Date set forth in the notice given by the Servicer in accordance
with the terms of the Underlying Agreement, the Trustee shall prepare, at the
expense of the "tax matters person," and adopt a plan of complete liquidation
within the meaning of section 860F(a)(4) of the Code which, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee or
the Tax Matters Person), meets the requirements of a qualified liquidation;
and
(2) Within 90 days after the time of adoption of such a plan of
complete liquidation, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust
Fund to the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate for cash in accordance with
Section 7.01.
(b) The Trustee as agent for any REMIC created under this Agreement
hereby agrees to adopt and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the
written request of the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate, and the receipt of
the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 7.03(a)(1) and to take such
other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the
Holder of the Class A-R Certificate.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate to prepare and the
Trustee to adopt and sign a plan of complete liquidation.
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Depositor and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake; (ii) to correct any
defective provision therein or to supplement any provision therein which may
be inconsistent with any other provision therein; (iii) to conform this
Agreement to the final Prospectus Supplement provided to investors in
accordance with the initial offering of the Certificates; (iv) to add to the
duties of the Depositor; (v) to add any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising hereunder; or (vi) to modify, alter, amend, add
to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement;
provided, that any action pursuant to clauses (v) or (vi) above shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided, however, that the
amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment
obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then
assigned to the Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such
letter in and of itself will not represent a determination as to the
materiality of any such amendment and will represent a determination only as
to the credit issues affecting any such rating. The Trustee and the Depositor
also may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement without the
consent of the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to any of its
provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the
qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC under the Code, (ii) avoid or minimize
the risk of the imposition of any tax on any REMIC pursuant to the Code that
would be a claim at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates
or (iii) comply with any other requirements of the Code, provided that the
Trustee has been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an
expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is
necessary or helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii)
avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply
with any such requirements of the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor
and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a Majority in Interest of
each Class of Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Certificates. As long as any Voting Rights are held by parties other than the
Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates, or its agents, Voting Rights of
Certificates held by the Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates or its
agents as the Underlying Certificate Seller shall certify to the Trustee upon
any entity obtaining such ownership, will be excluded from participating in
such voting arrangements, and excluded from determining the 51% threshold. No
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in
a manner other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders of
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Certificates of such Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests
aggregating 66 2/3% or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates
the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without
the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
Any amendment made pursuant to either of the preceding two paragraphs
that materially and adversely affects the rights of the Underlying Certificate
Seller shall not be made without the prior written consent of the Underlying
Certificate Seller.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have
first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of
the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not
cause the imposition of any tax on any REMIC or the Certificateholders or
cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund) satisfactory to the Trustee that
(i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and
that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and
(ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth
in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant
to this Section 8.01.
Section 8.02 Action Under and Conflicts With the Underlying
Agreement. Subject to the terms hereof, in the event that there shall be any
matters arising under the Underlying Agreement which require the vote or
direction of the holders of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, the
Trustee, as holder of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, shall vote the
Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with instructions received
from Holders of a Majority in Interest of the related Class of Regular
Certificates. In the absence of any such instructions, the Trustee shall not
vote; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the absence of such
instructions, if an Event of Default for the Underlying Agreement has occurred
and is continuing, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Article V
hereof, pursue such remedies as may be available to it as holder of such
Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the terms of the
Underlying Agreement.
Section 8.03 Recordation of Agreement. This Agreement (or an abstract
hereof, if acceptable by the applicable recording office) is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public
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offices, such recordation to be effected by the Depositor at its expense if
such recordation beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 8.04 Certain REMIC Matters. The Depositor, upon request,
shall promptly furnish the Trustee with all such information as may be
reasonably required in connection with the Trustee's preparation of all Tax
Returns of any REMIC created hereunder or to enable the Trustee to respond to
reasonable requests for information made by related Certificateholders in
connection with tax matters.
