FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES (Issuable in Series) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
(Issuable
in Series)
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Co.
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Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
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March
27, 2007
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Incorporated
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World Financial Center, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”),
may
offer for sale to you and to each of the other several underwriters, if any,
participating in an underwriting syndicate managed by you, from time to time
its
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates evidencing interests in pools of mortgage
loans (the “Certificates”).
The
Certificates may be issued in various series, and within each series, in one
or
more classes, in one or more offerings on terms determined at the time of sale
(each such series, a “Series”
and each
such class, a “Class”).
Each
Series of the Certificates will be issued under a separate Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (each, a “Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”)
to be
dated as of the respective cut-off date (each, a “Cut-off
Date”)
among
the
Company, as depositor, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as seller and master
servicer, and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given
to
them in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The
Certificates issued under each Pooling and Servicing Agreement will represent
the entire beneficial ownership interest in a trust fund (the “Trust
Fund”)
established by such Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The assets of each Trust
Fund will consist primarily of (i) one or more pools of conventional, fixed
and
adjustable rate,
first lien, fully amortizing, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans
(the “Mortgage
Loans”)
having
the original terms to maturity specified in the related Terms Agreement referred
to hereinbelow, (ii) mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed
by Xxxxxx Mae, Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, or (iii) private mortgage-backed
securities backed by first lien mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family
residential properties or participations therein. If so specified in the related
Terms Agreement, one or more elections may be made to treat the assets of each
Trust Fund as a real estate mortgage investment conduit (each, a “REMIC”)
for
federal income tax purposes.
Whenever
the Company determines to make an offering of Certificates (each, a “Certificate
Offering”)
pursuant to this underwriting
agreement (the “Agreement”)
through
you, it will enter into an agreement (the “Terms
Agreement”)
providing for the sale of specified Classes of Offered Certificates (as defined
below) to, and the purchase and public offering thereof by, you and such other
underwriters, if any, selected by you as have authorized you to enter into
such
Terms Agreement on their behalf (the underwriters in any such Terms Agreement
being referred to herein as “Underwriters,” which term shall include you whether
acting alone in
the sale
of any Series of Certificates or as a member of an
underwriting syndicate). Each such Certificate Offering that
the
Company elects to make pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by this
Agreement, as supplemented by the related Terms Agreement. Each Terms Agreement,
which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, shall specify,
among other things, the Classes of Certificates to be purchased by the
Underwriters (the “Offered
Certificates”),
the
names of the Underwriters participating in such offering (subject to
substitution as provided in Section 15
hereof)
and the principal amount of the Offered Certificates which each severally agrees
to purchase, the names of such other Underwriters, if any, acting as co-managers
with you in connection with each offering, the principal balance or balances
of
the Offered Certificates, each subject to any stated variance, and the price
or
prices at which such Offered Certificates are to be purchased by the
Underwriters from the Company.
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1. Representations
and Warranties.
The
Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Underwriter, as of
the
date of the related Terms Agreement, that:
(a) The
registration statement specified in the related Terms Agreement, on Form S-3,
including a prospectus, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”)
for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
of
mortgage pass-through certificates issuable in series, which registration
statement has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration
statement, as amended to the date of the related Terms Agreement, including
any
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the Act which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange
Act”),
on or
before the effective date of the Registration Statement, is hereinafter called
the “Registration
Statement,”
and such
prospectus
(the
“Base Prospectus”),
as such
Base
Prospectus
is
supplemented by a prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Certificates
of
the related Series, each in the form first filed after the date of the related
Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, including any documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Act
which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the date of such prospectus
supplement (such
prospectus supplement, including such incorporated documents and
any
information that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act,
in the
form first filed after the date of the related Terms Agreement pursuant to
Rule
424(b) and
that
discloses the public offering price and other final terms of the Offered
Certificates, is
hereinafter called the “Prospectus
Supplement”),
is
hereinafter called the “Prospectus.”
Any
reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment”
or
“supplement”
with
respect to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus
or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing
of any document under the Exchange Act after the effective date of the
Registration Statement or the date
of
the Base
Prospectus
or
the
Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein
by
reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act.
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(b) The
related Registration Statement, at the time it became effective
and at
each Time of Sale,
and the
Prospectus contained therein, and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto
filed prior to the date of the related Terms Agreement, conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder; on the date of the related Terms Agreement and
on
each Closing Date (as defined in Section 3 below), the related Registration
Statement and the related Prospectus, and any amendments thereof and supplements
thereto, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; such Registration
Statement
(including for these purposes any portion of the Applicable Static Pool
Information (as defined in Section 8(b)(i) ) deemed not part of the
Registration Statement on account of Item 1105(d) of Regulation AB under the
Act),
at the
time it became effective
and at
each Time of Sale,
did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein,
in
light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not
misleading;
such
Prospectus (including for these purposes any portion of the Applicable Static
Pool Information (as defined in Section 8(b)(i) ) deemed not part of
such Prospectus on account of Item 1105(d) of Regulation AB under the
Act),
on the
date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the
related
Closing
Date, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and the detailed
description (each, a “Detailed
Description”)
filed
in connection with any Pre-Funding Arrangement referred to in any
such
Prospectus, on each closing date relating to the purchase of the related
subsequent
Mortgage Loans
and the
date of any filing thereof under cover of Form 8-K, will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any information which such
Prospectus states will be included in such Detailed Description; provided,
however,
that
the Company makes no representations or warranties as to any
Underwriter Information. Unless otherwise specified in the related Terms
Agreement, “Underwriter Information” shall mean any
information contained in or omitted from the
portions of such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
set
forth in the first sentence of the last paragraph of
the
cover page thereof and the second sentence of the first paragraph and the first
sentence of the second paragraph, in each case, under the caption “Underwriting”
therein. In addition, the related Initial Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as
defined in Section 8(b)(i) , as amended or supplemented by any
Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in
Section 8(l)(i) ), will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in either case at the Time of Sale (as defined in Section 8(f))
to the applicable investor; provided however,
that no
representation is made as to the effect of the omission from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus of any information of the type specified in Exhibit B hereto
as “Supplemental Information”.
(c) (i)
At the time of the filing of the Registration Statement and (ii) at the
date of the Terms Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible
issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, including (x) the Company or any
other subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of
a
felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or
administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company
in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy
petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration
statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not
being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act, all as
described in Rule 405.
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(d) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times
through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Certificates
or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriter
as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any
information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information
then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance
of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or
development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted
or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration
Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or
omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that
subsequent time, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or
will promptly notify the Underwriter and (ii) the Company has promptly
amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The
foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any
Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(e) The
Offered
Certificates of the related Series will conform to the description thereof
contained in the related Prospectus; will each, if rated at the time of issuance
in one of the two highest rating categories by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, be when issued a “mortgage
related security”
as such
term is defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act, and will each on
the related Closing Date be duly and validly authorized, and, when validly
executed, countersigned, issued and delivered in accordance with the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and sold to the Underwriters as provided herein
and in the related Terms Agreement, will each be validly issued and outstanding
and entitled to the benefits of the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(f) Neither
the issuance nor sale of the
Offered
Certificates of the related Series nor the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or
of
the related Terms Agreement, will conflict with any statute, order or regulation
applicable to the Company of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or with any
organizational document of the Company or any instrument or any agreement under
which the Company is bound or to which it is a party.
(g) This
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
(h) At
or
prior to the related Closing Date, the Company will have entered into the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, such Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (on such Closing Date) will constitute the valid and binding
agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
as to
enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws
affecting creditors’
rights
and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether the enforceability
of
such Pooling and Servicing Agreement is considered in a proceeding in equity
or
at law).
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2. Purchase
and Sale.
