ISDAâ International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. MASTER AGREEMENT dated as of January 4, 2008
(Multicurrency-Cross
Border)
ISDAâ
International
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
dated
as
of January 4, 2008
XXXXXX
BROTHERS
SPECIAL
FINANCING INC.
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS
INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, FOR
BNC
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES
2007-4
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have
entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each a
“Transaction”) that are or will be governed by this Master Agreement, which
includes the schedule (the “Schedule”), and the documents and other confirming
evidence (each a “Confirmation”) exchanged between the parties confirming those
Transactions.
Accordingly,
the parties agree as follows:¾
1. Interpretation
(a) Definitions.
The
terms defined in Section 14 and in the Schedule will have the meanings therein
specified for the purpose of this Master Agreement.
(b) Inconsistency.
In the
event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Schedule and the other
provisions of this Master Agreement, the Schedule will prevail. In the event
of
any inconsistency between the provisions of any Confirmation and this Master
Agreement (including the Schedule), such Confirmation will prevail for the
purposes of the relevant Transaction.
(c) Single
Agreement.
All
Transactions are entered into in reliance on the fact that this Master Agreement
and all Confirmations form a single agreement between the parties (collectively
referred to as this “Agreement”), and the parties would not otherwise enter into
any Transactions.
2. Obligations
(a) General
Conditions.
(i)
Each
party will make each payment or delivery specified in each Confirmation to
be
made by it, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.
(ii)
Payments under this Agreement will be made on the due date for value on that
date in the place of the account specified in the relevant Confirmation or
otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, in freely transferable funds and
in
the manner customary for
payments in the required currency.
Where settlement is by delivery (that is, other than by payment), such delivery
will be made for receipt on the due date in the manner customary for the
relevant obligation unless otherwise specified in the relevant Confirmation
or
elsewhere in this Agreement.
(iii)
Each obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is subject to (1) the
condition precedent that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default
with
respect to the other party has occurred and is continuing, (2) the condition
precedent that no Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction
has occurred or been effectively designated and (3) each other applicable
condition precedent specified in this Agreement.
(iii) Each
obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is subject to (1) the condition
precedent that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect
to
the other party has occurred and is continuing, (2) the condition precedent
that
no Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction has occurred
or
been effectively designated and (3) each other applicable condition precedent
specified in this Agreement.
(b) Change
of
Account. Either party may change its account for receiving a payment or delivery
by giving notice to the other party at least five Local Business Days prior
to
the scheduled date for the payment or delivery to which such change applies
unless such other party gives timely notice of a reasonable objection to such
change.
(c) Netting.
If on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:—
(i) in
the
same currency; and
(ii) in
respect of the same Transaction,
by
each
party to the other, then, on such date, each party’s obligation to make payment
of any such amount will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the
aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by one party exceeds
the
aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the other party,
replaced by an obligation upon the party by whom the larger aggregate amount
would have been payable to pay to the other party the excess of the larger
aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount.
The
parties may elect in respect of two or more Transactions that a net amount
will
be determined in respect of all amounts payable on the same date in the same
currency in respect of such Transactions, regardless of whether such amounts
are
payable in respect of the same Transaction. The election may be made in the
Schedule or a Confirmation by specifying that subparagraph (ii) above will
not
apply to the Transactions identified as being subject to the election, together
with the starting date (in which case subparagraph (ii) above will not, or
will
cease to, apply to such Transactions from such date). This election may be
made
separately for different groups of Transactions and will apply separately to
each pairing of Offices through which the parties make and receive payments
or
deliveries.
(d) Deduction
or Withholding for Tax.
(i) Gross-Up.
All payments under this Agreement will be made without any deduction or
withholding for or on account of any Tax unless such deduction or withholding
is
required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant
governmental revenue authority, then in effect. If a party is so required to
deduct or withhold, then that party (“X”) will:—
(1) promptly
notify the other party (“Y”) of such requirement;
(2) pay
to
the relevant authorities the full amount required to be deducted or withheld
(including the full amount required to be deducted or withheld from any
additional amount paid by X to Y under this Section 2(d)) promptly upon the
earlier of determining that such deduction or withholding is required or
receiving notice that such amount has been assessed against Y;
(3) promptly
forward to Y an official receipt (or a certified copy), or other documentation
reasonably acceptable to Y, evidencing such payment to such authorities;
and
(4) if
such
Tax is an Indemnifiable Tax, pay to Y, in addition to the payment to which
Y is
otherwise entitled under this Agreement, such additional amount as is necessary
to ensure that the net amount actually received by Y (free and clear of
Indemnifiable Taxes, whether assessed against X or Y) will equal the full amount
Y would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required.
However, X will not be required to pay any additional amount to Y to the extent
that it would not be required to be paid but for:—
(A) the
failure by Y to comply with or perform any agreement contained in Section
4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d); or
(B) the
failure of a representation made by Y pursuant to Section 3(f) to be accurate
and true unless such failure would not have occurred but for (I) any action
taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction,
on
or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether
such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement)
or
(II) a Change in Tax Law.
(ii) Liability.
If:—
(1) X
is
required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant
governmental revenue authority, to make any deduction or withholding in respect
of which X would not be required to pay an additional amount to Y under Section
2(d)(i)(4);
(2) X
does
not so deduct or withhold; and
(3) a
liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly against X,
then,
except to the extent Y has satisfied or then satisfies the liability resulting
from such Tax, Y will promptly pay to X the amount of such liability (including
any related liability for interest, but including any related liability for
penalties only if Y has failed to comply with or perform any agreement contained
in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)).
(e) Default
Interest; Other Amounts. Prior to the occurrence or effective designation of
an
Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a party that
defaults in the performance of any payment obligation will, to the extent
permitted by law and subject to Section 6(c), be required to pay interest
(before as well as after judgment) on the overdue amount to the other party
on
demand in the same currency as such overdue amount, for the period from (and
including) the original due date for payment to (but excluding) the date of
actual payment, at the Default Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the
basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed. If, prior
to
the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date in respect
of the relevant Transaction, a party defaults in the performance of any
obligation required to be settled by delivery, it will compensate the other
party on demand if and to the extent provided for in the relevant Confirmation
or elsewhere in this Agreement.
3. Representations
Each
party represents to the other party (which representations will be deemed to
be
repeated by each party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into
and,
in the case of the representations in Section 3(f), at all times until the
termination of this Agreement) that:—
(a) Basic
Representations.
(i) Status.
It is duly organised and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of
its organisation or incorporation and, if relevant under such laws, in good
standing;
(ii) Powers.
It has the power to execute this Agreement and any other documentation relating
to this Agreement to which it is a party, to deliver this Agreement and any
other documentation relating to this Agreement that it is required by this
Agreement to deliver and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and
any
obligations it has under any Credit Support Document to which it is a party
and
has taken all necessary action to authorise such execution, delivery and
performance;
(iii) No
Violation or Conflict. Such execution, delivery and performance do not violate
or conflict with any law applicable to it, any provision of its constitutional
documents, any order or judgment of any court or other agency of government
applicable to it or any of its assets or any contractual restriction binding
on
or affecting it or any of its assets;
(iv) Consents.
All governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained
by
it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it
is
a party have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions
of any such consents have been complied with; and
(v) Obligations
Binding. Its obligations under this Agreement and any Credit Support Document
to
which it is a party constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (subject to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganisation, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to equitable
principles of general application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought
in a proceeding in equity or at law)).
(b) Absence
of Certain Events. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or, to
its
knowledge, Termination Event with respect to it has occurred and is continuing
and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of its entering into
or performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support
Document to which it is a party.
(c) Absence
of Litigation. There is not pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against
it
or any of its Affiliates any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity
or
before any court, tribunal, governmental body, agency or official or any
arbitrator that is likely to affect the legality, validity or enforceability
against it of this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is
a
party or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or such
Credit Support Document.
(d) Accuracy
of Specified Information. All applicable information that is furnished in
writing by or on behalf of it to the other party and is identified for the
purpose of this Section 3(d) in the Schedule is, as of the date of the
information, true, accurate and complete in every material respect.
(e) Payer
Tax
Representation. Each representation specified in the Schedule as being made
by
it for the purpose of this Section 3(e) is accurate and true.
(f) Payee
Tax
Representations. Each representation specified in the Schedule as being made
by
it for the purpose of this Section 3(f) is accurate and true.
4. Agreements
Each
party agrees with the other that, so long as either party has or may have any
obligation under this Agreement or under any Credit Support Document to which
it
is a party:—
(a) Furnish
Specified Information. It will deliver to the other party or, in certain cases
under subparagraph (iii) below, to such government or taxing authority as the
other party reasonably directs:—
(i) any
forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation specified in the Schedule
or any Confirmation;
(ii) any
other
documents specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation; and
(iii) upon
reasonable demand by such other party, any form or document that may be required
or reasonably requested in writing in order to allow such other party or its
Credit Support Provider to make a payment under this Agreement or any applicable
Credit Support Document without any deduction or withholding for or on account
of any Tax or with such deduction or withholding at a reduced rate (so long
as
the completion, execution or submission of such form or document would not
materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of the party in receipt
of
such demand), with any such form or document to be accurate and completed in
a
manner reasonably satisfactory to such other party and to be executed and to
be
delivered with any reasonably required certification,
in
each
case by the date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation or, if none
is
specified, as soon as reasonably practicable.
(b) Maintain
Authorisations. It will use all reasonable efforts to maintain in full force
and
effect all consents of any governmental or other authority that are required
to
be obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document
to which it is a party and will use all reasonable efforts to obtain any that
may become necessary in the future.
(c) Comply
with Laws. It will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws
and
orders to which it may be subject if failure so to comply would materially
impair its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document to which it is a party.
(d) Tax
Agreement. It will give notice of any failure of a representation made by it
under Section 3(f) to be accurate and true promptly upon learning of such
failure.
(e) Payment
of Stamp Tax. Subject to Section 11, it will pay any Stamp Tax levied or imposed
upon it or in respect of its execution or performance of this Agreement by
a
jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, organised, managed and controlled,
or
considered to have its seat, or in which a branch or office through which it
is
acting for the purpose of this Agreement is located (“Stamp Tax Jurisdiction”)
and will indemnify the other party against any Stamp Tax levied or imposed
upon
the other party or in respect of the other party’s execution or performance of
this Agreement by any such Stamp Tax Jurisdiction which is not also a Stamp
Tax
Jurisdiction with respect to the other party.
5. Events
of
Default and Termination Events
(a) Events
of
Default. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or, if applicable,
any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party
of any of the following events constitutes an event of default (an “Event of
Default”) with respect to such party:—
(i) Failure
to Pay or Deliver. Failure by the party to make, when due, any payment under
this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) required to be made
by
it if such failure is not remedied on or before the third Local Business Day
after notice of such failure is given to the party;
(ii) Breach
of
Agreement. Failure by the party to comply with or perform any agreement or
obligation (other than an obligation to make any payment under this Agreement
or
delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) or to give notice of a Termination Event
or any agreement or obligation under Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) to
be
complied with or performed by the party in accordance with this Agreement if
such failure is not remedied on or before the thirtieth day after notice of
such
failure is given to the party;
(iii)
Credit
Support Default.
(1) Failure
by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party to comply with or
perform any agreement or obligation to be complied with or performed by it
in
accordance with any Credit Support Document if such failure is continuing after
any applicable grace period has elapsed;
(2) the
expiration or termination of such Credit Support Document or the failing or
ceasing of such Credit Support Document to be in full force and effect for
the
purpose of this Agreement (in either case other than in accordance with its
terms) prior to the satisfaction of all obligations of such party under each
Transaction to which such Credit Support Document relates without the written
consent of the other party; or
(3) the
party
or such Credit Support Provider disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects,
in
whole or in part, or challenges the validity of, such Credit Support
Document;
(iv) Misrepresentation.