Section 8.05 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death or
incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of
the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or
members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any
liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to
this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless there shall have been a failure to pay amounts due under
this Agreement to the Certificateholders and the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the
Certificates shall also have made written request to the Trustee to institute
such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall
have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require
against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute
any such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and
being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or
seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to
enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided
and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section 8.05, each and every
Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
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Section 8.06 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 8.07 Notices. (a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to
promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the
following of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The resignation or termination of the Trustee and the
appointment of any successor;
3. The repurchase of the Deposited Underlying Certificates
pursuant to Section 2.03;
4. The final payment to Certificateholders; and
5. Any rating action involving the Deposited Underlying
Certificates, which notice shall be made by first-class mail
within two Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee gains actual knowledge thereof.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly make available to each Rating
Agency, the Underlying Certificate Seller copies of each report to
Certificateholders described in Section 3.08.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case
of the Depositor, IndyMac MBS, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Secondary Marketing: Transaction Management; (b)
in the case of the Underlying Certificate Seller, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxx; (c) in the case of the Trustee
to the Corporate Trust Office, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 0000 Xxxx
Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Trust
Administration IN06R1, or such other address as the Trustee may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and (d) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies,
the address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of
such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when
mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing
in the Certificate Register.
Section 8.08 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the
Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
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Section 8.09 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors
and assigns of the parties hereto, and all such provisions shall inure to the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 8.10 Article and Section Headings. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 8.11 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. It is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 8.12 Protection of Assets.
(a) Except for transactions and activities entered into in connection
with the securitization that is the subject of this Agreement, the Trust Fund
created by this Agreement is not authorized and has no power to:
(i) borrow money or issue debt;
(ii) merge with another entity, reorganize, liquidate or
sell assets; or
(iii) engage in any business or activities.
(b) Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will not file an
involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Trustee or the Trust Fund or
initiate any other form of insolvency proceeding until after the Certificates
have been paid.
ARTICLE IX
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
Section 9.01 Filing Obligations.
The Trustee and the Underlying Certificate Seller shall reasonably
cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the
Depositor's reporting requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to the
Trust Fund. In addition to the information specified below, if so requested by
the Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the
Exchange Act, the Trustee and the Underlying Certificate Seller shall provide
the Depositor with (a) such information which is available to such Person
without unreasonable effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be
reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with the Depositor's reporting
obligations under the Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a
party (and the Depositor is not a party) to any agreement or amendment
required to be filed, copies of such agreement or amendment in
XXXXX-compatible form.
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Section 9.02 Form 10-D Filings.
(a) In accordance with the Exchange Act, unless no reporting
obligation under the Exchange Act exists at such time with respect to the
Trust Fund, the Trustee shall prepare for filing and file within 15 days after
each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange
Act) with the Commission with respect to the Trust Fund, a Form 10-D with
copies of the Monthly Statement and, to the extent delivered to the Trustee,
no later than five calendar days following the Distribution Date, such other
information identified by the Depositor, in writing, to be filed with the
Commission (such other information, the "Additional Designated Information").
If the Depositor directs that any Additional Designated Information is to be
filed with any Form 10-D, the Depositor shall specify the Item on Form 10-D to
which such information is responsive and, with respect to any Exhibit to be
filed on Form 10-D, the Exhibit number. Any information to be filed on Form
10-D shall be delivered to the Trustee via electronic mail
(XXXXX.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx) in XXXXX-compatible form or as otherwise agreed
upon by the Trustee and the Depositor at the Depositor's expense, and any
necessary conversion to XXXXX-compatible format will be at the Depositor's
expense. At the reasonable request of, and in accordance with the reasonable
directions of, the Depositor, subject to the two preceding sentences, the
Trustee shall prepare for filing and file an amendment to any Form 10-D
previously filed with the Commission with respect to the Trust Fund. The
Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D filed on behalf of the Trust Fund.
The Trustee shall prepare each Form 10-D and, no later than five
Business Days prior to the date on which such Form 10-D is required to be
filed, deliver a copy of such Form 10-D to the Depositor for review. No later
than the Business Day following the receipt thereof, the Depositor shall
notify the Trustee of any changes to be made to the Form 10-D. The Trustee
shall make any changes thereto requested by the Depositor and deliver the
final Form 10-D to the Depositor for signature no later than three Business
Days prior to the date on which such Form 10-D must be filed by the Trustee in
accordance with this Section 9.02. The Depositor shall execute the final Form
10-D and deliver the same to the Trustee via electronic mail
(XXXXX.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx) or facsimile no later than the Business Day
following receipt of the same (which, unless not received within such time
frame from the Trustee, shall be no later than two Business Days prior to the
date on which the Form 10-D is required to be filed), with an original
executed hard copy to follow by overnight courier.