Subject
to the execution of the Terms Agreement for a particular Certificate Offering
and subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations
and warranties set forth in this Agreement and such Terms Agreement, the Company
agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company,
the
respective original principal amounts of the Offered Certificates set forth
in
the applicable Terms Agreement opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus
any
additional original principal amount of Offered Certificates which such
Underwriter may be obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 15
hereof
at the purchase price therefor set forth in such Terms Agreement (the
“Purchase
Price”).
The
parties hereto agree that settlement for all securities sold pursuant to this
Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement shall take place on the settlement
date agreed upon at the time of the related transaction and set forth as the
“Closing
Date”
in such
Terms Agreement and not as set forth in Rule 15c6-1(a) of the Exchange
Act.
3. Delivery
and Payment.
Delivery of and payment for the Offered Certificates of a Series shall be made
at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
LLP,
Dallas,
Texas, at 10:00 A.M., Dallas time, on the Closing Date specified in the related
Terms Agreement, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between
you
and the Company (such date and time being herein called the “Closing
Date”).
Delivery of such Offered Certificates shall be made to you for the respective
accounts of the Underwriters against payment of the Purchase Price thereof
to or
upon the order of the Company by wire transfer in federal or other immediately
available funds or by check payable in federal funds, as the Company shall
specify no later than five full business days prior to such Closing Date. Unless
delivery is made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, the
Offered Certificates shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as you may request not less than two full business days in advance
of each Closing Date.
The
Company agrees to notify you at least two business days before each Closing
Date
of the exact principal balance evidenced by the Offered Certificates and to
have
such Offered Certificates available for inspection, checking and packaging
in
Dallas, Texas, no later than 12:00 noon on the business day prior to such
Closing Date.
4. Offerings
by the Underwriters.
It is
understood that each Underwriter proposes to offer and/or solicit offers for
the
Certificates to be purchased by it for sale to the public as set forth in the
related Prospectus and each Underwriter agrees that all such offers,
solicitations and sales by it shall be made in compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations. In connection with such offering(s), each Underwriter
agrees to provide the Company with information related to the offer and sale
of
the Certificates that is reasonably requested by the Company, from time to
time
(but not in excess of three years from the applicable closing date), and
necessary for the Company to comply with its tax reporting obligations,
including, without limitation, the issue price of the Certificates.
Each
Underwriter agrees that it will not sell or transfer any Certificate or interest
therein in the initial sale or transfer of such Certificate by such Underwriter
in an amount less than the minimum denomination for such Certificate set forth
in the related Prospectus Supplement.
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Each
Underwriter further agrees that (i) if the Prospectus is not delivered to
an investor with the confirmation in reliance on Rule 172, it will include
in
every confirmation sent out the notice required by Rule 173 informing the
investor that the sale was made pursuant to the Registration Statement and
that
the investor may request a copy of the Prospectus from such Underwriter;
(ii) if a paper copy of the Prospectus is requested by an investor who
receives a confirmation, such Underwriter shall deliver a paper copy of such
Prospectus to such investor without charge; (iii) if an electronic copy of
the Prospectus is delivered by an Underwriter for any purpose, such copy shall
be the same electronic file containing the Prospectus in the identical form
transmitted electronically to such Underwriter by or on behalf of the Company
specifically for use by such Underwriter pursuant to this Section 4; for
example, if the Prospectus is delivered to an Underwriter by or on behalf of
the
Company in a single electronic file in portable document format (pdf), then
such
Underwriter will deliver the electronic copy of the Prospectus in the same
single electronic file in pdf. Each Underwriter further agrees that (i) if
it delivers to an investor a pdf version of the Prospectus, upon such
Underwriter’s receipt of a request from the investor within the period for which
delivery of the Prospectus is required, such Underwriter will promptly deliver
or cause to be delivered to the investor, without charge, a paper copy of the
Prospectus and (ii) it will provide to the Company any Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectuses, or portions thereof, which the Company is required to
file
with the Commission in electronic format and will use reasonable efforts to
provide to the Company such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectuses, or portions
thereof, in either Microsoft Word® or Microsoft Excel® format and not in a pdf,
except to the extent that the Company, in its sole discretion, waives such
requirement.
5. Agreements.
The
Company agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) The
Company has
caused or will
cause the Prospectus relating
to the Offered Certificates to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act
and
will promptly advise you when such Prospectus has
been
so filed, and prior to the termination of the Certificate Offering to which
such
Prospectus relates also will promptly advise you (i) when any amendment to
the related Registration Statement specifically relating to such Offered
Certificates shall have become effective or the
Prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any request by the Commission for any
amendment of such Registration Statement or the
Prospectus
or for any additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement
or
the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any written notification with respect
to the suspension of the qualification of such Offered Certificates for sale
in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose. The Company will not file any amendment of the related Registration
Statement or supplement to the related Prospectus (other than any amendment
or
supplement specifically relating to one or more Series of mortgage pass-through
certificates other than the Series that includes the related Offered
Certificates)
unless
the Company has furnished you and your counsel with a copy for your respective
review prior to filing and you have consented to such filing. The Company will
use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if
issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If,
at
any time when a Prospectus
relating
to the Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be delivered under the
Act, any event occurs as a result of which the related Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in
light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if
it
shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement the related Prospectus
to
comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly
shall
notify
the Underwriters of such event and
prepare
and file with the Commission, subject to the penultimate sentence of paragraph
(a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such
statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such
compliance.
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(c) The
Company will furnish to each Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriters,
without charge, as many signed copies of the related Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by such
Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of the related
Prospectus and any supplements thereto as such Underwriter may reasonably
request.
(d) The
Company will furnish such information, execute such instruments and take such
actions as may be reasonably requested by you to qualify the Offered
Certificates of a Series for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Underwriter may designate, to maintain such qualifications in effect so long
as
required for the distribution of such Offered Certificates and to determine
the
legality of such Offered Certificates for purchase by institutional investors;
provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not qualified on the date of the related Terms Agreement or to
take
any action which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process
in
any jurisdiction in which it is not, on the date of the related Terms Agreement,
subject to such service of process.
(e) So
long
as the Offered Certificates of a Series are outstanding, the Company will
furnish to each Underwriter, upon request, copies of the annual independent
public accountants’
servicing report furnished to the Trustee pursuant to the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(f) Unless
otherwise specified in the related Terms Agreement, the Company will pay, and
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation will cause the Company to pay, all expenses
incident to the performance of the Company's obligations under this Agreement
and the applicable Terms Agreement,
including and without limitation those related to: (i) the filing of the
Registration Statement with respect to the Certificates and all amendments
thereto, (ii) the printing or photocopying and delivery to the
Underwriters, in such quantities as you may reasonably request, of copies of
this Agreement and the Terms Agreement, (iii) the preparation,
registration, issuance and delivery to the Underwriters of the Certificates
underwritten pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) the fees and disbursements of
the Company’s
counsel
and accountants, and of any counsel rendering a closing opinion with respect
to
matters of local law, (v) the qualification of the Certificates
underwritten pursuant to this Agreement under securities and Blue Sky laws
and
the determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment,
including filing fees in connection therewith, and
any Blue
Sky Survey and Legal Investment Survey,
(vi)
the
printing and delivery to the Underwriters, in such quantities as they may
reasonably request, of copies of the Registration Statement with respect to
the
Certificates underwritten pursuant to this Agreement and all amendments thereto,
of the
final
Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto and all documents
incorporated therein and
for
expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus to investors or prospective investors,
(vii)
the printing or photocopying and delivery to the Underwriters, in such
quantities as you may reasonably request, of copies of the applicable Pooling
Agreement, (viii) the fees charged by investment rating agencies requested
by
the Company to rate the Certificates underwritten pursuant to this Agreement,
(ix) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the listing
of the Certificates underwritten pursuant to this Agreement on any national
securities exchange; and (x) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its
counsel. It
is
understood that, except as provided in Section 7 or Section 8(t)
hereof or in the applicable Terms Agreement, each Underwriter will pay all
of
its own expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including (i) the fees of any counsel to such Underwriter,
(ii) any due diligence expenses incurred by such Underwriter,
(iii) any transfer taxes on resale of any of the Certificates by it,
(iv) any advertising expenses connected with any offers that it may make,
(v) any expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and delivery
of any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus and the filing of any such
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, if required to be filed by the Underwriter
with the Commission, and (vi)
the
expenses of Deloitte & Touche LLP
under
Section 8(r) hereof.