A representation (other than a representation under Section 3(e) or (f)) made
or
repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated by the party or any Credit
Support Provider of such party in this Agreement or any Credit Support Document
proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made
or
repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated;
(v) Default
under Specified Transaction. The party, any Credit Support Provider of such
party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party (1) defaults under a
Specified Transaction and, after giving effect to any applicable notice
requirement or grace period, there occurs a liquidation of, an acceleration
of
obligations under, or an early termination of, that Specified Transaction,
(2)
defaults, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace
period, in making any payment or delivery due on the last payment, delivery
or
exchange date of, or any payment on early termination of, a Specified
Transaction (or such default continues for at least three Local Business Days
if
there is no applicable notice requirement or grace period) or (3) disaffirms,
disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, a Specified Transaction
(or such action is taken by any person or entity appointed or empowered to
operate it or act on its behalf);
(vi) Cross
Default. If “Cross Default” is specified in the Schedule as applying to, the
party, the occurrence or existence of (1) a default, event of default or other
similar condition or event (however described) in respect of such party, any
Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of
such
party under one or more agreements or instruments relating to Specified
Indebtedness of any of them (individually or collectively) in an aggregate
amount of not less than the applicable Threshold Amount (as specified in the
Schedule) which has resulted in such Specified Indebtedness becoming, or
becoming capable at such time of being declared, due and payable under such
agreements or instruments, before it would otherwise have been due and payable
or (2) a default by such party, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified
Entity (individually or collectively) in making one or more payments on the
due
date thereof in an aggregate amount of not less than the applicable Threshold
Amount under such agreements or instruments (after giving effect to any
applicable notice requirement or grace period);
(vii) Bankruptcy.
The party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified
Entity of such party:—
(1)
is
dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
(2)
becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing
its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; (3) makes a general
assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
(4) institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment
of
insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency
law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented
for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding
or
petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition (A)
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order
for
relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation or (B) is
not
dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of
the
institution or presentation thereof; (5) has a resolution passed for its
winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a
consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (6) seeks or becomes subject to the
appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver,
trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially
all its assets; (7) has a secured party take possession of all or substantially
all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other
legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all
its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process
is
not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days
thereafter; (8) causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which,
under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any
of
the events specified in clauses (1) to (7) (inclusive); or (9) takes any action
in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence
in, any of the foregoing acts; or
(viii) Merger
Without Assumption. The party or any Credit Support Provider of such party
consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all
or
substantially all its assets to, another entity and, at the time of such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer.—
(1) the
resulting, surviving or transferee entity fails to assume all the obligations
of
such party or such Credit Support Provider under this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document to which it or its predecessor was a party by operation of
law
or pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the other party to this
Agreement; or
(2) the
benefits of any Credit Support Document fail to extend (without the consent
of
the other party) to the performance by such resulting, surviving or transferee
entity of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Termination
Events. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or, if applicable,
any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party
of any event specified below constitutes an Illegality if the event is specified
in (i) below, a Tax Event if the event is specified in (ii) below or a Tax
Event
Upon Merger if the event is specified in (iii) below, and, if specified to
be
applicable, a Credit Event
Upon
Merger if the event is specified pursuant to (iv) below or an Additional
Termination Event if the event is specified pursuant to (v) below:—
(i) Illegality.
Due to the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law after the date
on
which a Transaction is entered into, or due to the promulgation of, or any
change in, the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority
with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law after such date, it becomes
unlawful (other than as a result of a breach by the party of Section 4(b))
for
such party (which will be the Affected Party):—
(1) to
perform any absolute or contingent obligation to make a payment or delivery
or
to receive a payment or delivery in respect of such Transaction or to comply
with any other material provision of this Agreement relating to such
Transaction; or
(2) to
perform, or for any Credit Support Provider of such party to perform, any
contingent or other obligation which the party (or such Credit Support Provider)
has under any Credit Support Document relating to such Transaction;
(ii) Tax
Event. Due to (x) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court
of competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is
entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with respect
to a party to this Agreement) or (y) a Change in Tax Law, the party (which
will
be the Affected Party) will, or there is a substantial likelihood that it will,
on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date (1) be required to pay to the
other party an additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under
Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii)
or 6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an amount is required to be
deducted or withheld for or on account of a Tax (except in respect of interest
under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) and no additional amount is required
to be
paid in respect of such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (other than by reason
of
Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B));
(iii) Tax
Event
Upon Merger. The party (the “Burdened Party”) on the next succeeding Scheduled
Payment Date will either (1) be required to pay an additional amount in respect
of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest
under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an
amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of any Indemnifiable
Tax
in respect of which the other party is not required to pay an additional amount
(other than by reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B)), in either case as a
result of a party consolidating or amalgamating with, or merging with or into,
or transferring all or substantially all its assets to, another entity (which
will be the Affected Party) where such action does not constitute an event
described in Section 5(a)(viii);
(iv) Credit
Event Upon Merger. If “Credit Event Upon Merger” is specified in the Schedule as
applying to the party, such party (“X”), any Credit Support Provider of X or any
applicable Specified Entity of X consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges
with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its assets to, another
entity and such action does not constitute an event described in Section
5(a)(viii) but the creditworthiness of the resulting, surviving or transferee
entity is materially weaker than that of X, such Credit Support Provider or
such
Specified Entity, as the case may be, immediately prior to such action (and,
in
such event, X or its successor or transferee, as appropriate, will be the
Affected Party); or
(v) Additional
Termination Event. If any “Additional Termination Event” is specified in the
Schedule or any Confirmation as applying, the occurrence of such event (and,
in
such event, the Affected Party or Affected Parties shall be as specified for
such Additional Termination Event in the Schedule or such
Confirmation).
(c) Event
of
Default and Illegality. If an event or circumstance which would otherwise
constitute or give rise to an Event of Default also constitutes an Illegality,
it will be treated as an Illegality and will not constitute an Event of
Default.
6. Early
Termination
(a) Right
to
Terminate Following Event of Default. If at any time an Event of Default with
respect to a party (the “Defaulting Party”) has occurred and is then continuing,
the other party (the “Non-defaulting Party”) may, by not more than 20 days
notice to the Defaulting Party specifying the relevant Event of Default,
designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early
Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions. If, however,
“Automatic Early Termination” is specified in the Schedule as applying to a
party, then an Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions
will occur immediately upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an
Event of Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1), (3), (5), (6) or, to the
extent analogous thereto, (8), and as of the time immediately preceding the
institution of the relevant proceeding or the presentation of the relevant
petition upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default
specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(4) or, to the extent analogous thereto,
(8).
(b) Right
to
Terminate Following Termination Event.
(i) Notice.
If a Termination Event occurs, an Affected Party will, promptly upon becoming
aware of it, notify the other party, specifying the nature of that Termination
Event and each Affected Transaction and will also give such other information
about that Termination Event as the other party may reasonably
require.
(ii) Transfer
to Avoid Termination Event. If either an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1)
or
a Tax Event occurs and there is only one Affected Party, or if a Tax Event
Upon
Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is the Affected Party, the Affected Party
will, as a condition to its right to designate an Early Termination Date under
Section 6(b)(iv), use all reasonable efforts (which will not require such party
to incur a loss, excluding immaterial, incidental expenses) to transfer within
20 days after it gives notice under Section 6(b)(i) all its rights and
obligations under this Agreement in respect of the Affected Transactions to
another of its Offices or Affiliates so that such Termination Event ceases
to
exist.
If
the
Affected Party is not able to make such a transfer it will give notice to the
other party to that effect within such 20 day period, whereupon the other party
may effect such a transfer within 30 days after the notice is given under
Section 6(b)(i).
Any
such
transfer by a party under this Section 6(b)(ii) will be subject to and
conditional upon the prior written consent of the other party, which consent
will not be withheld if such other party’s policies in effect at such time would
permit it to enter into transactions with the transferee on the terms
proposed.
(iii)
Two
Affected Parties. If an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event
occurs and there are two Affected Parties, each party will use all reasonable
efforts to reach agreement within 30 days after notice thereof is given under
Section 6(b)(i) on action to avoid that Termination Event.
(iv) Right
to
Terminate. If:—
(1) a
transfer under Section 6(b)(ii) or an agreement under Section 6(b)(iii), as
the
case may be, has not been effected with respect to all Affected Transactions
within 30 days after an Affected Party gives notice under Section 6(b)(i);
or
(2) an
Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(2), a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional
Termination Event occurs, or a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened
Party is not the Affected Party,
either
party in the case of an Illegality, the Burdened Party in the case of a Tax
Event Upon Merger, any Affected Party in the case of a Tax Event or an
Additional Termination Event if there is more than one Affected Party, or the
party which is not the Affected Party in the case of a Credit Event Upon Merger
or an Additional Termination Event if there is only one Affected Party may,
by
not more than 20 days notice to the other party and provided that the relevant
Termination Event is then continuing, designate a day not earlier than the
day
such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of all Affected
Transactions.
(c) Effect
of
Designation.
(i) If
notice
designating an Early Termination Date is given under Section 6(a) or (b), the
Early Termination Date will occur on the date so designated, whether or not
the
relevant Event of Default or Termination Event is then continuing.
(ii) Upon
the
occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date, no further
payments or deliveries under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) in respect of the
Terminated Transactions will be required to be made, but without prejudice
to
the other provisions of this Agreement. The amount, if any, payable in respect
of an Early Termination Date shall be determined pursuant to Section
6(e).
(d) Calculations.
(i) Statement.
On or as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an Early
Termination Date, each party will make the calculations on its part, if any,
contemplated by Section 6(e) and will provide to the other party a statement
(1)
showing, in reasonable detail, such calculations (including all relevant
quotations and specifying any amount payable under Section 6(e)) and (2) giving
details of the relevant account to which any amount payable to it is to be
paid.
In the absence of written confirmation from the source of a quotation obtained
in determining a Market Quotation, the records of the party obtaining such
quotation will be conclusive evidence of the existence and accuracy of such
quotation.
(ii) Payment
Date. An amount calculated as being due in respect of any Early Termination
Date
under Section 6(e) will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable
is effective (in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated
or
occurs as a result of an Event of Default) and on the day which is two Local
Business Days after the day on which notice of the amount payable is effective
(in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated as a result of
a
Termination Event). Such amount will be paid together with (to the extent
permitted under applicable law) interest thereon (before as well as after
judgment) in the Termination Currency, from (and including) the relevant Early
Termination Date to (but excluding) the date such amount is paid, at the
Applicable Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the basis of daily
compounding and the actual number of days elapsed.
(e) Payments
on Early Termination. If an Early Termination Date occurs, the following
provisions shall apply based on the parties' election in the Schedule of a
payment measure, either “Market Quotation” or “Loss”, and a payment method,
either the “First Method” or the “Second Method”. If the parties fail to
designate a payment measure or payment method in the Schedule, it will be deemed
that “Market Quotation” or the “Second Method”, as the case may be, shall apply.
The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date and
determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any Set-off.
(i) Events
of
Default. If the Early Termination Date results from an Event of
Default:—
(1) First
Method and Market Quotation. If the First Method and Market Quotation apply,
the
Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting Party the excess, if a positive
number, of (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the
Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the
Non-defaulting Party over (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid
Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party.
(2) First
Method and Loss. If the First Method and Loss apply, the Defaulting Party will
pay to the Non-defaulting Party, if a positive number, the Non-defaulting
Party's Loss in respect of this Agreement.
(3) Second
Method and Market Quotation. If the Second Method and Market Quotation apply,
an
amount will be payable equal to (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined
by the Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and
the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the
Non-defaulting Party over (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid
Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party. If that amount is a positive number,
the
Defaulting Party will pay it to the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative
number, the Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that amount
to
the Defaulting Party.
(4) Second
Method and Loss. If the Second Method and Loss apply, an amount will be payable
equal to the Non-defaulting Party’s Loss in respect of this Agreement. If that
amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the
Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-defaulting Party
will
pay the absolute value of that amount to the Defaulting Party.
(ii) Termination
Events. If the Early Termination Date results from a Termination
Event:—
(1)
One
Affected Party. If there is one Affected Party, the amount payable will be
determined in accordance with Section 6(e)(i)(3), if Market Quotation applies,
or Section 6(e)(i)(4), if Loss applies, except that, in either case, references
to the Defaulting Party and to the Non-defaulting Party will be deemed to be
references to the Affected Party and the party which is not the Affected Party,
respectively, and, if Loss applies and fewer than all the Transactions are
being
terminated, Loss shall be calculated in respect of all Terminated
Transactions.
(2) Two
Affected Parties. If there are two Affected Parties:—
(A) if
Market
Quotation applies, each party will determine a Settlement Amount in respect
of
the Terminated Transactions, and an amount will be payable equal to (I) the
sum
of (a) one-half of the difference between the Settlement Amount of the party
with the higher Settlement Amount (“X”) and the Settlement Amount of the party
with the lower Settlement Amount (“Y”) and (b) the Termination Currency
Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to X less (II) the Termination Currency
Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Y; and
(B) if
Loss
applies, each party will determine its Loss in respect of this Agreement (or,
if
fewer than all the Transactions are being terminated, in respect of all
Terminated Transactions) and an amount will be payable equal to one-half of
the
difference between the Loss of the party with the higher Loss (“X”) and the Loss
of the party with the lower Loss (“Y”).