(b) No later than each Distribution Date, any party responsible for
providing Additional Designated Information shall notify the Depositor and the
Trustee of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item, together with a description of any
such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Depositor. In addition to such information as the Trustee is obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the
Depositor, the Trustee shall provide such information which is available to
the Trustee without unreasonable effort or expense regarding the performance
of the Underlying Certificates as is reasonably required to facilitate
preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation
AB. Such information shall be provided concurrently the Monthly Statement,
commencing with the first such report due not less than five Business Days
following such request.
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(c) The Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items
(other than those generated by it) that have not been received in a format
suitable (or readily convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing
via the XXXXX system and shall not have any responsibility to convert any such
items to such format (other than those items generated by it or that are
readily convertible to such format). The Trustee shall have no liability to
the Certificateholders, the Trust Fund or the Depositor with respect to any
failure to properly prepare or file any of Form 10-D to the extent that such
failure is not the result of any negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
on its part. The Trustee will not have any duty to verify the accuracy or
sufficiency of any information to be included in any Form 10-D not provided by
it. The Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any failure to
properly prepare and file such periodic reports resulting from or relating to
the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain any information not resulting
from its own negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 9.03 Form 8-K Filings.
The Depositor shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust Fund any
Form 8-K required by the Exchange Act (other any Form 8-K required to be filed
in connection with any Monthly Statement). Each such Form 8-K must be signed
by the Depositor. Any reporting party identified on Exhibit J shall promptly
notify the Depositor, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after
its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which it has actual knowledge. Each
Person shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the
extent that it relates to such Person or any action or failure to act by such
Person.
Section 9.04 Form 10-K Filings.
Prior to March 30th of each year, commencing in 2007 (or such earlier
date as may be required by the Exchange Act), the Depositor shall prepare and
file on behalf of the Trust Fund a Form 10-K, in form and substance as
required by the Exchange Act. The Depositor shall sign each Form 10-K filed on
behalf of the Trust Fund. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits each (i)
annual compliance statement described under Section 3.11, (ii) annual report
on assessments of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section
9.07 and (iii) accountant's report described under Section 9.07. Each Form
10-K shall also include any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification required to be
included therewith, as described in Section 9.05.
If the Item 1119 Parties listed on Exhibit J have changed since the
Closing Date, no later than March 1 of each year, the Depositor shall provide
the Trustee via electronic mail (XXXXX.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx) with an updated
Exhibit J setting forth the Item 1119 Parties. No later than March 15 of each
year, commencing in 2007, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of any Form
10-K Disclosure Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-K
Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor.
Additionally, the Trustee shall provide, and shall cause each Reporting
Subcontractor retained by the Trustee the following information no later than
March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed on behalf
of the Trust Fund: (i) if such Person's report on assessment of compliance
with servicing criteria described under Section 9.07 or related registered
public accounting
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firm attestation report described under Section 9.07 identifies any material
instance of noncompliance, notification of such instance of noncompliance and
(ii) if any such Person's report on assessment of compliance with servicing
criteria or related registered public accounting firm attestation report is
not provided to be filed as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, information
detailing the explanation why such report is not included.
Section 9.05 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the "Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification") required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange
Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any
interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff)). The Depositor shall sign
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification as serve as the Certifying Person on behalf
of the Trust Fund. The Depositor will not request delivery of a certification
under this clause unless the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to
file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust Fund. The
respective parties hereto agree to cooperate with all reasonable requests made
by any Certifying Person in connection with such Person's attempt to conduct
any due diligence that such Person reasonably believes to be appropriate in
order to allow it to deliver any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification or portion
thereof with respect to the Trust Fund.
Section 9.06 Form 15 Filing.
Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Depositor is able
to do so under applicable law, the Trustee on behalf of the Depositor shall
file a Form 15 relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of
the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act.