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(g) The
Company will (i) prepare and file all operative documents with respect to
the Offered Certificates that are required to be filed under Regulation AB,
including those relating to any credit enhancement and derivatives, on a Form
8-K no later than 15 days after the related Closing Date, (ii) prepare and
file the report required by Item 6.05 of Form 8-K within four business dates
after the Closing Date if any material pool characteristic in the final pool
at
the Closing Date varies by more than 5% from the description in the Prospectus,
(iii) comply with required Form 8-K reporting requirements with respect to
any prefunding account and (iv) if static pool information required with
respect to the Offered Certificates is delivered via website, comply with
Regulation AB in all respects, including the requirement to maintain the
information and keep records for five years. The Underwriter will provide
commercially reasonable assistance to the Company in connection with the
calculation of the significance percentage of any credit enhancement, derivative
instrument or other support mechanism (to be calculated over the expected life
of such credit enhancement, derivative instrument or other support mechanism)
with respect to the Offered Certificates for purposes of Items 1114 and 1115
of
Regulation AB under the Act.
6. Conditions
to the Obligations of the Underwriters.
The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Certificates of any
Series shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained in this
Agreement, as supplemented by the related Terms Agreement, as of the respective
dates thereof and the related Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements
of
the Company made in any applicable officers' certificates pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations under
this Agreement and such Terms Agreement and to the following additional
conditions applicable to the related Certificate Offering:
(a) No
stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the related Registration Statement shall
have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted
or threatened
by the
Commission.
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(b) Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
LLP,
counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to you an opinion addressed to the
Underwriters, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) this
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement have been duly executed and delivered
by the Company under the laws of the State of New York;
(ii) the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by
the Company under the laws of the State of New York and is a legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms;
(iii) the
Offered Certificates, when duly executed and countersigned by the Trustee in
accordance with the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, will be validly
issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of such Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
(iv) the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement is not required to be qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the trust created thereunder
is
not required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended;
(v) such
counsel confirms that the related Registration Statement is effective under
the
Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order with respect
thereto has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted
or threatened by the Commission; such Registration Statement (except the
financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data
included therein and the documents incorporated by reference therein, as to
which such counsel need express no view), at the time it became
effective,
and the
related Prospectus (except the financial statements and schedules, the other
financial and statistical data included therein and the documents incorporated
by reference therein), as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder; and no information has come to the attention of
such
counsel that causes it to believe that (A) such Registration Statement (except
the financial statements and schedules and the other financial and statistical
data included or
incorporated by reference therein
and the documents incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel
need express no view) at the time it became effective, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to
be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
(B)
such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except the financial
statements and schedules and the other financial and statistical data included
or
incorporated by reference therein),
as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, or at the related Closing Date,
contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
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(vi) each
Prospectus, as of the date thereof (with the exception of any information
incorporated by reference therein and any numerical, financial, statistical
and
quantitative data included therein, as to which such counsel need express no
view), appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act, and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable thereto as of the relevant date;
(vii) the
statements set forth under the heading “Description
of the Certificates”
in the
related Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain
provisions of the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related
Offered Certificates, provide a fair summary of such provisions;
(viii) the
statements set forth in the related Prospectus under the headings “Certain
Legal Aspects of the Mortgage Loans,”
“Material
Federal Income Tax Consequences”
(insofar
as they relate specifically to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the
related Offered Certificates) and “ERISA
Considerations”
(insofar
as they relate specifically to the purchase, ownership and disposition of such
Offered Certificates), to the extent that they constitute matters of law or
legal conclusions, provide a fair summary of such law or
conclusions;
(ix) assuming
compliance with all provisions of the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
for federal income tax purposes, (A) if any election is made to treat the assets
of the Trust Fund as a REMIC: the related Trust Fund (and any specified
subgrouping therein) will qualify as a REMIC pursuant to Section 860D of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
each
Class of Certificates of the related Series, other than the related Residual
Class or Classes, will constitute a class of “regular
interests”
in the
related REMIC within the meaning of the Code, and each Class of such
Certificates specified in the related Prospectus as a Class of Residual
Certificates will constitute the “residual
interest”
in the
related REMIC within the meaning of the Code;
and
(B) if
no such REMIC election is made: the Trust Fund will be treated as a “grantor
trust;”
and
(x) assuming
that some or all of the Offered Certificates of the related Series shall be
rated at the time of issuance in one of the two highest rating categories by
a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, each Offered Certificate
so rated will be at the time of issuance, a “mortgage
related security”
as such
term is defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act.
Such
opinion may express its reliance as to factual matters on the representations
and warranties made by, and on certificates or other documents furnished by,
officers of the parties to this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement or the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such opinion may assume the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the instruments and documents referred
to therein by the parties thereto other than the Company. Such opinion may
be
qualified, insofar as it concerns the enforceability of the documents referred
to therein, to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors' rights in general and by general equity principles (regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Such opinion may be further qualified as expressing no opinion as to (x) the
statements in the related Prospectus under the heading “Certain
Legal Aspects of the Mortgage Loans”
except
insofar as such statements relate to the laws of the State of New York and
the
laws of the United States, and (y) the statements in such Prospectus under
the
headings “ERISA
Considerations”
and
“Material
Federal Income Tax Consequences”
except
insofar as such statements relate to the laws of the United States. In addition,
such opinion may be qualified as an opinion only on the laws of the States
of
New York and Texas and the federal laws of the United States of
America.
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(c) Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
LLP,
counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to you an opinion addressed to the
Underwriters, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the
Company
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power to own
its properties, to conduct its business as described in the related Prospectus
and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the related
Terms Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the
Certificates of the related Series;
(ii) the
Company
has full power and authority to sell the related Mortgage Loans as contemplated
herein and in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement and the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
under
the laws of the State of Delaware; each
of
the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and Pooling and Servicing Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, enforceable against each of the Company
and
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation in accordance with its terms;
(iv) the
issuance
and sale of the Offered Certificates have been duly authorized by the
Company;
(v) no
consent,
approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body
is
required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
herein or in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except such as may
be
required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction and such other approvals
as
have been obtained;
(vi) neither
the
issuance of the Certificates of the related Series nor delivery of the related
Offered Certificates, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement or the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the related
Certificates, the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or
the
related Terms Agreement will conflict with or violate any term or provision
of
the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any statute, order
or
regulation applicable to the Company of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company
and will not conflict with, result in a breach or violation or the acceleration
of or constitute a default under the terms of any indenture or other agreement
or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound; and
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(vii) there
are no
actions, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best knowledge of
such
counsel, threatened before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal
(A)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Certificates,
(B)
seeking
to prevent the issuance of the Certificates of the related Series or the
consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, such Terms Agreement or such Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or
(C)
which
might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, such
Terms Agreement, such Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related
Certificates.
In
rendering his or her opinion such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to
the
extent deemed proper and as stated therein, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company or public officials. In addition, such opinion may
be
qualified as an opinion only on the general corporation laws of the State of
Delaware.