If
the
amount payable is a positive number, Y will pay it to X; if it is a negative
number, X will pay the absolute value of that amount to Y.
(iii) Adjustment
for Bankruptcy. In circumstances where an Early Termination Date occurs because
“Automatic Early Termination” applies in respect of a party, the amount
determined under this Section 6(e) will be subject to such adjustments as are
appropriate and permitted by law to reflect any payments or deliveries made
by
one party to the other under this Agreement (and retained by such other party)
during the period from the relevant Early Termination Date to the date for
payment determined under Section 6(d)(ii).
(iv) Pre-Estimate.
The parties agree that if Market Quotation applies an amount recoverable under
this Section 6(e) is a reasonable pre-estimate of loss and not a penalty. Such
amount is payable for the loss of bargain and the loss of protection against
future risks and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement neither party
will be entitled to recover any additional damages as a consequence of such
losses.
7. Transfer
Subject
to Section 6(b)(ii), neither this Agreement nor any interest or obligation
in or
under this Agreement may be transferred (whether by way of security or
otherwise) by either party without the prior written consent of the other party,
except that:—
(a) a
party
may make such a transfer of this Agreement pursuant to a consolidation or
amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or transfer of all or substantially
all its assets to, another entity (but without prejudice to any other right
or
remedy under this Agreement); and
(b) a
party
may make such a transfer of all or any part of its interest in any amount
payable to it from a Defaulting Party under Section 6(e).
Any
purported transfer that is not in compliance with this Section will be void.
8. Contractual
Currency
(a) Payment
in the Contractual Currency. Each payment under this Agreement will be made
in
the relevant currency specified in this Agreement for that payment (the
“Contractual Currency”). To the extent permitted by applicable law, any
obligation to make payments under this Agreement in the Contractual Currency
will not be discharged or satisfied by any tender in any currency other than
the
Contractual Currency, except to the extent such tender results in the actual
receipt by the party to which payment is owed, acting in a reasonable manner
and
in good faith in converting the currency so tendered into the Contractual
Currency, of the full amount in the Contractual Currency of all amounts payable
in respect of this Agreement. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual
Currency so received falls short of the amount in the Contractual Currency
payable in respect of this Agreement, the party required to make the payment
will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, immediately pay such additional
amount in the Contractual Currency as may be necessary to compensate for the
shortfall. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual Currency so received
exceeds the amount in the Contractual Currency payable in respect of this
Agreement, the party receiving the payment will refund promptly the amount
of
such excess.
(b) Judgments.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, if any judgment or order expressed
in
a currency other than the Contractual Currency is rendered (i) for the payment
of any amount owing in respect of this Agreement, (ii) for the payment of any
amount relating to any early termination in respect of this Agreement or (iii)
in respect of a judgment or order of another court for the payment of any amount
described in (i) or (ii) above, the party seeking recovery, after recovery
in
full of the aggregate amount to which such party is entitled pursuant to the
judgment or order, will be entitled to receive immediately from the other party
the amount of any shortfall of the Contractual Currency received by such party
as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency and will refund promptly
to
the other party any excess of the Contractual Currency received by such party
as
a consequence of sums paid in such other currency if such shortfall or such
excess arises or results from any variation between the rate of exchange at
which the Contractual Currency is converted into the currency of the judgment
or
order for the purposes of such judgment or order and the rate of exchange at
which such party is able, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith in
converting the currency received into the Contractual Currency, to purchase
the
Contractual Currency with the amount of the currency of the judgment or order
actually received by such party. The term “rate of exchange” includes, without
limitation, any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the
purchase of or conversion into the Contractual Currency.
(c) Separate
Indemnities. To the extent permitted by applicable law, these indemnities
constitute separate and independent obligations from the other obligations
in
this Agreement, will be enforceable as separate and independent causes of
action, will apply notwithstanding any indulgence granted by the party to which
any payment is owed and will not be affected by judgment being obtained or
claim
or proof being made for any other sums payable in respect of this
Agreement.
(d) Evidence
of Loss. For the purpose of this Section 8, it will be sufficient for a party
to
demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual exchange or
purchase been made.
9. Miscellaneous
(a) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding
of
the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all oral
communication and prior writings with respect thereto.
(b) Amendments.
No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement will be
effective unless in writing (including a writing evidenced by a facsimile
transmission) and executed by each of the parties or confirmed by an exchange
of
telexes or electronic messages on an electronic messaging system.
(c) Survival
of Obligations. Without prejudice to Sections 2(a)(iii) and 6(c)(ii), the
obligations of the parties under this Agreement will survive the termination
of
any Transaction.
(d) Remedies
Cumulative. Except as provided in this Agreement, the rights, powers, remedies
and privileges provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive
of
any rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided by law.
(e) Counterparts
and Confirmations.
(i) This
Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) may
be
executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission),
each of which will be deemed an original.
(ii) The
parties intend that they are legally bound by the terms of each Transaction
from
the moment they agree to those terms (whether orally or otherwise). A
Confirmation shall be entered into as soon as practicable and may be executed
and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission) or be
created by an exchange of telexes or by an exchange of electronic messages
on an
electronic messaging system, which in each case will be sufficient for all
purposes to evidence a binding supplement to this Agreement. The parties will
specify therein or through another effective means that any such counterpart,
telex or electronic message constitutes a Confirmation.
(f) No
Waiver
of Rights. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege in
respect of this Agreement will not be presumed to operate as a waiver, and
a
single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege will not be presumed
to preclude any subsequent or further exercise, of that right, power or
privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
(g) Headings.
The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
are not to affect the construction of or to be taken into consideration in
interpreting this Agreement.
10. Offices;
Multibranch Parties
(a) If
Section 10(a) is specified in the Schedule as applying, each party that enters
into a Transaction through an Office other than its head or home office
represents to the other party that, notwithstanding the place of booking office
or jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation of such party, the obligations
of such party are the same as if it had entered into the Transaction through
its
head or home office. This representation will be deemed to be repeated by such
party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into.
(b) Neither
party may change the Office through which it makes and receives payments or
deliveries for the purpose of a Transaction without the prior written consent
of
the other party.
(c) If
a
party is specified as a Multibranch Party in the Schedule, such Multibranch
Party may make and receive payments or deliveries under any Transaction through
any Office listed in the Schedule, and the Office through which it makes and
receives payments or deliveries with respect to a Transaction will be specified
in the relevant Confirmation.
11. Expenses
A
Defaulting Party will, on demand, indemnify and hold harmless the other party
for and against all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees
and
Stamp Tax, incurred by such other party by reason of the enforcement and
protection of its rights under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document
to
which the Defaulting Party is a party or by reason of the early termination
of
any Transaction, including, but not limited to, costs of
collection.
12. Notices
(a) Effectiveness.
Any notice or other communication in respect of this Agreement may be given
in
any manner set forth below (except that a notice or other communication under
Section 5 or 6 may not be given by facsimile transmission or electronic
messaging system) to the address or number or in accordance with the electronic
messaging system details provided (see the Schedule) and will be deemed
effective as indicated:—
(i) if
in
writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the date it is
delivered;
(ii) if
sent
by telex, on the date the recipient’s answerback is received;
(iii) if
sent
by facsimile transmission, on the date that transmission is received by a
responsible employee of the recipient in legible form (it being agreed that
the
burden of proving receipt will be on the sender and will not be met by a
transmission report generated by the sender’s facsimile machine);
(iv) if
sent
by certified or registered mail (airmail, if overseas) or the equivalent (return
receipt requested), on the date that mail is delivered or its delivery is
attempted; or
(v) if
sent
by electronic messaging system, on the date that electronic message is
received,
UNLESS
THE DATE OF THAT DELIVERY (OR ATTEMPTED DELIVERY) OR THAT RECEIPT, AS
APPLICABLE, IS NOT A LOCAL BUSINESS DAY OR THAT COMMUNICATION IS DELIVERED
(OR
ATTEMPTED) OR RECEIVED, AS APPLICABLE, AFTER THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON A LOCAL
BUSINESS DAY, IN WHICH CASE THAT COMMUNICATION SHALL BE DEEMED GIVEN AND
EFFECTIVE ON THE FIRST FOLLOWING DAY THAT IS A LOCAL BUSINESS
DAY.
(b) Change
of
Addresses. Either party may by notice to the other change the address, telex
or
facsimile number or electronic messaging system details at which notices or
other communications are to be given to it.
13. Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
(a) Governing
Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law
specified in the Schedule.
(b) Jurisdiction.
With respect to any suit, action or proceedings relating to this Agreement
(“Proceedings”), each party irrevocably:—
(i) submits
to the jurisdiction of the English courts, if this Agreement is expressed to
be
governed by English law, or to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of
the State of New York and the United States District Court located in the
Borough of Manhattan in New York City, if this Agreement is expressed to be
governed by the laws of the State of New York; and
(ii) waives
any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any
Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings
have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to
object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any
jurisdiction over such party.
Nothing
in this Agreement precludes either party from bringing Proceedings in any other
jurisdiction (outside, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by English
law, the Contracting States, as defined in Section 1(3) of the Civil
Jurisdiction and Judgments Xxx 0000 or any modification, extension or
re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) nor will the bringing of
Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of
Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
(c) Service
of Process. Each party irrevocably appoints the Process Agent (if any) specified
opposite its name in the Schedule to receive, for it and on its behalf, service
of process in any Proceedings. If for any reason any party’s Process Agent is
unable to act as such, such party will promptly notify the other party and
within 30 days appoint a substitute process agent acceptable to the other party.
The parties irrevocably consent to service of process given in the manner
provided for notices in Section 12. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the
right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law.
(d)
Waiver
of Immunities. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by
applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and assets (irrespective
of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or
other similar grounds from (i) suit, (ii) jurisdiction of any court, (iii)
relief by way of injunction, order for specific performance or for recovery
of
property, (iv) attachment of its assets (whether before or after judgment)
and
(v) execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its revenues or
assets might otherwise be entitled in any Proceedings in the courts of any
jurisdiction and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable
law,
that it will not claim any such immunity in any Proceedings.
14. Definitions
As
used
in this Agreement:—
“Additional
Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Affected
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Affected
Transactions” means (a) with respect to any Termination Event consisting of an
Illegality, Tax Event or Tax Event Upon Merger, all Transactions affected by
the
occurrence of such Termination Event and (b) with respect to any other
Termination Event, all Transactions.
“Affiliate”
means, subject to the Schedule, in relation to any person, any entity
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the person, any entity that controls,
directly or indirectly, the person or any entity directly or indirectly under
common control with the person. For this purpose, “control” of any entity or
person means ownership of a majority of the voting power of the entity or
person.
“Applicable
Rate” means:—
(a) in
respect of obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have been but
for
Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Defaulting Party, the Default Rate;
(b) in
respect of an obligation to pay an amount under Section 6(e) of either party
from and after the date (determined in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii)) on
which that amount is payable, the Default Rate;
(c) in
respect of all other obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have
been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Non-defaulting Party, the Non-default
Rate;
and
(d) in
all
other cases, the Termination Rate.
“Burdened
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Change
in Tax Law” means the enactment, promulgation, execution or ratification of, or
any change in or amendment to, any law (or in the application or official
interpretation of any law) that occurs on or after the date on which the
relevant Transaction is entered into.
“consent”
includes a consent, approval, action, authorisation, exemption, notice, filing,
registration or exchange control consent.
“Credit
Event Upon Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Credit
Support Document” means any agreement or instrument that is specified as such in
this Agreement.
“Credit
Support Provider” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
“Default
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence of any
actual cost) to the relevant payee (as certified by it) if it were to fund
or of
finding the relevant amount plus 1% per annum.
“Defaulting
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
“Early
Termination Date” means the date determined in accordance with Section 6(a) or
6(b)(iv).
“Event
of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) and, if applicable, in the
Schedule.
“Illegality”
has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Indemnifiable
Tax” means any Tax other than a Tax that would not be imposed in respect of a
payment under this Agreement but for a present or former connection between
the
jurisdiction of the government or taxation authority imposing such Tax and
the
recipient of such payment or a person related to such recipient (including,
without limitation, a connection arising from such recipient or related person
being or having been a citizen or resident of such jurisdiction, or being or
having been organised, present or engaged in a trade or business in such
jurisdiction, or having or having had a permanent establishment or fixed place
of business in such jurisdiction, but excluding a connection arising solely
from
such recipient or related person having executed, delivered, performed its
obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or a Credit
Support Document).