Section 9.07 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
(a) On or before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007,
unless no reporting obligation under the Exchange Act exists at such time with
respect to the Trust Fund:
(i) The Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a report (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor)
regarding the Trustee's assessment of compliance with the Servicing
Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required
under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of
Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer
of such Person and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria
applicable to the Trustee specified on a certification substantially
in the form of Exhibit I. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria
are not applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed
securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person and
that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such
report shall include such a statement to that effect. The Depositor
and each of its respective officers and directors shall be entitled
to rely upon each such servicing criteria assessment.
(ii) The Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a report of
a registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the
Depositor that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of
compliance made by the Trustee and delivered pursuant to the
preceding paragraphs. Such attestation shall be in accordance with
Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation that in the
event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered
public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable
to express such an
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opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not
contain restricted use language. To the extent any of the Servicing
Criteria are not applicable to the Trustee, with respect to
asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the
Trustee and that are backed by the same asset type backing the
Certificates, such report shall include such a statement to that
effect.
(iii) The Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor
to deliver to the Depositor an assessment of compliance and
accountant's attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this Section 9.07.
(iv) The Trustee shall execute (and the Trustee shall cause
each Reporting Subcontractor to execute) a reliance certificate to
enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (A) annual
compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 3.11, (B) annual
report on assessments of compliance with servicing criteria provided
pursuant to this Section 9.07 and (C) accountant's report provided
pursuant to this Section 9.07 and shall include a certification that
each such annual compliance statement or report discloses any
deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public
accountants of such Person to enable such accountants to render the
certificates provided for in this Section 9.07.
(b) In the event the Trustee or Reporting Subcontractor is terminated
or resigns during the term of this Agreement, such Person shall provide
documents and information required by this Section 9.07 with respect to the
period of time it was subject to this Agreement or provided services with
respect to the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Deposited Underlying
Certificates.
(c) An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant
to Section 9.07(a)(iii) or (iv) need not address any elements of the Servicing
Criteria other than those specified by the Trustee pursuant to Section
9.07(a)(i).
Section 9.08 Use of Subcontractors.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) It shall not be necessary for the Trustee to seek the consent of
the Depositor or any other party hereto to the utilization of any
Subcontractor. The Trustee shall promptly upon request provide to the
Depositor (or any designee of the Depositor) a written description (in form
and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role and function of each
Subcontractor utilized by such Person, specifying (i) the identity of each
such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are
"participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be
addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor
identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to
be a Reporting Subcontractor, the Trustee shall cause any such Subcontractor
used by the Trustee for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with the
provisions of Sections 9.07 and 9.09 of this Agreement to the same extent as
if such Subcontractor were the Trustee (except with respect to the Trustee's
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duties with respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the
Certifying Person). The Trustee shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subcontractor and delivering to the Depositor, any assessment of compliance
and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section
9.05 and Section 9.07, in each case as and when required to be delivered.
Section 9.09 Amendments.
In the event the parties to this Agreement desire to further clarify
or amend any provision of this Article 9, this Agreement shall be amended to
reflect the new agreement between the parties covering matters in this Article
9 pursuant to Section 8.01, which amendment shall not require any Opinion of
Counsel or Rating Agency confirmations or the consent of any
Certificateholder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller
and the Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year
first above written.
INDYMAC MBS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
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DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Authorized Signer
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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XXXXXXX, SACHS & C0.,
as Underlying Certificate Seller
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
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STATE OF California )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF Los Angeles )
On this 31th day of May, 2006, before me, personally appeared Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, known to me to be a Senior Vice President of IndyMac MBS, Inc., one
of the entities that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to
be the person who executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me
that such entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF California )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF Orange )
On this 31st day of May, 2006, before me, personally appeared Xxx
Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, known to me to be an Authorized Signer and a
Vice President, respectively, of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, one of
the entities that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be
the person who executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me
that such entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF New York )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF New York )
On this 31st day of May, 2006, before me, personally appeared Xxxx
Xxxxx, known to me to be a Managing Director of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., one of
the entities that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be
the person who executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me
that such entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Onyx S. Wellington
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
SCHEDULE I
LIST OF DEPOSITED UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES AND THE UNDERLYING AGREEMENT
DEPOSITED UNDERLYING PRINCIPAL BALANCE AS
CERTIFICATES OF MAY 25, 2006(1) UNDERLYING AGREEMENT
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IndyMac MBS, Inc., Residential Asset $[ ] Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
Securitization Trust 2006-A3CB, Mortgage as of March 1, 2006 among IndyMac MBS,
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C, Inc., as depositor, IndyMac Bank,
Class A-1 Certificates F.S.B., as seller and as Servicer, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as trustee.