(d) Special
or in-house
counsel for First Horizon Home Loan Corporation (or its ultimate parent) shall
have furnished to you an opinion addressed to the Underwriters, dated the
related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Kansas, with
corporate power to own its properties, to conduct its business as described
in
the related Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under
this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Certificates of the related Series;
(ii) First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation has full power and authority to sell and master
service the related Mortgage Loans as contemplated herein and in the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement and the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation under the law of the State of Kansas;
(iv) the
issuance
and sale of the Offered Certificates have been duly authorized by First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation;
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(v) no
consent,
approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body
is
required for the consummation by First Horizon Home Loan Corporation of the
transactions contemplated herein or in the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, except such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction and such other approvals as have been obtained;
(vi) neither
the
issuance of the Certificates of the related Series nor delivery of the related
Offered Certificates, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement or the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the related
Certificates, the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or
the
related Terms Agreement will conflict with or violate any term or provision
of
the articles of incorporation or by-laws of First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
or any statute, order or regulation applicable to First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and will
not
conflict with, result in a breach or violation or the acceleration of or
constitute a default under the terms of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument known to such counsel to which First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
is
a party or by which it is bound, other than such conflicts, breaches and
violations or defaults which, individually or on a cumulative basis, would
not
have a material adverse effect on First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the issuance and sale of the Certificates
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(vii) there
are no
actions, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best knowledge of
such
counsel, threatened before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal
(A)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Certificates,
(B)
seeking
to prevent the issuance of the Certificates of the related Series or the
consummation by First Horizon Home Loan Corporation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, such Terms Agreement or such Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, or (C)
which
might materially and adversely affect the performance by First Horizon Home
Loan
Corporation of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of,
this
Agreement, such Terms Agreement, such Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
related Certificates.
In
rendering his or her opinion such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to
the
extent deemed proper and as stated therein, on certificates of responsible
officers of First Horizon Home Loan Corporation or public officials. In
addition, such opinion may be qualified as an opinion which is based solely
upon
a review of the general corporations law of the State of Kansas without regard
to the interpretational case law thereof.
(e) You
shall
have received from XxXxx Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion
or opinions, dated the related Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and
sale of the Certificates of the related Series, the related Registration
Statement, the related Prospectus and such other related matters as the
Underwriters may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as the Underwriters may reasonably request for
the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
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(f) The
Company shall have furnished to you a certificate of the Company, signed by
the
President or any Vice President or the principal financial or accounting officer
of the Company, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect that the signers
of such certificate have carefully examined the related Registration Statement
(excluding any other
documents incorporated by reference therein), the related Prospectus,
any
Detailed Description,
this
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement and that:
(i) the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the related Closing Date with
the
same effect as if made on such Closing Date, and the Company has complied with
all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date;
(ii) no
stop
order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to their
knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) nothing
has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that such
Registration Statement contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that the related Prospectus
contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
or
that any Detailed Description includes any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state any information which the Prospectus (or the related
Prospectus Supplement) states will be included in such Detailed
Description.
(g) Counsel
for the Trustee shall have furnished to you an opinion addressed to the
Underwriters, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the
Trustee has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a New York banking
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of New York with
corporate power to own its properties and conduct its business as presently
conducted by it, to conduct business as a trustee and to enter into and perform
its obligations under the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and
delivered by the Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement
of the Trustee enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights
generally and to judicial discretion, and general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
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(iii) the
Trustee has duly accepted its appointment as trustee under the related Pooling
and Servicing Agreement;
(iv) no
consent, approval, authorization or order of any New York or federal court
or
government agency or body is required on the part of the Trustee for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, except such as may be required under any federal or state
securities law; and
(v) the
performance on the part of the Trustee of any of the transactions contemplated
in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement does not conflict with or result
in a breach or violation of any term or provision of, or constitute a default
under, the Articles of Organization, as amended, or By-Laws of the Trustee,
or
any New York or federal statute or regulation applicable to the Trustee, or
to
such counsel’s
knowledge, any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Trustee
is a party or by which it is bound, or, to such counsel’s
knowledge, any order of any state or federal court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the
Trustee.
In
addition, such counsel shall furnish to you such opinions as to the treatment
of
the Trust Fund for purposes of New York tax law as are reasonably satisfactory
to the Underwriter.
(h) The
Company shall have delivered to you (i) a letter from Deloitte & Touche
LLP, dated on or before the date on which the Prospectus Supplement is dated
and
printed, in the form and reflecting the performance of the procedures previously
agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters with respect to numerical and
statistical information included in the Prospectus Supplement (other than static
pool information, if any, provided pursuant to Item 1105 of Regulation AB under
the Act), (ii) a copy of a letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, addressed
to the Company, dated as of a date not more than 135 days prior to the date
of
first use of the Prospectus Supplement, reflecting the performance of the
procedures previously
agreed
to by the Company and
Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to any static pool information contained
on the Company’s static pool website for securitized mortgage pools issued on or
after January 1, 2006 and/or vintage origination years commencing on or after
January 1, 2006 which is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus
Supplement and (iii) a bring-down letter, dated the date of the Prospectus
Supplement, from the Independent Accountants with respect to the letter
described in the preceding clause (ii) , which shall be addressed to the
Underwriters provided that the Underwriters shall have complied with the
reasonable requests of Deloitte & Touche LLP as a condition
thereto.
(i) The
Offered Certificates of the related Series shall have received the ratings
specified in the related Terms Agreement (the “Required
Ratings”).
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(j) Prior
to
the related Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters
such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriters may
reasonably request.
(k) If
any
Certificates of the related Series are to be sold to any other underwriter
and/or offered in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements
of the Act, the sale at or prior to the related Closing Date of such
Certificates to the purchaser thereof shall have occurred.
(l) Subsequent
to the date of the related Terms Agreement, there shall not have been any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the
business or properties of the Company which the Underwriters conclude in their
respective reasonable judgment, after consultation with the Company, materially
impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates of the related Series
so as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering
or the delivery of such Offered Certificates as contemplated by the related
Prospectus.
If
any of
the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in
all material respects with respect to the particular Offered Certificates of
a
Series when and as provided in this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement,
or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in
this
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement shall not be in all material respects
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and their
counsel, this Agreement (with respect to the related Offered Certificates)
and
the related Terms Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder
(with respect to the related Offered Certificates) and thereunder may be
canceled at, or at any time prior to, the related Closing Date by the
Underwriters. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing, or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.
7. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) The
Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation will
jointly
and severally
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person,
if
any,
who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange
Act,
against
any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter or such controlling person
may
become subject,
under
the Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal or state statutory law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, and
will
reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter and each such controlling
person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the
Registration Statement,
or in
any revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto (including for these
purposes any portion of the Applicable Static Pool Information (as defined
in
Section 8(b)(i) ) deemed not part of the Registration Statement on
account of Item 1105(d) of Regulation AB under the Act), or
the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a
material fact contained in the
Prospectus, or in any revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto
(including for these purposes any portion of the Applicable Static Pool
Information (as defined in Section 8(b)(i) ) deemed not part of the
Prospectus on account of Item 1105(d) of Regulation AB under the Act), or the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 8(b)(iv)) or in any
preliminary or final quantitative data about the Mortgage Loans (“Mortgage Loan
Data”) supplied by the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation to the
Underwriter, or (iv) in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading,
except
to the extent that such
omissions or alleged omissions are the result of omissions from the Issuer
Free
Writing Prospectus of any information of the type specified in Exhibit B hereto
as Supplemental Information, or (v) in the case of the Mortgage Loan Data
delivered by the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation to the
Underwriter, the omission or alleged omission to include material data therein
necessary to make the data therein not misleading, in the case of (ii) ,
(iii), (iv) or (v) , at the Time of Sale to the applicable investor,
when considered in conjunction with the Time of Sale Information, and provided
that such misstatement or omission was not corrected by information subsequently
supplied by the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation to the
Underwriter sufficiently prior to the Time of Sale to such investor to
reasonably permit the delivery thereof by the Underwriter to such investor,
and
each of the Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation jointly and
severally agrees
to
reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by it
or
him
in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided,
however,
that
neither
the Company nor First Horizon Home Loan Corporation will be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out
of
or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
in
or
omission or alleged omission made in any such documents based upon any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made therein
in
reliance upon and inconformity
with
written information furnished to the Company or First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation
by or on
behalf of the
Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation
thereof.