“law”
includes any treaty, law, rule or regulation (as modified, in the case of tax
matters, by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority) and
“lawful” and “unlawful” will be construed accordingly.
“Local
Business Day” means, subject to the Schedule, a day on which commercial banks
are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign
currency deposits) (a) in relation to any obligation under Section 2(a)(i),
in
the place(s) specified in the relevant Confirmation or, if not so specified,
as
otherwise agreed by the parties in writing or determined pursuant to provisions
contained, or incorporated by reference, in this Agreement, (b) in relation
to
any other payment, in the place where the relevant account is located and,
if
different, in the principal financial centre, if any, of the currency of such
payment, (c) in relation to any notice or other communication, including notice
contemplated under Section 5(a)(i), in the city specified in the address for
notice provided by the recipient and, in the case of a notice contemplated
by
Section 2(b), in the place where the relevant new account is to be located
and
(d) in relation to Section 5(a)(v)(2), in the relevant locations for performance
with respect to such Specified Transaction.
“Loss”
means, with respect to this Agreement or one or more Terminated Transactions,
as
the case may be, and a party, the Termination Currency Equivalent of an amount
that party reasonably determines in good faith to be its total losses and costs
(or gain, in which case expressed as a negative number) in connection with
this
Agreement or that Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions,
as
the case may be, including any loss of bargain, cost of funding or, at the
election of such party but without duplication, loss or cost incurred as a
result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge
or
related trading position (or any gain resulting from any of them). Loss includes
losses and costs (or gains) in respect of any payment or delivery required
to
have been made (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent)
on
or before the relevant Early Termination Date and not made, except, so as to
avoid duplication, if Section 6(e)(i)(1) or (3) or 6(e)(ii)(2)(A) applies.
Loss
does not include a party’s legal fees and out-of-pocket expenses referred to
under Section 11. A party will determine its Loss as of the relevant Early
Termination Date, or, if that is not reasonably practicable, as of the earliest
date thereafter as is reasonably practicable. A party may (but need not)
determine its Loss by reference to quotations of relevant rates or prices from
one or more leading dealers in the relevant markets.
“Market
Quotation” means, with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions and a
party making the determination, an amount determined on the basis of quotations
from Reference Market-makers. Each quotation will be for an amount, if any,
that
would be paid to such party (expressed as a negative number) or by such party
(expressed as a positive number) in consideration of an agreement between such
party (taking into account any existing Credit Support Document with respect
to
the obligations of such party) and the quoting Reference Market-maker to enter
into a transaction (the “Replacement Transaction”) that would have the effect of
preserving for such party the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery
(whether the underlying obligation was absolute or contingent and assuming
the
satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties under
Section 2(a)(i) in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions that would, but for the occurrence of the relevant Early
Termination Date, have been required after that date. For this purpose, Unpaid
Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions are to be excluded but, without limitation, any payment or delivery
that would, but for the relevant Early Termination Date, have been required
(assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) after that Early
Termination Date is to be included. The Replacement Transaction would be subject
to such documentation as such party and the Reference Market-maker may, in
good
faith, agree. The party making the determination (or its agent) will request
each Reference Market-maker to provide its quotation to the extent reasonably
practicable as of the same day and time (without regard to different time zones)
on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant Early Termination
Date. The day and time as of which those quotations are to be obtained will
be
selected in good faith by the party obliged to make a determination under
Section 6(e), and, if each party is so obliged, after consultation with the
other. If more than three quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will
be
the arithmetic mean of the quotations, without regard to the quotations having
the highest and lowest values. If exactly three such quotations are provided,
the Market Quotation will be the quotation remaining after disregarding the
highest and lowest quotations. For this purpose, if more than one quotation
has
the same highest value or lowest value, then one of such quotations shall be
disregarded. If fewer than three quotations are provided, it will be deemed
that
the Market Quotation in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of
Terminated Transactions cannot be determined.
“Non-default
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence of any
actual cost) to the Non-defaulting Party (as certified by it) if it were to
fund
the relevant amount.
“Non-defaulting
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
“Office”
means a branch or office of a party, which may be such party’s head or home
office.
“Potential
Event of Default” means any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Reference
Market-makers” means four leading dealers in the relevant market selected by the
party determining a Market Quotation in good faith (a) from among dealers of
the
highest credit standing which satisfy all the criteria that such party applies
generally at the time in deciding whether to offer or to make an extension
of
credit and (b) to the extent practicable, from among such dealers having an
office in the same city.
“Relevant
Jurisdiction” means, with respect to a party, the jurisdictions (a) in which the
party is incorporated, organised, managed and controlled or considered to have
its seat, (b) where an Office through which the party is acting for purposes
of
this Agreement is located, (c) in which the party executes this Agreement and
(d) in relation to any payment, from or through which such payment is
made.
“Scheduled
Payment Date” means a date on which a payment or delivery is to be made under
Section 2(a)(i) with respect to a Transaction.
“Set-off”
means set-off, offset, combination of accounts, right of retention or
withholding or similar right or requirement to which the payer of an amount
under Section 6 is entitled or subject (whether arising under this Agreement,
another contract, applicable law or otherwise) that is exercised by, or imposed
on, such payer.
“Settlement
Amount” means, with respect to a party and any Early Termination Date, the sum
of —
(a)
the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the Market Quotations (whether positive
or
negative) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions
for which a Market Quotation is determined; and
(b) such
party’s Loss (whether positive or negative and without reference to any Unpaid
Amounts) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions
for
which a Market Quotation cannot be determined or would not (in the reasonable
belief of the party making the determination) produce a commercially reasonable
result.
“Specified
Entity” has the meanings specified in the Schedule.
“Specified
Indebtedness” means, subject to the Schedule, any obligation (whether present or
future, contingent or otherwise, as principal or surety or otherwise) in respect
of borrowed money.
“Specified
Transaction” means, subject to the Schedule, (a) any transaction (including an
agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between
one party to this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such party or
any
applicable Specified Entity of such party) and the other party to this Agreement
(or any Credit Support Provider of such other party or any applicable Specified
Entity of such other party) which is a rate swap transaction, basis swap,
forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option,
foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar
transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction,
currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with
respect to any of these transactions), (b) any combination of these transactions
and (c) any other transaction identified as a Specified Transaction in this
Agreement or the relevant confirmation.
“Stamp
Tax” means any stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.
“Tax”
means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or
fee
of any nature (including interest, penalties and additions thereto) that is
imposed by any government or other taxing authority in respect of any payment
under this Agreement other than a stamp, registration, documentation or similar
tax.
“Tax
Event” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Tax
Event Upon Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Terminated
Transactions” means with respect to any Early Termination Date (a) if resulting
from a Termination Event, all Affected Transactions and (b) if resulting from
an
Event of Default, all Transactions (in either case) in effect immediately before
the effectiveness of the notice designating that Early Termination Date (or,
if
“Automatic Early Termination” applies, immediately before that Early Termination
Date).
“Termination
Currency” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
“Termination
Currency Equivalent” means, in respect of any amount denominated in the
Termination Currency, such Termination Currency amount and, in respect of any
amount denominated in a currency other than the Termination Currency (the “Other
Currency”), the amount in the Termination Currency determined by the party
making the relevant determination as being required to purchase such amount
of
such Other Currency as at the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if the
relevant Market Quotation or Loss (as the case may be), is determined as of
a
later date, that later date, with the Termination Currency at the rate equal
to
the spot exchange rate of the foreign exchange agent (selected as provided
below) for the purchase of such Other Currency with the Termination Currency
at
or about 11:00 a.m. (in the city in which such foreign exchange agent is
located) on such date as would be customary for the determination of such a
rate
for the purchase of such Other Currency for value on the relevant Early
Termination Date or that later date. The foreign exchange agent will, if only
one party is obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), be selected
in
good faith by that party and otherwise will be agreed by the
parties.
“Termination
Event” means an Illegality, a Tax Event or a Tax Event Upon Merger or, if
specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional
Termination Event.
“Termination
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the arithmetic mean of the cost (without
proof or evidence of any actual cost) to each party (as certified by such party)
if it were to fund or of funding such amounts.
“Unpaid
Amounts” owing to any party means, with respect to an Early Termination Date,
the aggregate of (a) in respect of all Terminated Transactions, the amounts
that
became payable (or that would have become payable but for Section 2(a)(iii))
to
such party under Section 2(a)(i) on or prior to such Early Termination Date
and
which remain unpaid as at such Early Termination Date and (b) in respect of
each
Terminated Transaction, for each obligation under Section 2(a)(i) which was
(or
would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) required to be settled by delivery
to
such party on or prior to such Early Termination Date and which has not been
so
settled as at such Early Termination Date, an amount equal to the fair market
value
of
that which was (or would have been) required to be delivered as of the
originally scheduled date for delivery, in each case together with (to the
extent permitted under applicable law) interest, in the currency of such
amounts, from (and including) the date
such
amounts or obligations were or
would
have been
required to have been paid or performed to (but excluding) such
Early Termination Date, at the Applicable Rate. Such amounts of interest will
be
calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days
elapsed. The fair market value of any obligation referred to in clause (b)
above
shall be reasonably determined by the party obliged to make the determination
under Section 6(e) or, if each party is so obliged, it shall be the average
of
the Termination Currency Equivalents of the fair market values reasonably
determined by both parties.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this document on the respective dates
specified below with effect from the date specified on the first page of this
document.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS
SPECIAL
FINANCING INC.
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS
INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, FOR
BNC
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4
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(Name
of Party)
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(Name
of Party)
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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Title:
Vice President
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Date:
1/8/08
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Date:
1/8/2008
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(Multicurrency-Cross
Border)
SCHEDULE
to
the
dated
as
of January 4, 2008
between
XXXXXX
BROTHERS SPECIAL FINANCING INC.
(“Party
A”),
a
corporation organized under the laws of
the
State
of Delaware
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF
THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, FOR BNC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4
(“Party
B”)
All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined are given their meaning in the
Trust
Agreement dated as of December 1, 2007 among Structured Asset Securities
Corporation, as depositor, Aurora Loan Services LLC, as master servicer, Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A, as trustee, and Risk Management Group, LLC, as credit risk
manager (the “Trust Agreement”)
Part
1: Termination Provisions
In
this
Agreement:-
(a)
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“Specified
Entity”
means in relation to Party A for the purpose
of:-
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Section
5(a)(v),
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Not
applicable.
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Section
5(a)(vi),
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Not
applicable.
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Section
5(a)(vii),
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Not
applicable.
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Section
5(b)(iv),
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Not
applicable.
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and
in
relation to Party B for the purpose of:-
Section
5(a)(v),
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Not
applicable.
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Section
5(a)(vi),
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Not
applicable.
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Section
5(a)(vii),
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Not
applicable.
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Section
5(b)(iv),
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Not
applicable.
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(b)
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“Specified
Transaction”
will have the meaning specified in Section
14
of
this Agreement.
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(c)
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(i)
The “Failure
to Pay”
provisions of Section
5(a)(i)
will apply to Party A and Party B; provided,
however,
that Section 5(a)(i) is hereby amended by replacing the word “third” with
the word “first.”
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(ii)
The “Breach
of Agreement”
provisions of Section
5(a)(ii)
will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party
B.
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(iii)
The “Credit
Support Default”
provisions of Section
5(a)(iii)
will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B except that Section
5(a)(iii)(i) will apply to Party B’s obligations under Paragraph 3(b) of
the Credit Support Annex; provided however, that with respect to
any
Credit Support Annex, Section 5(a)(iii) will only apply to Party
A in the
event that such failure is not remedied on or before the third Local
Business Day after notice of such failure is given to Party A.
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Notwithstanding
Sections 5(a)(i) and 5(a)(iii), any failure by Party A to comply with or perform
any obligation to be complied with or performed by Party A under any Credit
Support Annex from time to time entered into between Party A and Party B in
relation to this Master Agreement shall not be an Event of Default unless (A)
(i) a Fitch Ratings Event has occurred and is continuing and at least 30
calendar days have elapsed since the date of a Fitch Ratings Event first
occurred and (ii) such failure is not remedied on or before the third Local
Business Day after notice of such failure is given to Party A; or (B) (i) an
S&P Ratings Event has occurred and is continuing and at least 10 Local
Business Days have elapsed since the last time the S&P Ratings Event first
occurred and (ii) such failure is not remedied on or before the third Local
Business Day after notice of such failure is given to Party A.