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(1) After giving effect to distributions made on such date.
S-I-1
SCHEDULE II
PLANNED BALANCE SCHEDULE (Not applicable)
S-II-1
EXHIBIT A-1
[Reserved]
X-0-0
XXXXXXX X-0
[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT C
Form of Residual Certificate
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN
ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN, OR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH
IS PURCHASING CERTIFICATES WITH FUNDS CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION V(e) OF PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), AND THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING
OF SUCH CERTIFICATES ARE COVERED UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
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Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : [ ], 20[ ]
First Distribution Date : [ ], 20[ ]
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $[ ]
Initial Certificate Balance
of all Certificates
of this Class : $[ ]
CUSIP : [ ]
Interest Rate : [ ]%
Maturity Date : [ ], 20[ ]
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-R1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-R1
Class A-R
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates
IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller or the Trustee referred to below
or any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the
Deposited Underlying Certificates are guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [ ] is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination
of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates deposited by IndyMac MBS, Inc. (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated
as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., as underlying certificate seller (the "Underlying
Certificate Seller") and Deutsche
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Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, securities intermediary and bank (the
"Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office.
No transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of or investing plan
assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense
of the Trustee, (ii) or that such Transferee is an insurance company which is
purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that purchase and
holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60 or (iii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect
that the purchase or holding of such Class A-R Certificate will not result in
a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to
those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein,
any purported transfer of a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of an
employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no
effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not
limited to the restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted
Transferee, (ii) no Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be
transferred without delivery to the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the
proposed transferee and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of
such documents to be in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must
agree to require a transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to
the Trustee as required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or
acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not
to transfer an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has
actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee
and (v) any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this
Class A-R Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be absolutely
null and void and will vest no rights in the purported transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: May 31, 2006
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By
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Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
Form of Reverse of Certificate
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-R1
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as IndyMac MBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
distributions in respect of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, all as more
specifically set forth in the Agreement. The Certificateholder, by its
acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the funds
on deposit in the Distribution Account for payment hereunder and that the
Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under
this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations
of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made
on the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in
whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the
applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be
distributed to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date
applicable to each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month
next preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any
time by the Depositor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in
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exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof,
in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of
the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates
are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor
any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will
terminate upon the later of the maturity or other liquidation of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates or the disposition of all property in respect thereof
and the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
distributed pursuant to the Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust
created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants living at the date of the
Agreement of a certain person named in the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
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ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto ________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a
like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
_____________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to, _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
for the account of ___________________________________________________________,
account number ________________________, or, if mailed by check, to ___________
Applicable statements should be mailed to ____________________________________,
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
the assignee named above, or _________________________________________________,
as its agent.
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the _____day of ___________________, 20__ before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared _____________________________________,
known to me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he executed
the foregoing instrument.
_____________________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
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Date
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Deutsche Bank National trust Company
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-[ ]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the Class A-R Certificate issued
pursuant to the Trust Agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] among IndyMac MBS,
Inc., as depositor, Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., as underlying certificate seller,
and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, securities intermediary
and bank, we certify that to the extent we are disposing of a Class A-R
Certificate, we have no knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted
Transferee.
Very truly yours,
____________________________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:_________________________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT FOR THE
CLASS A-R CERTIFICATE]
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of __________________, the proposed
Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (the "Agreement"),
relating to the above-referenced Series, by and among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., as underlying certificate
seller and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, securities
intermediary and bank. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein or in
Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make this affidavit
on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account or as the nominee,
trustee or agent of another Person, in which case the Transferee has attached
hereto an affidavit from such Person in substantially the same form as this
affidavit. The Transferee has no knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax
will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability
for the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit
that such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax
will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any
time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the
pass-through entity does not have actual
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knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this purpose, a "pass-through
entity" includes a regulated investment company, a real estate investment
trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain
cooperatives and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations, persons
holding interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 4.02(d) of
the Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by
reference) and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by
and to abide by the provisions of Section 4.02(d) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in
the Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit J to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to
the effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to
which the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect
to the Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is _________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a
"noneconomic residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a
noneconomic residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with
respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose
of the transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee anticipates that it will, so long as it holders
the Class A-R Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by
the holder of such Class A-R Certificates, and hereby represents to and for
the benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class A-R Certificates
that the Transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class
A-R Certificates as they become due, fully understanding that it may incur tax
liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the Class A-R
Certificates. The Transferee has provided financial statements or other
financial information requested by the Transferor in connection with the
transfer of the Class A-R Certificates to permit the Transferor to assess the
financial capability of the Transferee to pay such taxes.