This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company
and
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation may otherwise have.
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(b) Each
Underwriter
will,
severally and
not
jointly,
indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and
each of
their
respective
directors, each officer
of the Company who has signed the Registration Statement,
and
each person,
if
any,
who
controls the Company or
First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation within
the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act
against
any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities
to which
the Company, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation or any such director, officer
or controlling person may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act,
or
other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation or any such director, officer
or
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or
liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof)
arise
out of or are based upon (i) the Underwriter Information; (ii) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, or any omission or alleged omission to
state in such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus a material fact necessary
to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they
were made, not misleading at the Time of Sale to the applicable investor, when
considered in conjunction with the Time of Sale Information; except to the
extent that such misstatements or omissions are the result of misstatements
in
or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Mortgage Loan Data
supplied by the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation to such
Underwriter which, in any case, were not corrected by information subsequently
supplied by the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation to such
Underwriter sufficiently prior to the Time of Sale to the applicable investor
to
reasonably permit the delivery thereof by such Underwriter to such investor;
or
(iii) any failure by the Underwriter to deliver the Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus and the Supplemental Information to the applicable investor prior
to
the Time of Sale.
This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriter
may
otherwise have. Each
of
the
Company
and
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
acknowledges
and
agrees that, unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Terms Agreement,
the
Underwriters’ Information constitutes
the only
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any
Underwriter expressly for use in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the case may
be
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter), and each
Underwriter confirms,
on its
behalf,
that
such statements are correct.
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(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 7 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7,
notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the
omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this
Section 7, except to the extent that the omission to so notify the
indemnifying party causes or exacerbates a loss. In case any such action is
brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party
of
the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to
the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory
to
such indemnified party; provided,
however,
that if
the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party
or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval
by
the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable
to
such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate
counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with
the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that
the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel approved by the indemnified party in the case of subparagraph
(a) or (b), representing the indemnified parties under subparagraph (a) or
(b), who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not
have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the
action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of
counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party;
and
except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability
shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or
(iii).
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(d) If
the
indemnification provided for in this
Section 7 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying
party
shall
contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
losses,
claims, damages or
liabilities referred to (A) in subsection (a)(i) or
(b)(i) above
in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect both
(i) the relative benefits received by the Company and First Horizon Home
Loan Corporation on the one hand and the related Underwriter on the other from
the offering of the Certificates and (ii) the
relative fault of the Company and
First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation on the one hand and the related
Underwriter on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations
and
(B) in subsection (a)(ii) , (iii), (iv) and (v) or
(b)(ii) and (iii) above, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the related Underwriter on the one hand and the
Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation on the other in connection
with
the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities. The relative benefits received by the Company and First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation on the one hand and the related Underwriter on
the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from
the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the
difference between (i) the total price at which the Certificates
underwritten by such Underwriter and distributed to the public were offered
to
the public, and (ii) the portion of the total proceeds from the offering
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company attributable to the
Certificates. The relative fault for the purposes of clauses (A) and (B)
above
shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state
a material fact related
to information supplied
by the
Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
on the
one hand or the
related
Underwriter on the other hand
and
the
parties
relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such untrue
statement or omission.
The
Company, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and each Underwriter hereby agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method
of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as
a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first
sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal
or
other
expenses reasonably incurred by
such
indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any
action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding
the
provisions of this subsection (d), and with respect to losses, claims, damages
or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Certificates underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the portion of the total proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company attributable to
the
Certificates (such excess, the “Spread”). An Underwriter shall not be required
to contribute any amount in excess of (x) the applicable Spread over (y) the
amount of any damages which the applicable Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission; provided,
however,
that if
the statements or omissions or alleged statements or alleged omissions which
resulted in contribution were contained in or omitted from any ABS Informational
and Computational Material or any Supplemental Information, and such statements
or omissions or alleged statements or alleged omissions did not constitute
Issuer Information, the preceding limitation on contribution shall be
inapplicable to the Underwriter which furnished such ABS Informational
and
Computational Materials or such
Supplemental Information and the amount of such Underwriter’s contribution shall
be limited to (x) the total price at which the Certificates underwritten by
it
and distributed to the public were offered to the public over (y) the amount
of
any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason
of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No
person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11 (f)
of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of
such fraudulent misrepresentation.
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(e) The
obligations of the Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation under this
Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same
terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within
the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of each Underwriter under this
Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to
(i) the officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement or
any amendment thereof, to its directors, and to each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and
(ii) each person who controls First Horizon Home Loan Corporation within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act.
(f) As
used
in this Agreement, “Time of Sale” means, as to any investor in the Certificates,
the time at which such investor enters into a Contract of Sale (as defined
in
Section 8(b)(ii) ) for the Certificates, or if such Contract of Sale
is subsequently terminated and a new Contract of Sale is entered into by mutual
agreement between such investor and the applicable Underwriter in a manner
sufficient to constitute a reformation of the contract within the contemplation
of Section IV.2.c of Securities Act Release 33-8591, such time at which the
new Contract of Sale is entered into, and “Time of Sale Information” means all
information with respect to the offering of the Certificates which has been
conveyed to an investor at or prior to the Time of Sale to such
investor.
8. Offering
Communications; Free Writing Prospectuses.
(a) Unless
preceded or accompanied by a prospectus satisfying the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Act, no Underwriter shall convey or deliver any
written communication, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (a “Written
Communication”), to any person in connection with the initial offering of the
Certificates, unless such Written Communication (1) is made in reliance on
and
in conformity with Rule 134 under the Act, (ii) constitutes a prospectus
satisfying the requirements of Rule 430B under the Act or (iii) constitutes
a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (a “Free
Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Company, which
may
be withheld in its sole discretion, no Underwriter shall convey or deliver
in
connection with the initial offering of the Certificates, any Free Writing
Prospectus unless such Free Writing Prospectus contains only ABS Informational
and Computational Material, as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under
the Act (“ABS Informational and Computational Material”); provided however, that
any such Free Writing Prospectus may also contain a column showing the status
of
subscriptions for and allotments of the Certificates. No Underwriter shall
convey or deliver any ABS Informational and Computational Material in reliance
on Rules 167 and 426 under the Act. Any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by
or
on behalf of an Underwriter is referred to herein as an “Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus.”
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(b) The
following procedures shall be applicable to Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses:
(i) The
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the related
Underwriter not later than two Business Days following the date on which the
Company notifies such Underwriter that that Company has selected it to
underwrite the offering of the Certificates (the “Bid Date”), a Free Writing
Prospectus which contains general information about the offering, including
the
basic senior/subordinate structure of the Certificates (excluding the
subdivision of the senior classes into tranches), risk factors applicable to
Mortgage Loans of the type included in the Mortgage Pool, the identity of and
material information about transaction parties known to the Company, the
material tax and ERISA. treatment of the Certificates and whether the
Certificates will be “mortgage related securities” as defined in
Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act, and which contains a hyperlink to the
Base Prospectus most recently filed by the Company with the Commission and
a
hyperlink to the portion of the Company’s static pool website containing static
pool information with respect to mortgage loans of the same asset type (as
determined by the Company) (the “Applicable Static Pool Information”) as the
Mortgage Loans (the “Initial Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”).