(iv)
The
“Misrepresentation”
provisions of Section
5(a)(iv)
will
apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(v)
The
“Default
under Specified Transaction”
provisions of Section 5(a)(v)
will
apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(vi)
“Cross
Default”
provisions of Section
5(a)(vi)
will
apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
The
following provisions apply:
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“Specified
Indebtedness”
will have the meaning specified in Section
14
of
this Agreement.
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“Threshold
Amount”
means the lesser of (i) USD 100 million and (ii) two percent (2%)
of the
Stockholders’ Equity of Xxxxxx Brothers Holdings Inc. (“Xxxxxx Brothers
Holdings Inc.” or “Holdings”), in the case of Party A and Holdings (or its
equivalent in any other currency).
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(vii)
The
“Bankruptcy”
provisions
of Section
5(a)(vii)
will
apply to Party A and to Party B; provided that clauses (2), (7) and (9) thereof
shall not apply to Party B. Clause
(4) of Section 5(a)(vii) will not apply to Party B to the extent that it refers
to proceedings or petitions instituted or presented by Party A or any of its
Affiliates. Clause (6) of Section 5(a)(vii) will not apply to Party B to the
extent that it refers to (i) any appointment that is contemplated or effected
by
the Trust Agreement or (ii) any appointment to which Party B has not become
subject. Clause (8) of Section 5(a)(vii) will not apply to Party B to the extent
that it applies to Section 5(a)(vii)(2), (4), (6), and (7) (except to the extent
that such provisions are not disapplied with respect to Party B).
(viii)
The “Merger
without Assumption”
provisions of Section
5(a)(viii)
will
apply to Party A and will apply to Party B.
(d)
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(i)
The “Illegality”
provisions of Section
5(b)(i)
will apply to Party A and will apply to Party B.
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(ii)
The “Tax
Event”
provisions of Section
5(b)(ii)
will apply to both parties provided that the words “(x) any action taken
by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction,
on
or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless
of
whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to
this
Agreement or (y)” shall be deleted.
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(iii)
The “Tax
Event Upon Merger”
provisions of Section
5(b)(iii)
will apply to both parties, provided that Party A shall not be entitled
to
designate an Early Termination Date by reason of a Tax Event upon
Merger
in respect of which it is the Affected
Party.
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Section
6(b)(ii)
will apply, provided that the words “or if a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs
and the Burdened Party is the Affected Party” shall be
deleted.
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(iv)
The “Credit
Event Upon Merger”
provisions of Section
5(b)(iv)
will not apply to Party A and will not apply to Party
B.
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(e)
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The
“Automatic
Early Termination”
provision of Section
6(a)
will not apply to Party A and will not apply to Party
B.
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(f)
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Payments
on Early Termination.
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(A) For
the
purpose of Section
6(e)
of this
Agreement, Market Quotation and Second Method will apply.
(B)
Calculations.
Notwithstanding Section 6 of this Agreement, so long as Party A is
(A) the
Affected Party in respect of an Additional Termination Event or a
Tax
Event Upon Merger or (B) the Defaulting Party in respect of any Event
of
Default, paragraphs (i) to (vi) below shall apply:
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(i) The
definition of “Market Quotation” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
“Market
Quotation”
means, with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions, a Firm
Offer
which is (1) made by a Reference Market-maker, (2) for an amount
that
would be paid to Party B (expressed as a negative number) or by Party
B
(expressed as a positive number) in consideration of an agreement
between
Party B and such Reference Market-maker to enter into a transaction
(the
“Replacement Transaction”) that would have the effect for preserving for
such party the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (whether
the
underlying obligation was absolute or contingent and assuming the
satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties
under
Section 2(a)(i) in respect of such Termination transactions or group
of
Terminated Transactions that would, but for the occurrence of the
relevant
Early Termination Date, have been required after that Date, (3) made
on
the basis that Unpaid Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction
or
group of Transactions are to be excluded but, without limitation,
any
payment or delivery that would, but for the relevant Early Termination
Date, have been required (assuming satisfaction of each applicable
condition precedent) after that Early Termination Date is to be included
and (4) made in respect of a Replacement Transaction with terms
substantially the same as those of this Agreement (save for the exclusion
of provisions relating to Transactions that are not Terminated
Transactions).”
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(ii)
The
definition of “Settlement Amount” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
“Settlement
Amount”
means,
with respect to any Early Termination Date, an amount (as determined by Party
B)
equal to the Termination Currency Equivalent of the amount (whether positive
or
negative) of any Market Quotation for the relevant Terminated Transaction or
group of Terminated Transactions that is accepted by Party B so as to become
legally binding, provided that:
(1) If,
on
the day falling ten Local Business Days after the day on which the Early
Termination Date is designated or such later day as Party B may specify in
writing to Party A (but in either case no later than the Early Termination
Date)
(such day the “Latest
Settlement Amount Determination Day”),
no
Market Quotation for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions has been accepted by Party B so as to become legally binding and
one or more Market Quotations have been made and remain capable of becoming
legally binding upon acceptance, the Settlement Amount shall equal the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the amount (whether positive or negative)
of
the lowest of such Market Quotations; and
(2) If,
on
the Latest Settlement Amount Determination Day, no Market Quotation for the
relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions is accepted
by Party B so as to become legally binding and no Market Quotations have been
made and remain capable of becoming legally binding upon acceptance, the
Settlement Amount shall equal Party B’s Loss (whether positive or negative and
without reference to any Unpaid amounts) for the relevant Terminated Transaction
or group of Terminated Transactions.
(iii) For
the
purpose of sub-paragraph (4) of the definition of Market Quotation, Party B
shall determine in its sole discretion, acting in a commercially reasonable
manner, whether a Firm Offer is made in respect of a Replacement Transaction
with commercial terms substantially the same as those of this Agreement (save
for the exclusion of provisions relating to Transactions that are not Terminated
Transactions).
(iv) At
any
time on or before the Latest Settlement Amount Determination Day at which two
or
more Market Quotations remain capable of becoming legally binding upon
acceptance, Party B shall be entitled to accept only the lowest of such Market
Quotations.
(v) if
Party
B requests Party A in writing to obtain Market Quotations, Party A shall use
its
reasonable efforts to do so before the Latest Settlement Amount Determination
Day.
(vi) If
the
Settlement Amount is a negative number, Section 6(e)(i)(3) of this Agreement
shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“Second
Method and Market Quotation”.
If
Second Method and Market Quotation apply, (1) Party B shall pay to Party A
an
amount equal to the absolute value of the Settlement Amount in respect of the
Terminated Transactions, (2) Party B shall pay to Party A the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Party A and (3) Party A
shall
pay to Party B the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing
to Party B, provided that, (i) the amounts payable under (2) and (3) shall
be
subject to netting in accordance with Section 2(c) of this Agreement and (ii)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any amount payable by
Party A under (3) shall not be netted against any amount payable by Party B
under (1).”
(g)
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“Termination
Currency”
means USD.
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(h)
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Timing
of Party B Termination Payment.
If an amount calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination
Date under Section 6(e) of this Agreement is an amount to be paid
by Party
B to Party A then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii)
of
this Agreement, such amount will be payable on the first Distribution
Date
following the date on which the payment would have been payable as
determined in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii); provided
that if the date on which the payment would have been payable as
determined in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii) is a Distribution
Date,
then the payment will be payable on the date determined in accordance
with
Section 6(d)(ii).
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(i)
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Additional
Termination Events
will apply. Each of the following shall constitute an Additional
Termination Event:
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(A) |
Reserved.
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(B) |
(I)
S&P Collateralization
Event.
An
S&P Collateralization Event has occurred and is continuing and Party
A
has failed to comply with or perform any obligation to be complied
with or
performed by Party A in accordance with the "Downgrade Provisions"
as set
forth in Part 5(f)(ii) and a S&P Ratings Event has neither occurred
nor is continuing.
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(II) S&P Ratings
Event.
An
S&P Ratings Event has occurred and is continuing and (i) Party A has failed
to comply with or perform any obligation to be complied with or performed by
Party A in accordance with the Credit Support Annex or (ii) at least 60 calendar
days or more have elapsed since such S&P Ratings Event first occurred.
(III)
Fitch
Collateralization Event.
A Fitch
Collateralization Event has occurred and is continuing and Party A has failed
to
comply with or perform any obligation to be complied with or performed by Party
A in accordance with the “Downgrade Provisions” as set forth in Part 5(f)(ii)
and a Fitch Ratings Event has neither occurred nor is continuing with respect
to
Fitch. Any event which constitutes an Additional Termination Event pursuant
to
this Section 1(h)(i)(B)(III) shall not constitute an Event of Default.
(IV) Fitch
Ratings Event.
A
Fitch
Ratings Event has occurred and is continuing and at least 60 calendar days
or
more have elapsed since such Fitch Ratings Event first occurred. Any event
which
constitutes an Additional Termination Event pursuant to this Section
1(h)(i)(B)(IV) shall not constitute an Event of Default.
For
the purpose of the foregoing Termination Events in this Part 1(i)(B),
Party A shall be the sole Affected
Party.
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(C)
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Termination
of Trust Agreement.
Party B or the Trust Fund (as defined in the Trust Agreement) is
terminated. For the purpose of the foregoing Termination Event, Party
B
shall be the sole Affected Party.
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(D)
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Amendment
of Trust Agreement.
The Trust Agreement is amended or modified without the prior written
consent of Party A where such consent is required under the terms
of the
Trust Agreement; provided, however, that it shall not be an Additional
Termination Event where such amendment or modification involves the
appointment of any successor trustee, master servicer or servicer
pursuant
to the terms of the Trust Agreement. For the purpose of the foregoing
Termination Event, Party B shall be the sole Affected Party.
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(E)
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Certificate
Reduction. The
Class Principal Amounts of the rated Certificates are reduced to
zero. For
the purpose of the foregoing Termination Event, Party B shall be
the sole
Affected Party
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(F)
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Master
Servicer’s/Insurer’s Option to Purchase Loans.
Notice of the Master Servicer’s or the NIMS Insurer’s intention to
exercise its option to purchase the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
7.01 of the Trust Agreement is given by the Trustee to Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Trust Agreement, provided that the
Early
Termination Date may not be earlier than the date on which the
Certificates are redeemed pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Trust Agreement.
For the purpose of the foregoing Termination Event, Party B shall
be the
sole Affected Party.
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Part
2: Tax Representations
(a)
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Payer
Tax Representations.
For the purpose of Section
3(e)
of
this Agreement, Party A and Party B will each make the following
representation: None.
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(b)
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Payee
Tax Representations.
For the purpose of Section
3(f)
of
this Agreement, Party A represents that it is a corporation duly
organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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(c)
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Tax
Representations in Confirmations. For
purposes of Sections
2(d)(i)(4)
and 3(f),
any payee tax representation specified in a Confirmation under this
Agreement shall be deemed to be specified in this
Schedule.
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(d)
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Gross
Up.
Section 2(d)(i)(4) shall not apply to Party B as X, and Section 2(d)(ii)
shall not apply to Party B as Y, in each case such that Party B shall
not
be required to pay any additional amounts referred to therein.
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(e)
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Indemnificable
Tax.
The definition of “Indemnifiable Tax” in Section 14 is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Indemnifiable
Tax” means, in relation to payments by Party A, any Tax and, in relation
to payments by Party B, no Tax.
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Part
3: Agreement to Deliver Documents
For
the
purpose of Sections
4(a)(i)
and
(ii)
of this
Agreement, each party agrees to deliver the following documents, as
applicable:-
(a) Tax
forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:-
Party
required to
deliver
document
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Form/Document/
Certificate
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Date
by which
to
be Delivered
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Party
A and Party B
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Forms
and/or documents described in Section
4(a)(iii)
of
the Agreement.
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Upon
reasonable demand by the other
party.
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(b) Other
documents to be delivered are:-
Party
required
to
deliver
document
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Form/Document/
Certificate
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Date
by which
to
be Delivered
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Covered
by
Section
3(d)
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Party
A and Party B
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For
each party, an incumbency certificate with respect to each signatory
to
this Agreement and the Credit Support Documents.
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Upon
execution of this Agreement.