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12. Either (i) the Transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject
to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or using the assets of such plan to effect such
acquisition, or (ii) the source of funds for the purchase of such Class A-R
Certificate is an "insurance company general account" within the meaning of
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), 60 Fed. Reg.
35925 (July 12, 1995), and the terms and conditions of Sections I and III of
PTCE 95-60 are applicable to the acquisition and holding of such Class A-R
Certificate.
13. The Transferee will not cause income from the Class A-R
Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed
base of the Transferee or another U.S. taxpayer.
* * *
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed,
duly attested, this ___ day of _______________, 20__.
__________________________________________________
PRINT NAME OF TRANSFEREE
By:_______________________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
____________________________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
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 Transferee, and acknowledged that he
executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of _________, 20__.
__________________________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the
___ day of_________________, 20__
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EXHIBIT 1
to EXHIBIT F
Certain Definitions
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership interest
in such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization
or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Code Section
521) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the
tax imposed by Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Code Section 860E(c)(1)) with respect to any
Class A-R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Code Section 1381(a)(2)(c), (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof, an estate whose income from sources without the
United States is includible in gross income for United States federal income
tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, (v) an "electing large partnership" within
the meaning of Section 775 of the Code, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to such Person may cause
the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that certain
Certificates are Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and
"International Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section
7701 or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision
thereof if all of its activities are subject to tax, and, with the exception
of the FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such
governmental unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
bank, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
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EXHIBIT 2
to EXHIBIT F
Section 4.02(d) of the Agreement
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(a) (d) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of
such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following
provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its
status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to
the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts
to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if
it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted
Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 4.02(d) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 4.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by Section 4.02(c) and this Section 4.02(d) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
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Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on
such Residual Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a
Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this
Section 4.02(d) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the
Underlying Certificate Seller or the Depositor, to the effect that the
elimination of such restrictions will not cause each REMIC hereunder to fail
to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or
result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or
another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which,
based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably
necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial
interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly or
indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide
for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by
a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted
Transferee.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Trustee)
Re: The Trust Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006 (the
"Trust Agreement") among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as
Depositor, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. as Underlying
Certificate Seller, and the undersigned, as Trustee
(the "Trustee")
I, ________________________________, the _______________________ of
the Trustee, certify to the Depositor, and its officers, with the knowledge
and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
I have reviewed the report on assessment of the Trustee's
compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB (the "Servicing Criteria"), provided in accordance with
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the
"Servicing Assessment"), the registered public accounting firm's
attestation report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and
15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB
(the "Attestation Report"), all reports on Form 10-D containing
statements to certificateholders filed in respect of the period
included in the year covered by the annual report of the Trust Fund
(collectively, the "Distribution Date Statements");
1. To its knowledge the distribution information determined by
the Trustee and set forth in the Distribution Date
Statements contained in all Form 10-D's included in the year
covered by the annual report of such Trust on Form 10-K for
the calendar year 200[ ], is complete and does not contain
any material misstatement of fact as of the last day of the
period covered by such annual report;
2. The distribution information required under the
Trust Agreement to be contained in the Trust Fund's
Distribution Date Statements, is included in such
Distribution Date Statements;
3. I am responsible for reviewing the activities
performed by the Trustee as a person "performing a
servicing function" under the Trust Agreement, and
based on my knowledge and the compliance review
conducted in preparing the Servicing Assessment and
except as disclosed in the Servicing Assessment or
the Attestation Report, the Trustee has fulfilled
its obligations under the Trust Agreement; and
4. The Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report
required to be provided by the Trustee and by
Subcontractor, if any, pursuant to the Trust
Agreement, have been provided to the Depositor. Any
material instances of noncompliance described in
such reports have been disclosed to the Depositor.