(ii) the
Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file the Initial Issuer
Free
Writing Prospectus with the Commission not later than two business days
following the related Bid Date, and no Underwriter shall convey or deliver
the
Initial Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to any person or entity until the Company
has notified each Underwriter that it has completed such filing. Thereafter,
the
Initial Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may be used by each Underwriter solely
in
connection with the marketing of the Certificates to institutional investors;
provided however, no Underwriter shall enter into any contract of sale with
any
investor within the meaning of Rule 159 under the Act (a “Contract of Sale”),
with respect to any Certificates, unless prior to the Time of Sale to each
investor in the Certificates, such Underwriter shall have (A) delivered to
such investor the Initial Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or, if applicable,
any
Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), together with
any
amendment or supplement thereto supplied by the Company to such Underwriter
sufficiently prior to the Time of Sale to such investor to reasonably permit
delivery thereof by such Underwriter to such investor and (B) provided to
such investor such of the Supplemental Information described in Exhibit B hereto
that is then known or available to such Underwriter. The Initial Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and any Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is
required to be delivered to an investor pursuant to
Section 8(l)(i) hereof are referred to herein collectively as an
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”.
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(c) The
following procedures shall be applicable to Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectuses:
(i) Each
Underwriter shall deliver to the Company each Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus that contains any “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433(h)
under the Act and footnote 271 of Securities Act Release No. 33-8591 (“Issuer
Information”).
(ii) Any
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be delivered pursuant
to
Section 8(c)(i) shall be delivered by the related Underwriter to the
Company no later than two business days prior to the due date for filing of
the
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act; provided however, that if
such
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus contains any information other than ABS
Informational and Computational Material, it shall instead be delivered by
such
Underwriter to the Company not later than two business days prior to the date
of
first use of such Free Writing Prospectus.
(iii) Not
later
than one business day after the related Underwriter has determined the final
structure of all classes of Certificates, such Underwriter shall prepare and
deliver to the Company an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (which may consist
of one or more term sheets that, in the aggregate, describe the final structure
of the transaction) containing a description of the final structure of the
Certificates, irrespective of whether such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus
has been or will be conveyed or delivered by such Underwriter to any investor
in
the Certificates.
(iv) To
facilitate the filing thereof by the Company,
each
Underwriter shall provide
the Issuer Information contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus
that
is required to be delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section 8(c) in
a separate document from the portion of such Free Writing Prospectus which
contains information other than Issuer Information.
(d) Each
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company that the Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectuses required to be furnished to the Company by such Underwriter
pursuant to Section 8(c) will constitute all Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectuses of the type described therein that were furnished to prospective
investors by such Underwriter in connection with its offer and sale of the
Certificates. If any Underwriter does not provide any Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectuses to the Company pursuant to Section 8(c), that Underwriter
shall be deemed to have represented to the Company, as of the applicable Closing
Date, that it did not provide any prospective investors with any Written
Communication in connection with the offering of the Certificates that are
required to be filed with the Commission by the Company as a Free Writing
Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) pursuant to Rule
433
of the Act (“Rule 433”).
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(e) Each
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company that each Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus provided by it to an investor in the Certificates did not,
as
of the Time of Sale to any prospective investor to which such Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus was conveyed, when considered in conjunction with the Time
of
Sale Information, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any
material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light
of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided however,
that no Underwriter makes any representation to the extent such misstatements
or
omissions were the result of any misstatements in or omissions from the Mortgage
Loan Data supplied by the Company to an Underwriter which misstatements or
omissions were not corrected by information subsequently supplied by the Company
to such Underwriter sufficiently prior to the Time of Sale to the applicable
investor to reasonably permit the delivery thereof by such Underwriter to such
investor or, to the extent that such misstatements or omissions are the result
of a substantial restatement in all material respects of a misstatement in
or
omission from the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus which misstatements or
omissions were not corrected by information subsequently supplied by the Company
sufficiently prior to the Time of Sale to the applicable investor to reasonably
permit delivery thereof by such Underwriter to such investor.
(f) Unless
the Company determines that such filing is not required under Rule 433, the
Company agrees to file with the Commission, within the applicable time periods
specified in Rule 433, the following:
(i) Any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; and
(ii) Any
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus delivered by an Underwriter to the Company
pursuant to Section 8(c) or, at the election of the Company, the portion of
such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus which consists of Issuer
Information.
(g) Each
Underwriter shall file with the Commission, within the applicable time period
specified in Rule 433, any Free Writing Prospectus that is distributed by or
on
behalf of such Underwriter in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad,
unrestricted dissemination.
(h) The
Company and each Underwriter agrees that any Free Writing Prospectuses prepared
by it shall contain substantially the following legend:
The
issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the
SEC
for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you
should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents
the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer
and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on
the
SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or
any
dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus
if
you request it by calling toll-free 1-8[xx-xxx-xxxx].
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(i) Each
Underwriter shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection
with the use of Free Writing Prospectuses, including but not limited to Rules
164 and 433 of the Act and all Commission guidance relating to Free Writing
Prospectuses, including but not limited to Commission Release No. 33-8591.
The
related underwriter agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to effect
the
reformation of each such original Contract of Sale consistent with the
foregoing; however, there can be no assurance that such reformation will be
effected in all cases. Any costs and losses associated with any such reformation
shall be borne by the Company or the Underwriter as provided in subsections
(iv) and (v) of Section 8(l) below.
(j) Each
Underwriter agrees to keep and maintain, for a period of not less than three
years following the date of initial issuance of the Certificates, electronic
or
written records documenting, as to each investor in Certificates, the Time
of
Sale and the date on which each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus was conveyed to such investor. In the event
of any litigation or written notice of potential litigation against the Company
or any of its affiliates with respect to the Certificates, each Underwriter
shall, upon the request of the Company, make available to the Company copies
of
all records required to be maintained by it pursuant to the foregoing sentence
and any Free Writing Prospectus required to be retained by it pursuant to
Section 8(i) .
(k) No
Underwriter will enter into, and each Underwriter will obligate in writing
each
dealer to whom it sells any Certificates (which obligation may be in the form
of
a trade stipulation and which, in any event, shall name the Company as an
intended third party beneficiary) not to enter into, any Contract of Sale with
respect to the Certificates with any investor other than an institutional
investor, unless such Underwriter or such dealer has delivered to such investor
a copy of the final Prospectus.
(l) The
following procedures shall apply to Defective Free Writing Prospectuses (as
defined herein):
(i) In
the
event that the Company becomes aware that any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light
of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than as
the
result of the omission from such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus of information
of the type specified in Exhibit B hereto as Supplemental Information) (such
Free Writing Prospectus, a “Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), the
Company shall notify each Underwriter thereof within one business day after
discovery and the Company shall prepare and deliver to each Underwriter a Free
Writing Prospectus which corrects the material misstatement or omission in
the
Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (such corrected Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, a “Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”).
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(ii) In
the
event that an Underwriter becomes aware that, as of the applicable Time of
Sale
to an investor in the Certificates, any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of an Underwriter and delivered to such investor
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light
of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, when considered
in
conjunction with the Time of Sale Information (such Free Writing Prospectus,
a
“Defective Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus” and, together with a Defective
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a “Defective Free Writing Prospectus”), such
Underwriter shall notify the Company thereof within one business day after
discovery.
(iii) The
related Underwriter shall, if requested by the Company:
(A) prepare
a
Free Writing Prospectus which corrects the material misstatement in or omission
from the Defective Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (such corrected
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, a “Corrected Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus” and, together with a Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a
“Corrected Free Writing Prospectus”);
(B) deliver
the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus to each investor which received the
Defective Free Writing Prospectus prior to entering into a Contract of Sale;
and
(C) comply
with the requirements for reformation of the original Contract of Sale described
in Section IV.2.c of Securities Act Release Act 33-8591.
(iv) In
the
event that the Defective Free Writing Prospectus was an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus that became a Defective
Free Writing Prospectus due to a material misstatement in or omission from
the
Mortgage Loan Data or any other information (including an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus) furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Underwriter for
use
in connection with the Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, and an Underwriter
shall in good faith incur any reasonable costs or losses in connection with
the
reformation or termination of the Contract of Sale, the Company agrees to
reimburse such Underwriter for such costs and losses promptly following
presentation of reasonably detailed documentation of such costs and losses
to
the Company; provided however, that the Company shall have no obligation to
reimburse the Underwriter under this subsection (iv) if the material
misstatement or omission that caused an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to become
a Defective Free Writing Prospectus resulted from Underwriter Information or
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter
specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, including without limitation any Supplemental Information
of
the type described on Exhibit B hereto. Each Underwriter agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any such costs and
losses.