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Yes
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Party
A
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A
copy of the annual report of its Credit Support Provider containing
audited consolidated financial statements for such fiscal year certified
by independent public accountants and prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied.
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Upon
request.
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Yes
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Party
A
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For
its most recent fiscal quarter, a copy of the unaudited financial
statements of its Credit Support Provider, prepared in accordance
with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied.
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Upon
request.
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Yes
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Party
required
to
deliver
document
|
Form/Document/
Certificate
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Date
by which
to
be Delivered
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Covered
by
Section
3(d)
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Party
A and Party B
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(i)
In the case of Party A, a copy of the resolutions or other action
of the
board of directors of each of Party A and its Credit Support Provider
and
(ii) in the case of Party B, (x) a resolution of the board of directors
certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of Party B, or (y)
an
Trust Agreement or other document of Party B, pursuant to which Party
B is
authorized to enter into this Agreement, each Credit Support Document
to
which it is a party, and each Transaction from time to time entered
into
hereunder (the “Authorizing Resolution”).
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Upon
execution of this Agreement.
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Yes
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Party
A
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A
guarantee of Holdings substantially in the form of Exhibit
A
to
this Schedule.
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Upon
execution of this Agreement
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No
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Party
A
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An
opinion of counsel to Party A substantially in the form of Exhibit
C to
this Schedule.
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Upon
execution of this Agreement
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No
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Party
B
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An
opinion of counsel to Party B that is addressed to Party A substantially
in the form of Exhibit
B
to
this Schedule reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Party
A.
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Upon
execution of this Agreement
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No
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Party
B
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Trust
Agreement
|
Upon
execution of this Agreement
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Yes
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Party
B
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All
reports to the Trustee pursuant to 9.24 of the Trust Agreement.
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At
such time as each report is delivered to the Trustee
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Yes
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Party
B
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All
reports pursuant to 4.03 of the Trust Agreement.
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In
accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement
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Party
B
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All
reports that go to the Rating Agencies.
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As
applicable.
|
Yes
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Party
required
to
deliver
document
|
Form/Document/
Certificate
|
Date
by which
to
be Delivered
|
Covered
by
Section
3(d)
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Party
B
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Each
material amendment, supplement or waiver to the Trust Agreement,
as
proposed from time to time, or any other amendment or modification
of the
Trust Agreement that requires the written consent of Party A under
the
terms of the Trust Agreement.
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Promptly
upon learning of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.
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No
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Part
4: Miscellaneous
(a) |
Addresses
for Notices.
For the purpose of Section
12(a)
of this Agreement:-
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Address
for notices or communications to Party A:-
Address:
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Xxxxxx
Brothers Special Financing Inc.
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c/x
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Legal,
Compliance & Audit Group
Capital
Markets Contracts - Legal
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
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Documentation
Manager
|
Telephone
No.:
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(000)
000-0000
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Facsimile
No.:
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(000)
000-0000
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For
all
purposes.
Address
for notices or communications to Party B:-
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee
0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Client Manager, BNC Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-4
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
With
a
copy to:
Aurora
Loan Services LLC, as Master Servicer
00000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
For
all
purposes.
(b) |
Process
Agent.
For the purpose of Section
13(c)
of this Agreement:-
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Party
A
appoints as its Process Agent: Not applicable.
Party
B appoints as its Process Agent: Not
applicable.
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(c)
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Offices.
The provisions of Section
10(a)
will apply to this Agreement.
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(d)
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Multibranch
Party.
For the purpose of Section
10(c)
of
this Agreement:-
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Party
A
is not a Multibranch Party.
Party
B is not a Multibranch Party.
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(e)
|
Calculation
Agent.
The Calculation Agent is Party A.
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(f)
|
Credit
Support Document.
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In
the case of Party A: (1) A guarantee of Party A's obligations hereunder
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
A
to
this Schedule or any Eligible Guarantee. (2) The Credit Support Annex
which supplements, forms part of, and is subject to this
Agreement.
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In
the
case of Party B: The Credit Support Annex which supplements, forms part of,
and
is subject to this Agreement.
(g) |
Credit
Support Provider.
|
Credit
Support Provider means in relation to Party A: Holdings so long as any
subsidiary of Holdings is Party A or any other guarantor, if applicable, under
an Eligible Guarantee.
Credit
Support Provider means in relation to Party B: None.
(h)
|
(i)
|
Jurisdiction. Section
13(b)
is
hereby amended by: (i) deleting in the second line of subparagraph
(i)
thereof the word “non-”; and (ii) deleting the final paragraph
thereof.
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(j)
|
Netting
of Payments. Subparagraph
(ii)
of
Section
2(c)
of
this Agreement will apply.
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(k)
|
“Affiliate”
will
have the meaning specified in Section
14
of
this Agreement, provided that Party B shall be deemed to have no
Affiliates; provided,
however,
that (except for the purpose of Part 1(c)(vi)) with respect to Party
A,
such definition shall be understood to exclude Xxxxxx Brothers Derivative
Products Inc. and Xxxxxx Brothers Financial Products
Inc.
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(l)
|
Local
Business Day.
The definition of Local Business Day in Section 14 of this Agreement
shall
be amended by the addition of the words “or any Credit Support Document”
after “Section 2(a)(i)” and the addition of the words “or Credit Support
Document” after “Confirmation”.
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Part
5: Other Provisions
(a)
|
General
Conditions. Section
2(a)(iii)
is hereby amended by (X) inserting in the third line thereof after
the
words “and is continuing, (2)” and before the words “the condition
precedent” the following phrase “the condition precedent that no
Additional Termination Event has occurred and is continuing with
respect
to which the other party is an Affected Party and with respect to
which
all outstanding Transactions are Affected Transactions, (3)” and (Y)
delete the symbol “(3)” before the words “each other applicable condition”
and substitute the symbol “(4)” in lieu
thereof.
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(b)
|
Accuracy
of Specified Information. Section
3(d)
is
hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof after the words
“in
every material respect” and before the period the phrase “or, in the case
of audited or unaudited financial statements, a fair presentation,
in all
material respects, of the financial condition of the relevant
person.”
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(c)
|
No
Violation or Conflict Representation. Section
3(a)(iii)
is
hereby amended by inserting in the second line thereof after the
words
“constitutional documents” and before the words “, any order or judgment”
the phrase “(including, but not limited to, the Trust Agreement, as
amended, and any and all resolutions, investment policies, guidelines,
procedures or restrictions)”; provided,
such amendment shall be applicable only with respect to the
Representations of Party B.
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(d)
|
Representations. Section
3
is
hereby amended by adding the following subsections after subsection
(f)
thereof:
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(g)
|
No
Agency. Party
A is acting as principal and not as agent when entering into this
Agreement, any Credit Support Document to which it is a party, and
each
Transaction. Party B is acting not in its individual capacity but
solely
as Trustee on behalf of the Supplemental Interest
Trust.
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(h)
|
Eligible
Contract Participant.
It
is an “eligible contract participant” within the meaning of Section 1a(12)
of the Commodity Exchange Act, as
amended.
|
(i)
|
Non-Reliance.
Party A is acting for its own account and it has made its own independent
decisions to enter into each Transaction and as to whether that
Transaction is appropriate or proper for it based upon its own judgment
and upon advice from such advisors as it has deemed necessary. Party
B is
acting not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee on behalf
of
the Supplemental Interest Trust. It is not relying on any communication
(written or oral) of the other party as investment advice or a
recommendation to enter into that Transaction. No communication (written
or oral) received from the other party shall be deemed to be an assurance
or guarantee as to the expected results of that Transaction.
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(j)
|
Assessment
and Understanding.
It
is capable of assessing the merits of and understanding (on its own
behalf
or through independent professional advice), and understands and
accepts,
the terms, conditions and risks of that Transaction. It is also capable
of
assuming, and assumes, the risks of that
Transaction.
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(k)
|
Status
of Parties.
The other party is not acting as a fiduciary for or an adviser to
it in
respect of that Transaction.
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(e)
|
Additional
Representations and Warranties of Party B.
Party B represents to Party A in accordance with Section
3
of
the Agreement (which representations will be deemed to be repeated
by
Party B at all times until the termination of this Agreement)
that:
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(i)
|
Constitutional
Documents. Party
B is in compliance, in all material respects, with its constitutional
documents (including, but not limited to, the Trust Agreement, as
amended
from time-to-time, and any and all resolutions, investment policies,
guidelines, procedures or restrictions), and each Transaction contemplated
hereunder is and will be an authorized and permitted transaction
thereunder and an Authorizing Resolution is in full force and
effect.
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(ii)
|
Swap
Agreement.
(i) Party A is Swap Counterparty, (ii) this Agreement (and each
Transaction entered into hereunder) is a Swap Agreement and (iii)
the
obligations and liabilities of Party B under this Agreement and the
relevant Credit Support Documents constitute the secured obligations
of
Party B under the Trust Agreement.
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(iii)
|
Compliance
with Laws.
Party B is in compliance, in all respects, with all applicable laws,
rules, regulations, interpretations, guidelines, procedures, and
policies
of applicable regulatory authorities affecting Party B, this Agreement,
the Transactions, or the performance of Party B’s obligations
hereunder.
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(f) |
Downgrade
Provisions.
|
(i)
|
It
shall be a collateralization event (a “Collateralization
Event”)
if:
|
(A)
with
respect to each Relevant Entity that is a Financial Institution, either:
(i)
the
Short-term Rating of such Relevant Entity is "A-2"
from
S&P, or
(ii)
if
such Relevant Entity does not have a Short-term Rating from S&P, the
Long-term Rating of such Relevant Entity is "A",
“A-“
or
“BBB+”
from
S&P
(such
event, an “S&P
Collateralization Event”),
or
(B)
with
respect to each Relevant Entity, the Long-term Rating or financial strength
ratings of such Relevant Entity is below “A”
from
Fitch (such event, a “Fitch
Collateralization Event”).
“Relevant
Entity”
means
Party A or Party A’s Credit Support Provider, as applicable.
(ii)
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Without
prejudice to Party A's obligations under the Credit Support Annex,
during
any period in which a Collateralization Event is occurring, Party A
shall, at its own expense either
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(I)
post
collateral according to the terms of the Credit Support Annex, or
(II)
within
(a) 60 calendar days in the case of an S&P Collateralization Event (so long
as collateral was posted according to the terms of the Credit Support Annex
within 10 Business Days), or (b) 30 calendar days, in the case of a Fitch
Collateralization Event: (i) furnish an Eligible Guarantee (as defined below)
of
Party A's obligations under this Agreement from a guarantor that satisfies
the
Hedge Counterparty Ratings Requirement (as defined below); or (ii) obtain a
substitute counterparty (and provide prior written notice to each Rating Agency
with respect thereto) that (a) satisfies the Hedge Counterparty Ratings
Requirement and (b) assumes the obligations of Party A under this Agreement
(through an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Party B and subject to the Rating Agency Condition) or,
subject to prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, replaces the outstanding
Transactions hereunder with transactions on identical terms, except that
Party A shall be replaced as counterparty, provided that such substitute
counterparty, as of the date of such assumption or replacement, must not, as
a
result thereof, be required to withhold or deduct on account of tax under the
Agreement or the new transactions, as applicable, and such assumption or
replacement must not lead to a Termination Event or Event of Default occurring
in respect of the new transactions, as applicable; or
(III)
take
such
other steps as may be allowed subject to satisfaction of the relevant Rating
Agency Condition.
“Eligible
Guarantee”
means an
unconditional and irrevocable guarantee (a) in a form identical to that attached
hereto as Exhibit A (except for the name, address and the jurisdiction of the
guarantor so long as the jurisdiction has a tax treaty in place with the United
States that precludes the withholding or deduction of any amount payable to
Party B by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee), and subject to prior
written notice to the Rating Agencies, or that otherwise satisfies the Rating
Agency Condition or (b) that is provided by a guarantor as principal debtor
rather than surety and is directly enforceable by Party B and subject to
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, where either (A) a law firm has
given a legal opinion confirming that none of the guarantor’s payments to Party
B under such guarantee will be subject to withholding for Tax or (B) such
guarantee provides that, in the event that any of such guarantor’s payments to
Party B are subject to withholding for Tax, such guarantor is required to pay
such additional amount as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually
received by Party B (free and clear of any withholding tax) will equal the
full
amount Party B would have received had no such withholding been
required.