Any material instance of noncompliance with the
Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such
reports.
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Date:
_________________________
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT S
FORM OF SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
Where there are multiple checks for criteria the attesting party will identify
in their management assertion that they are attesting only to the portion of
the distribution chain they are responsible for in the related transaction
agreements.
[To be reviewed with Trustee]
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Trustee Notes
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1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted X
to monitor any performance or other
triggers and events of default in
accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(1)(ii) If any material servicing activities X
are outsourced to third parties, policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor
the third party's performance and
compliance with such servicing activities.
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1122(d)(1)(iii) Any requirements in the transaction NA
agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer for the Pool Assets are
maintained.
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1122(d)(1)(iv) A fidelity bond and errors and
omissions policy is in effect on the
party participating in the servicing
function throughout the reporting
period in the amount of coverage
required by and otherwise in accordance
with the terms of the transaction
agreements.
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Trustee Notes
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1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on pool assets are deposited X
into the appropriate custodial bank
accounts and related bank clearing
accounts no more than two business
days following receipt, or such other
number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(ii) Disbursements made via wire transfer on X
behalf of an obligor or to an investor
are made only by authorized personnel.
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1122(d)(2)(iii) Advances of funds or guarantees
regarding collections, cash flows or
distributions, and any interest or
other fees charged for such advances,
are made, reviewed and approved as
specified in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(iv) The related accounts for the X
transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or accounts established as a
form of over collateralization, are
separately maintained (e.g., with
respect to commingling of cash) as
set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(v) Each custodial account is maintained X
at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the
transaction agreements. For purposes
of this criterion, "federally insured
depository institution" with respect
to a foreign financial institution
means a foreign financial institution
that meets the requirements of Rule
13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act.
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1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so
as to prevent unauthorized access.
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1122(d)(2)(vii) Reconciliations are prepared on a X
monthly basis for all asset-backed
securities related bank accounts,
including custodial accounts and
related bank clearing accounts. These
reconciliations are (A)
mathematically accurate; (B) prepared
within 30 calendar days after the
bank statement cutoff date, or such
other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements; (C) reviewed
and approved by someone other than
the person who prepared the
reconciliation; and (D) contain
explanations for reconciling items.
These reconciling items are resolved
within 90 calendar days of their
original identification, or such
other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Trustee Notes
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1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those X
to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the
transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically,
such reports (A) are prepared in
accordance with timeframes and other
terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information
calculated in accordance with the
terms specified in the transaction
agreements; (C) are filed with the
Commission as required by its rules
and regulations; and (D) agree with
investors' or the trustee's records as
to the total unpaid principal balance
and number of Pool Assets serviced by
the Servicer.
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1122(d)(3)(ii) Amounts due to investors are allocated X
and remitted in accordance with
timeframes, distribution priority and
other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(3)(iii) Disbursements made to an investor are X
posted within two business days to the
Servicer's investor records, or such
other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(3)(iv) Amounts remitted to investors per the X
investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or
custodial bank statements.
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EXHIBIT T
[FORM OF] LIST OF ITEM 1119 PARTIES
ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES
Series 200_-__
[Date]
Party Contact Information
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EXHIBIT U
[FORM OF] XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATION
(Replacement of Servicer)
I, [ ], certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all
reports on Form 8-K containing distribution and servicing reports
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by this
annual report, of IndyMac MBS, Inc., Residential Asset
Securitization Trust 2006-R1;
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken
as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading as of the last day of the
period covered by this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing
information required to be provided to the depositor by the
trustee under the trust, or similar, agreement, for inclusion in
these reports is included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
depositor and the trustee under the trust, or similar, agreement
and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance review
required under that agreement, and except as disclosed in the
reports, the depositor and trustee have each fulfilled its
obligations under that agreement; and
5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to
the compliance by the trustee and the depositor with the minimum
servicing or similar standards based upon the report provided by
an independent public accountant, after conducting a review in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the
pooling and servicing, or similar, agreement, that is included in
these reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee.
[INDYMAC MBS, INC.]
Date:
By:_____________________
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Name:
Title:
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