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(v) In
the
event that the Defective Free Writing Prospectus was an Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus or an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that became a Defective Free
Writing Prospectus due to a material misstatement in or omission from
Underwriter Information or written information furnished by or on behalf of
the
Underwriter to the Company specifically for use in the preparation of the Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, including without limitation any Supplemental
Information of the type specified in Exhibit B hereto, and the Company shall
in
good faith incur any reasonable costs or losses in connection with the
reformation or termination of the Contract of Sale, the related Underwriter
agrees to reimburse the Company for such costs and losses promptly following
presentation of reasonably detailed documentation of such costs and losses
to
such Underwriter; provided however, that the Underwriter shall have no
obligation to reimburse the Company under this subsection (v) if the
material misstatement or omission that caused an Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus to become a Defective Free Writing Prospectus resulted from the
Mortgage Loan Data or any other information furnished to the Underwriter by
or
on behalf of the Company specifically for use in connection with the preparation
of the Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, including without limitation any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts to mitigate any such costs and losses.
(m) Each
Underwriter represents and covenants to the Company that it has in place and
shall maintain internal controls and procedures that it reasonably believes
to
be sufficient to ensure full compliance with all applicable legal requirements
of the Act (and the regulations promulgated thereunder) with respect to the
generation and use of Underwriter Free Writing Prospectuses in connection with
the offering of the Certificates. Each Underwriter covenants with the Company
that it will make available to the Company, upon reasonable prior notice and
at
reasonable times during normal business hours, such personnel as are familiar
with such Underwriter’s compliance procedures for the purpose of answering
questions concerning such Underwriter’s practices and procedures for the
preparation and dissemination of Written Communications concerning the
Certificates to prospective investors prior to the delivery of the final
Prospectus to such investors.
(n) Each
Underwriter covenants with the Company that after the final Prospectus is
available, such Underwriter shall not distribute any Written Communication
concerning the Certificates to a prospective investor unless such communication
is preceded or accompanied by the final Prospectus.
(o) Each
Underwriter agrees, upon request of the Company, to provide to the Company
any
information within the control of such Underwriter which the Company may
reasonably request to enable the Company to timely and accurately meet its
disclosure and reporting obligations under the Act and the Exchange
Act.
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(p) Each
Underwriter agrees that it will not arrange for or engage any credit enhancement
provider, derivative counterparty, special servicer or credit risk manager
in
connection with an offering of Certificates unless such credit enhancement
provider, derivative counterparty, special servicer or credit risk manager
has
agreed in writing and is able to provide to the Company such narrative
disclosure, financial information, including required accountants’ consents, and
other information as the Company may reasonably request to enable the Company
to
timely and accurately meet its disclosure and reporting obligations under the
Act and the Exchange Act, or unless alternative arrangements for the provision
of such information and consents are implemented to the reasonable satisfaction
of the Company.
(q) It
is
understood and agreed that all information provided by any Underwriter to or
through Bloomberg or Intex or similar entities for use by prospective investors,
or imbedded in any CDI file provided to prospective investors, to the extent
constituting a Free Writing Prospectus, shall be deemed for all purposes hereof
to be an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus not containing Issuer Information.
In connection therewith, the Underwriter agrees that it shall not provide any
information constituting Issuer Information through the foregoing media unless
that information is contained in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in an
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 8(c)(i) .
(r) Each
Underwriter shall provide the Company with a letter from Deloitte & Touche
LLP, certified public accountants, prior to the Closing Date, with respect
to
any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus provided by that Underwriter to the
Company under Section 8(c)(i) , satisfactory in form and substance to
the Company and their counsel and the Underwriter, to the effect that such
accountants have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have
been
agreed to by the Company and the Underwriter, as a result of which they
determined that all accounting, financial or statistical information that is
included in such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, is accurate except as
to
such matters that are not deemed by the Company and the Underwriter to be
material. The foregoing letter shall be at the expense of the respective
Underwriter.
(s) In
the
event of any delay in the delivery by an Underwriter to the Company of any
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectuses required to be delivered in accordance
with Section 8(c) above, or in the delivery of the accountant’s comfort
letter in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8(r) above, the Company shall
have the right to delay the release of the Prospectus to investors or to the
Underwriters, to delay the Closing Date and to take other appropriate actions
in
each case as necessary in order to allow the Company to comply with its
agreement set forth in Section 8(f) to file the Free Writing Prospectuses
within the applicable time periods specified in Rule 433.
(t) Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, the Underwriter and the Company each agree to pay
all costs and expenses of the other party including, without limitation, legal
fees and expenses, incurred in connection with any successful action by the
Underwriter or the Company against the other party to enforce any of its rights
set forth in this Section 8.
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9. Termination.
This
Agreement (with respect to a particular Certificate Offering) and the related
Terms Agreement shall be subject to termination in your absolute discretion,
by
notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the related
Offered Certificates, if prior to the related Closing Date (i) trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended
or
materially limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either federal or New York
State authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or other calamity, event or crisis the effect of
which
on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your
reasonable judgment, impracticable to market such Offered
Certificates.
10. Representations
and Indemnities to Survive Delivery.
The
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of
the
Company (or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may be) or its
officers and of each Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement
and the related Terms Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company
(or
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as the case may be) or any of the officers,
directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the related Offered Certificates. The
provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement.
11. Successors.
This
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be
binding upon the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors
and
the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7
hereof, and their successors and assigns, and no other person will have any
right or obligation hereunder or thereunder. No purchaser of any Offered
Certificate from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason
of such purchase.
12. APPLICABLE
LAW.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RELATED TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN,
WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(b) EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED
IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM PERTAINING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT;
PROVIDED, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS
MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN
IN
NEW YORK CITY. EACH PARTY HERETO SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH
JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK
OF
PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY
CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED
APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO HERBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE
OF
THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT
AND
AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE
BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 18 AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED
UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH PARTY’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE DAYS AFTER
DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAIL, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID. NOTHING IN THIS
SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN
ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
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(c) BECAUSE
DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST
QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE
PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION
RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING
SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS
OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT
TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE,
WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED
WITH,
RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
13. Miscellaneous.
This
Agreement, as supplemented by the related Terms Agreement, supersedes all prior
and contemporaneous agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement and the related Terms Agreement or any term of each
may
not be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by an affirmative
written agreement made by the party against whom enforcement of the change,
waiver, discharge or termination is sought. The headings in this Agreement
and
the related Terms Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof or thereof.
14. Notices.
All
communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt,
and,
if sent to you, will be delivered to the
address first above written; or if sent to the Company, will be delivered to
First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx,
with a
copy to First Tennessee National Corporation, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
15. Default
by One or More of the Underwriters.
If one
or more of the Underwriters shall fail on the Closing Date to purchase the
Offered Certificates which it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder and
under the applicable Terms Agreement (the “Defaulted Certificates”), you shall
have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or
more
of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase
all,
but not less than all, of the Defaulted Certificates in such amounts as may
be
agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth and under the applicable Terms
Agreement. If, however, you have not completed such arrangements within such
24-hour period, then:
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(a) if
the
aggregate original principal amount of Defaulted Certificates does not exceed
10% of the aggregate original principal amount of the Certificates to be
purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the non-defaulting Underwriters
named in such Terms Agreement shall be obligated to purchase the full amount
thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations
thereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting
Underwriters; and
(b) if
the
aggregate original principal amount of Defaulted Certificates exceeds 10% of
the
original principal amount of the Offered Certificates to be purchased pursuant
to such Terms Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement shall terminate without
any liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No
action
taken pursuant to this Section 15
and
nothing in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of its default.