An
entity
shall satisfy the “Hedge
Counterparty Ratings Requirement”
if (a)
either (i) the Relevant Entity is not a Financial Institution and its Short-term
Rating is at least “A-1”
by
S&P or, if the Relevant Entity does not have a Short-term Rating from
S&P, its Long-term Rating is at least “A+”
from
S&P or (ii) the Relevant Entity is a Financial Institution and (1) its
Short-term Rating is at least “A-2”
from
S&P, or if it does not have a Short-term Rating from S&P, its Long-term
Rating is at least “BBB+”
from
S&P, and (2) such Relevant Entity posts collateral pursuant to the Credit
Support Annex and (b) either (i) the Long-term
Rating or financial strength rating of such Relevant Entity is below
“A”
from
Fitch or (ii) the Short-term Rating of such Relevant Entity is at least
“F1”
from
Fitch. For the purpose of this definition, no direct or indirect recourse
against one or more shareholders of the entity (or against any Person in control
of, or controlled by, or under common control with, any such shareholder) shall
be deemed to constitute a guarantee, security or support of the obligations
of
the entity.
(iii)
|
It
shall be a ratings event (“Ratings
Event”)
if at any time after the date hereof
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(A)
(1)
if
the
Relevant Entity is a Financial Institution, the Short-term Rating of each
Relevant Entity is “A-3”
or
below from S&P or, if such Relevant Entity does not have a Short-term Rating
from S&P, a Long-term Rating “BBB”
or
below from S&P or the Relevant Entity is no longer rated by S&P or
(2)
if
the
Relevant Entity is not a Financial Institution, its Short-term Rating is
“A-2”
or
below from S&P, or if such Relevant Entity does not have a Short-term
Rating, its Long-term Rating is “A”
or
below from S&P, or such Relevant Entity is no longer rated by S&P (such
event, an “S&P
Ratings Event”)
or
(B)
either
(i) the Long-term Rating of each Relevant Entity is “BBB”
or
below from Fitch or (ii) the Short-term Rating of each Relevant Entity is
“F2”
or
below from Fitch (such event, a “Fitch
Ratings Event”).
(iv) Following
a Ratings Event, Party A shall take the following actions:
in
the
case of an S&P Ratings Event or a Fitch Ratings Event, Party A, at its
sole expense, shall post collateral according to the terms of the Credit Support
Annex, and as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 60 calendar
days
after the Ratings Event, use commercially reasonable efforts to
(x)
furnish an Eligible Guarantee of Party A’s obligations under this Agreement from
a guarantor that satisfies the Hedge Counterparty Ratings Requirement or
(y)
obtain a substitute counterparty (and provide written notice to each Rating
Agency with respect thereto), that (A) satisfies the Hedge Counterparty Ratings
Requirement and (B) assumes the obligations of Party A under this Agreement
(through an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Party B and subject to satisfying the Rating Agency
Condition or in form and substance which maintains the obligations of Party
A on
identical terms, (except for the name, address and the jurisdiction of the
substitute counterparty so long as the jurisdiction has a tax treaty in place
with the United States that precludes the withholding or deduction of any amount
payable to Party B by the substitute counterparty) and subject to prior written
notice to the Rating Agencies) or replaces the outstanding Transactions
hereunder with transactions on identical terms, (except for the name, address
and the jurisdiction of the substitute counterparty so long as the jurisdiction
has a tax treaty in place with the United States that precludes the withholding
or deduction of any amount payable to Party B by the substitute counterparty),
subject to prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, provided that such
substitute counterparty, as of the date of such assumption or replacement,
must
not, as a result thereof, be required to withhold or deduct on account of tax
under the Agreement or the new transactions, as applicable, and such assumption
or replacement must not lead to a Termination Event or Event of Default
occurring in respect of the new transactions, as applicable; or
(z)
take
other steps subject to satisfaction of the relevant Rating Agency
Condition.
(g) |
Third-Party
Beneficiary.
Party B agrees with Party A that Party A shall be an express third-party
beneficiary of the Trust Agreement.
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(h)
|
Set-off.
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(i) All
payments under this Agreement shall be made without set-off or counterclaim,
except as expressly provided for in Section 2(c), Section 6, Part 1(f)(vi)
above
and in Paragraphs 8(a) or (b) of the Credit Support Annex attached hereto.
(ii) Section
6(e) shall be amended by the deletion of the following sentence: “The amount, if
any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date and determined pursuant
to
this Section will be subject to any Set-off.”
(i)
|
Transfer
and Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section
7
of
the Agreement, Party A may at its own cost, assign its rights and
obligations under the Agreement, in whole or in part (but in increments
no
less than the entire trade confirmation), (1) to any Affiliate of
Holdings
effective upon delivery to Party B of the executed guarantee by Holdings,
in favor of Party B, of the obligations of such Affiliate, such guarantee
to be identical to the guarantee then in effect of the obligations
of the
transferor (except for the name, address and the jurisdiction of
the
guarantor so long as the jurisdiction has a tax treaty in place with
the
United States that precludes the withholding or deduction of any
amount
payable to Party B by the guarantor) or that otherwise satisfies
the
Rating Agency Condition, or (2) to any entity with the same or higher
Long-term Rating (as determined by S&P) as Holdings at the time of
such transfer, in each case provided that (A) the transferee is an
Eligible Replacement and (B) in the case of a transfer in part
substantially all of Party A’s obligations under this Agreement are
transferred to the transferee, as determined by Party B acting in
a
commercially reasonable manner. In the event of such a transfer,
this
Agreement shall be replaced with an Agreement having identical terms
(except for the name, address and the jurisdiction of the transferee
so
long as the jurisdiction has a tax treaty in place with the United
States
that precludes the withholding or deduction of any amount payable
to Party
B by the transferee) or with an agreement that otherwise satisfies
the
Rating Agency Condition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any assignment
hereunder shall not be permitted if, as a result thereof, a payment
becomes subject to any deduction or withholding for or on account
of any
tax which would not have arisen had such assignment not been effected
or
such transfer would cause an Event of Default or Termination event
to
occur. Party A will provide prior written notice to each Rating Agency
of
any such assignment. If an entity has made a Firm Offer (which remains
capable of becoming legally binding upon acceptance) to be the transferee
of a transfer, Party B shall at Party A’s written request take any
reasonable steps required to be taken by it to effect such transfer.
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All
collateral posted by Party A shall be returned to Party A immediately
upon
the assumption by a substitute counterparty of all of Party A’s
obligations hereunder.
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(j)
|
Notices.
For the purposes of subsections (iii)
and (v)
of Section
12(a),
the date of receipt shall be presumed to be the date sent if sent
on a
Local Business Day or, if not sent on a Local Business Day, the date
of
receipt shall be presumed to be the first Local Business Day following
the
date sent.
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(k)
|
Service
of Process.
The third sentence of Section
13(c)
shall be amended by adding the following language at the end thereof:
"if
permitted in the jurisdiction where the proceedings are initiated
and in
the jurisdiction where service is to be
made."
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(l)
|
Arms’-Length
Transaction.
Party B acknowledges and agrees that Party A has had and will have
no
involvement in and, accordingly Party A accepts no responsibility
for: (i)
the establishment, structure, or choice of assets of Party B; (ii)
the
selection of any person performing services for or acting on behalf
of
Party B; (iii) the selection of Party A as the Counterparty; (iv)
the
terms of the Certificates; (v) the preparation of or passing on the
disclosure and other information contained in any offering circular
or
similar document for the Certificates, the Trust Agreement, or any
other
agreements or documents used by Party B or any other party in connection
with the marketing and sale of the Certificates; (vi) the ongoing
operations and administration of Party B, including the furnishing
of any
information to Party B which is not specifically required under this
Agreement; or (vii) any other aspect of Party B’s existence.
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(m)
|
Amendments. Section
9(b)
is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the sentence: “In addition,
any amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be subject
to the
Rating Agency Condition.”
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(n)
|
Amendments
to Trust Agreement.
Party B or the Depositor on its behalf will provide Party A with
at least
ten (10) Business Days prior written notice of and obtain Party A’s prior
written consent to any proposed amendment, supplement or modification
to
its Trust Agreement that could have a material, adverse effect on
Party A
or otherwise give Party A the right to terminate any Transactions
pursuant
to the provisions of Part 1(i)(C) above.
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(o)
|
No
Bankruptcy Petition. Party
A agrees that it will not, for a period of one year and one day (or
any
such longer period required in the appropriate jurisdiction), after
the
payment in full of all of the Certificates issued under the Trust
Agreement, acquiesce, petition, invoke or otherwise cause Party B
to
invoke the process of any governmental authority for the purpose
of
commencing or sustaining a case (whether voluntary or involuntary)
against
Party B under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing
a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
or other
similar official of Party B or any substantial part of its property
or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of Party B;
provided,
that this provision shall not restrict or prohibit Party A from joining
any other person, including, without limitation, the Trustee, in
any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or
liquidation proceedings already commenced or other analogous proceedings
already commenced under applicable law. This provision shall survive
the
termination of this Agreement.
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(p)
|
Party
B Agent.
Party A acknowledges that Party B has appointed the Trustee as its
agent
under the Trust Agreement to carry out certain functions on behalf
of
Party B, and that the Trustee shall be entitled to give notices and
to
perform and satisfy the obligations of Party B hereunder on behalf
of
Party B.
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(q)
|
Limited
Recourse.
The liability of Party B under this Agreement is limited in recourse
to
the assets of the Trust Fund and to distributions of interest proceeds
and
principal proceeds thereon applied in accordance with the terms of
the
Trust Agreement. Upon application and exhaustion of all of the assets
of
the Trust Fund (and proceeds thereof) in accordance with the Trust
Agreement, Party A shall not be entitled to take any further steps
against
Party B to recover any sums due but still unpaid hereunder or thereunder,
all claims in respect of which shall be extinguished. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, Party A shall not be
precluded from declaring an Event of Default or from exercising any
other
right or remedy as set forth in this Agreement or the Trust Agreement.
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(r)
|
Additional
Definitions. Section
14
is
hereby amended by adding the following definitions in their appropriate
alphabetical order:
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“Collateralization
Event”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(i) above.
“Eligible
Guarantee”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(ii) above.
“Eligible
Replacement”
means an entity (A) that satisfies the definition of Hedge Counterparty Ratings
Requirement, set forth in Part 5(f)(ii) above or (B) whose present and future
obligations owing to Party B are guaranteed pursuant to an Eligible Guarantee
provided by a guarantor which satisfies paragraph (b) of the definition of
Hedge
Counterparty Ratings Requirement.
“Financial
Institution”
means a bank, broker-dealer, structured investment vehicle, derivatives product
company or insurance company or Xxxxxx Brothers Holdings Inc. or otherwise
determined to be a Financial Institution by S&P.
“Firm
Offer”
means an offer which, when made, was considered by the Reference Market-maker
that provided such offer to be capable of and intended to become legally binding
if accepted.
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc.
“Fitch
Collateralization Event”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(i) above.
“Fitch
Ratings Event”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(iii) above.
“Hedge
Counterparty Ratings Requirement”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(ii) above.
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“Long-term
Rating”
means the rating of the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported
long-term senior debt-obligation.
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“Rating
Agency”
shall mean each of S&P and Fitch.
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“Rating
Agency Condition”
means, with respect to any particular proposed act or omission to
act
hereunder, that the party acting or failing to act has consulted
with each
applicable Rating Agency then providing a rating of any Class of
Certificates and has received from each Rating Agency a written
confirmation that the proposed action or inaction would not cause
such
Rating Agency to downgrade or withdraw its then-current rating of
any
Class of Certificates.
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“Ratings
Event”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(iii) above.
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“Relevant
Entity”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(i) above.
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“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of XxXxxx-Xxxx,
Inc.
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“S&P
Collateralization Event”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(i)
above.
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“S&P
Ratings Event”
shall have the meaning given in Part 5(f)(iii) above.
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“Short-term
Rating”
means
the rating of the unsecured, unguaranteed and otherwise unsupported short-term
debt-obligation.
“Stockholders'
Equity”
means
with respect to an entity, at any time, the sum at such time of (i) its capital
stock (including preferred stock) outstanding, taken at par value, (ii) its
capital surplus and (iii) its retained earnings, minus (iv) treasury stock,
each
to be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied.
“Trust
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning given on the first page of this Schedule.
“USD”
means
United States Dollars.
All
terms
used herein and not otherwise defined are given their meaning in the Trust
Agreement.
(s)
|
Waiver
of Trial By Jury. Insofar
as is permitted by law, each party irrevocably waives any and all
rights
to trial by jury in any legal proceeding in connection with this
agreement
or any transaction, and acknowledges that this waiver is a material
inducement to the other party’s entering into this agreement and each
transaction hereunder.