In
the
event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this
Agreement or such applicable Terms Agreement, either you or the Company shall
have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period of time not exceeding
seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement
or in any other documents or arrangements.
16. Final
Structure Due Date.
The
Underwriter agrees to submit to the Company, no later than 9:00 a.m. central
time on the Final Structure Due Date specified in the applicable Terms Agreement
its determination of the final structure relating to, among other items, the
class designations, approximate principal amounts and payment priorities of
the
Certificates. Changes to such final structure may be made by the Underwriter
after the Final Structure Due Date if the changes are of a non-material nature.
The determination as to whether such changes are non-material shall be in the
sole discretion of the Company. In addition, on or before the Final Structure
Due Date the Underwriter may elect an extension thereof for an additional one
or
two business days beyond the original Final Structure Due Date if the
Underwriter notifies the Company of its election not later than 9:00 a.m.
central time on such original Final Structure Due Date and the Underwriter
pays
to the Company, on or prior to the Closing Date, an extension fee of $10,000
for
each day the Final Structure Due Date is extended as reimbursement for the
Company’s costs and expenses arising from such extension.
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17. No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
Each of
the Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation acknowledges and agrees
that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Certificates pursuant to this
Agreement and any Terms Agreement, including the determination of the offering
price of the Certificates and any related discounts and commissions, is an
arm’s-length commercial transaction between Company and First Horizon Home Loan
Corporation, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, and
each
of the Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation is capable of evaluating
and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any Terms Agreement;
(ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the
process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting
solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary
of
the Company, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation or their respective affiliates,
stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no
Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process
leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is
currently advising the Company or First Horizon Home Loan Corporation on other
matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except
the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and any Terms Agreement;
(iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a
broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of
Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and that each Underwriter has
no
obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency
or fiduciary relationship; and (v) no Underwriter has provided any legal,
accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby and each of the Company and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation has
consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it deemed appropriate.
*
*
*
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If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign
and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and
your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation,
the
Company and you.
Very
truly yours,
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FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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The
foregoing Agreement is
hereby
confirmed and accepted
as
of the
date first above written.
XXXXXXX
LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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FIRST
HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxx X. XxXxx
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Title:
Executive Vice President
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EXHIBIT
A
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
REMIC
MULTI-CLASS MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES
____-__
TERMS
AGREEMENT
dated
[ ],
200[
]
among
the
Company,
First
Horizon
Home
Loan
Corporation
and the
Underwriter)
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc.
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[
]
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4000
Horizon Way
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[Date]
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Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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Each
of
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Co. [and ___________] (the “Underwriters”)
severally agrees, subject to the terms and provisions herein and of the
captioned Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”),
to
purchase such Classes of Series ____-__ Certificates specified in
Section 2(a) hereof (the “Offered
Certificates”).
This
letter supplements and modifies the Underwriting Agreement solely as it relates
to the purchase and sale of the Offered Certificates described below. The Series
____-__ Certificates are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by means of an effective Registration Statement (No. 333-___). [A
Preliminary Prospectus, dated ______ __, ___, has been prepared by the Company.]
Capitalized
terms used and not defined herein have the meanings given them in the
Underwriting Agreement.
Section 1. The
Mortgage Pool[s]:
The
Series ____-__ Certificates shall evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in [a]
[__]
mortgage
pool[s]
(the
“Mortgage
Pool[s]”)
of
conventional, [fixed]
[adjustable]
rate,
fully amortizing one- to four-family residential mortgage loans (the
“Mortgage
Loans”)
having
the following characteristics as of ________ __, ____ (the “Cut-off
Date”):
(a) Aggregate
Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pool[s]:
Approximately
$[
]
aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date, subject to [an upward or
downward variance of up to [ ]%, the precise aggregate principal balance to
be
determined by the Company][a permitted variance such that the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance thereof will be not less than $[ ] or greater than
$[ ].
(b) Original
Terms to Maturity:
The
original term to maturity of each Mortgage Loan included in the Mortgage
Pool[s]
shall be
between ___ and ___ years.
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Section 2. The
Certificates:
The
Offered Certificates shall be issued as follows:
(a) Classes:
The
Offered Certificates shall be issued with the following Class designations,
interest rates and principal balances, subject in the aggregate to the variance
referred to in Section 1(a)[and, as to any particular Class, to an upward
or downward variance of up to [ ]%]:
Class
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Class
Principal
Balance
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Pass-Through
Rate
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Class
Purchase
Price
Percentage
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Required
Rating
[Fitch]/[Moodys’]/[S&P]
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(b) The
Offered Certificates shall have such other characteristics as described in
the
related Prospectus.
Each
of
the Underwriter[s] agree[s], [severally and not jointly,] subject to the terms
and conditions contained herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase
the principal balances of the Classes of Certificates specified opposite its
name below:
Series
[ ]
Designation
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Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
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[Underwriter]
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Section 3. Purchase
Price:
The
Purchase Price for each Class of the Offered Certificates shall be the Class
Purchase Price Percentage therefor (as set forth in Section 2(a) above) of
the initial Class Principal
Balance thereof plus accrued interest at the applicable
per
annum Pass-Through
Rate set forth in 2(a) above from
and
including the Cut-off Date up to, but not including, _________ __, ____ (the
“Closing
Date”).
Section 4. Required
Ratings:
The
Offered Certificates shall have received at
least
the Required
Ratings from
[Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
(“S&P”)] [Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”)] [Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
(“Moody’s)].
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Section 5. Tax
Treatment:
[One or
more elections will be made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.]
[The Trust Fund will be treated as a “grantor
trust”
for
federal income tax purposes.]
Section 6. Final
Structure Due Date:
The
Final Structure Due Date for purposes of Section 16 of the Underwriting
Agreement is [____________].
[Section 7. Additional
Expenses:]*
* to
be inserted if applicable.
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If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign
and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and
your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among
the
Underwriter[s],
First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation
and the
Company.
Very
truly yours,
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CO-MANAGER:
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XXXXXXX
XXXXX & CO.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CO-MANAGER:
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[UNDERWRITER]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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The
foregoing Agreement is
hereby
confirmed and accepted
as
of the
date first above written.
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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FIRST
HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT
B
SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION
With
respect to any investor, “Supplemental Information” means any of the following
types of information, to the extent omitted from the Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus:
1. For
Certificates being underwritten by the Underwriter: the structure of the
Certificates being offered to such investor (such Certificates, the “Offered
Certificates”), including general paydown rules, the interest rate or interest
rate formula, if applicable, the anticipated price range, the yield to maturity
and/or call, the weighted average life at the pricing speed and under such
other
scenarios as may be necessary to illustrate the material effects of prepayments
or changes in interest rates on the Offered Certificates (with a description
of
any related prepayment, collateral and other assumptions), and other pricing
information;
2. The
“principal type” and “interest type” of the Offered Certificates, using the
categories listed under the “Description of the Securities—Categories of Classes
of Securities” in the Base Prospectus;
3. The
interest accrual period for the Offered Certificates;
4. Whether
the Offered Certificates represent interests in the entire Mortgage Pool or
in
one or more mortgage loan groups and the nature of any cross-collateralization
arrangements affecting the Offered Certificates;
5. A
description of any third party credit enhancement or any derivative instruments
being selected by the Underwriter in connection with the Offered Certificates,
together with the identity of and material information about any related
provider or counterparty, to the extent known to the Underwriter, and the
ratings assigned to such provider or counterparty;
6. The
identity of and material information about any special servicer or credit risk
manager selected by the Underwriter with respect to the Offered Certificates;
and
7. The
fees
and expenses payable to the various transaction parties out of the cashflows
from the pool assets; provided that the Company will provide the Underwriter
with the information relating to the fees and expenses payable to the master
servicer and the trustee for each transaction, to the extent omitted from the
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
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