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(t)
|
Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or condition of this Agreement,
or the
application thereof to any party or circumstance, shall be held to
be
invalid or unenforceable (in whole or in part) for any reason, the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and conditions hereof shall
continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed
with the invalid or unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as
this
Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change,
the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter of
this
Agreement and the deletion of such portion of this Agreement will
not
substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of the
parties to this Agreement. It shall in particular be understood that
this
provision shall not affect the “single agreement” concept of Section 1(c)
of the Master Agreement
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(u)
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Guarantee
Demand. If
Party A fails to pay punctually any amounts under this Agreement,
to the
extent that Party B desires to exercise its rights under the Guarantee,
the Trustee shall on behalf of Party B, make the written demand for
payment pursuant to the Guarantee.
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(v)
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Trustee
Capacity.
It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that
(i) this
Agreement is executed and delivered by Trustee not individually or
personally but solely as Trustee of Supplemental Interest Trust,
in the
exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it,
(ii) each
of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on
the
party of the Supplemental Interest Trust is made and intended not
as
personal representations, undertakings and agreements by Trustee
but is
made and intended for the purpose of binding only Supplemental Interest
Trust, (iii) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating
any
liability on the party of Trustee, individually or personally, to
perform
any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such
liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and
by any
Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto and (iv)
under no
circumstances shall Trustee be personally liable for the payment
of any
indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach
of
failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made
or
undertaken by Supplemental Interest Trust under this Agreement.
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(x)
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Other
criteria.
Notwithstanding,
and without prejudice to, any other provision herein, in the event
that
S&P has other published criteria with respect to the downgrade of a
counterparty in effect at the time of such a downgrade of Party A,
Party A
shall be entitled to elect to take such other measures specified
in such
published criteria subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition
by S&P.
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(y)
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Notifications.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Early
Termination Date shall be effectively designated by Party B unless
each
Rating Agency has been given prior written notice of such
designation.
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(z)
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Escrow
Payments.
If (whether by reason of the time difference between the cities in
which
payments are to be made or otherwise), it is not possible for simultaneous
payments to be made on any date on which both parties are required
to make
payments hereunder, either party may, at its option and in its sole
discretion, notify the other party that payments on that date are
to be
made in escrow. In this case, deposit of the payment due earlier
on that
date shall be made by 2:00 p.m. (local time at the place for the
earlier
payment) on that date with an escrow agent selected by the notifying
party, accompanied by irrevocable payment instructions (1) to release
the
deposited payment to the intended recipient upon receipt by the escrow
agent of the required deposit of the corresponding payment from the
other
party on the same date accompanied by irrevocable payment instructions
to
the same effect or (2) if the required deposit of the corresponding
payment is not made on that same date, to return the payment deposited
to
the party that paid it into escrow. The party that elects to have
payments
made in escrow shall pay all costs of the escrow arrangements and
shall
cause those arrangements to provide that the intended recipient of
the
payment due to be deposited first shall be entitled to interest on
that
deposited payment for each day in the period of its deposit at the
rate
offered by the escrow agent for that day for overnight deposits in
the
relevant currency in the office where it holds that deposited payment
(at
11:00 a.m. local time on that day) if that payment is not released
by 5:00
p.m. local time on the date it is deposited for any reason, other
than the
intended recipient’s failure to make the escrow deposit it is required to
make hereunder in a timely fashion.
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(aa)
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Recording
of Conversations. Each
party consents to the recording of telephone conversations between
trading, marketing and other relevant personnel of the parties in
connection with this Agreement or any potential Transaction. Promptly
upon
the request by a party, the other party will provide a copy of such
recording to the party making the request.
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(bb) |
Section
1(c).
For purposes of Section
1(c)
of
the Agreement, the Transaction evidenced by the Confirmation
with
Reference ID: 3558855 dated January 4, 2008 between Party A and
Party B,
as amended from time to time, shall be the only Transaction under
the
Agreement.
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The
parties executing this Schedule have executed the Master Agreement and have
agreed as to the contents of this Schedule.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS
SPECIAL
FINANCING INC.
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS
INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, FOR
BNC
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4
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Party
A
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Party
B
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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Title:
Vice President
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Date:
1/8/08
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Date:
1/8/2008
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XXXXXX
BROTHERS
EXHIBIT
A to Schedule
GUARANTEE
OF XXXXXX BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS SPECIAL FINANCING INC. (“Party A”) and SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, BNC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES
2007-4
(“Party
B”) have entered into a Master Agreement dated as of January 4, 2008, as amended
from time to time (the “Master Agreement”), pursuant to which Party A and Party
B have entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each
a
“Transaction”), the Confirmation of each of which supplements, forms part of,
and will be read and construed as one with, the Master Agreement (collectively
referred to as the “Agreement”). This Guarantee is a Credit Support Document as
contemplated in the Agreement. For value received, and in consideration of
the
financial accommodation accorded to Party A by Party B under the Agreement,
XXXXXX BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (“Guarantor”), hereby agrees to the
following:
(a) Guarantor
hereby unconditionally guarantees to Party B the due and punctual payment of
all
amounts payable by Party A in connection with each Transaction when and as
Party
A’s obligations thereunder shall become due and payable in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement (whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise).
Guarantor hereby agrees, upon written demand by Party B, to pay or cause to
be
paid any such amounts punctually when and as the same shall become due and
payable.
(b) Guarantor
hereby agrees that its obligations under this Guarantee constitute a guarantee
of payment when due and not of collection.
(c) Guarantor
hereby agrees that its obligations under this Guarantee shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of any obligation
of
Party A under the Agreement , the absence of any action to enforce Party A’s
obligations under the Agreement, any waiver or consent by Party B with respect
to any provisions thereof, the entry by Party A and Party B into any amendments
to the Agreement, additional Transactions under the Agreement or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or
defense of a guarantor (excluding the defense of payment or statute of
limitations, neither of which is waived) provided, however, that Guarantor
shall
be entitled to exercise any right that Party A could have exercised under the
Agreement to cure any default in respect of its obligations under the Agreement
or to setoff, counterclaim or withhold payment with respect to any Event of
Default or Potential Event of Default, but only to the extent such right is
provided to Party A under the Agreement. The Guarantor acknowledges that Party
A
and Party B may from time to time enter into one or more Transactions pursuant
to the Agreement and agrees that the obligations of the Guarantor under this
Guarantee will upon the execution of any such Transaction by Party A and Party
B
extend to all such Transactions without the taking of further action by the
Guarantor.
(d) This
Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until receipt by Party B of
a
written notice of termination from Guarantor . Termination of this Guarantee
shall not affect Guarantor’s liability hereunder as to obligations incurred or
arising out of Transactions entered into prior to the termination
hereof.
(e) Guarantor
further agrees that this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time, payment, or any part thereof,
of
any obligation or interest thereon is rescinded or must otherwise be restored
by
Party B upon an Event of Default as set forth in Section
5(a)(vii)
of the
Master Agreement affecting Party A or Guarantor.
(f) Guarantor
hereby waives (i) promptness, diligence, presentment, demand of payment,
protest, order and, except as set forth in paragraph (a) hereof, notice of
any
kind in connection with the Agreement and this Guarantee, or (ii) any
requirement that Party B exhaust any right to take any action against Party
A or
any other person prior to or contemporaneously with proceeding to exercise
any
right against Guarantor under this Guarantee.
(g) Guarantor
shall have no right of subrogation with respect to any payments made under
this
Guarantee until all obligations of the Guaranteed Party under the Agreement
are
paid in full.
(h) Guarantor
represents and warrants (which representations and warranties shall be deemed
to
have been made by Guarantor on the date of each Transaction) that:
XXXXXX
BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
000
XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX 00000
XXXXXX
BROTHERS
i. Guarantor
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of Delaware;
ii. Guarantor
has the legal capacity and the legal right to execute and deliver this Guarantee
and to perform Guarantor’s obligations hereunder;
iii. no
consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act by or in respect of,
any
governmental authority and no consent of any other person (including, without
limitation, any creditor of Guarantor) is required in connection with the
execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Guarantee;
iv. this
Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitutes
a
legal, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor enforceable in accordance
with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws; and
v. the
execution, delivery and performance of this Guarantee will not violate any
provision of the certificate of incorporation, by laws or other organizational
documents of Guarantor, or any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination
of an arbitrator, a court or other governmental authority, applicable to or
binding upon Guarantor or any of its property or to which Guarantor or any
of
its property is subject.
(i) Any
provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
(j) No
single
or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or privilege, and no waiver by Party B of any right or remedy hereunder on
any
one occasion shall be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which Party
B
would otherwise have on any future occasion. No failure to exercise, nor any
delay in exercising, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a
waiver thereof. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may
be
exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights
or
remedies provided by law.
(k) If
any
term, provision, covenant, or condition of this Guarantee, or the application
thereof to any party or circumstance, shall be held to be illegal, invalid
or
unenforceable (in whole or in part) for any reason, the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and conditions hereof shall continue in full force and
effect as if this Guarantee had been executed with the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as this Guarantee as so modified
continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the
parties as to the subject matter of this Guarantee and the deletion of such
portion of this Guarantee will not substantially impair the respective benefits
or
expectations of the parties to this Guarantee.
This
Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles. All
capitalized terms not defined in this Guarantee, but defined in the Agreement,
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
000
XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX 00000
XXXXXX
BROTHERS
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be executed by its
duly
authorized officer as of the date of the Agreement.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
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By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Authorized
Signatory
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Date: 1/8/2008
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XXXXXX
BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC.
000
XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX 00000
EXHIBIT
B to Schedule
[Form
of
Opinion of Counsel for Party B]
[Date]
Xxxxxx
Brothers Special Financing Inc.
c/x
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
XXX
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
I
have
acted as counsel to [Counterparty], a [cp jurisdiction] corporation (“Party B”),
and am familiar with matters pertaining to the execution and delivery of the
Master Agreement dated as of [date] between Party B and Xxxxxx Brothers Special
Financing Inc. (“Party A”) and all Transactions thereunder (“Master
Agreement”).
In
connection with this opinion, I have examined, or have had examined on my
behalf, an executed copy of the Master Agreement, certificates and statements
of
public officials and officers of Party B and such other agreements, instruments,
documents and records as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes
of this opinion.
Based
on
the foregoing but subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and
limitations hereinafter expressed, I am of the opinion that:
1.
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Party
B is a [entity type] duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of [cp
jurisdiction].
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2.
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The
execution, delivery and performance of the Master Agreement, by or
on
behalf of Party B, are within its corporate power, have been duly
authorized by all corporate action and do not conflict with any provision
of its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws.
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3.
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The
Master Agreement, has been duly executed and delivered by Party B
and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against
it
in accordance with its terms.
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4.
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To
the best of my knowledge no consent, authorization, license or approval
of
or registration or declaration with, any U.S. federal or state
governmental authority is required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of the Master Agreement by Party
B.
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The
foregoing opinions are subject to the following assumptions, exceptions,
qualifications and limitations:
A. My
opinion in paragraph 3 above is subject to the effect of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors rights generally (including, without limitation, the effect of
statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent or other similar transfers) and
general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law.
B. I
am a
member of the Bar of the State of [licensed State] and render no opinion on
the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of [cp jurisdiction],
the federal laws of the United States of America and the General Corporation
Law
of the State of [cp jurisdiction].
C. My
opinions are limited to the present laws and to the facts as they presently
exist. I assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should the
present laws of the jurisdictions referred to in paragraph B above be changed
by
legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.
D. This
letter is rendered to you in connection with the Master Agreement and the
Guarantee and the transactions related thereto and may not be relied upon by
any
other person or by you in any other context or for any other purpose. This
letter may not be quoted in whole or in part, nor may copies thereof be
furnished or delivered to any other person, without the prior written consent
of
Party B, except that you may furnish copies hereof (i) to your independent
auditors and attorneys, (ii) to any United States, state or local authority
having jurisdiction over you or over Party B, (iii) pursuant to the order of
any
legal process of any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental agency,
and (iv) in connection with any legal action arising out of the Master
Agreement.
E. I
have
assumed with your permission (i) the genuineness of all signatures by each
party
other than Party B, (ii) the authenticity of documents submitted to me as
originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents
submitted to me as copies, and (iii) the due execution and delivery, pursuant
to
due authorization, of the Master Agreement by each party other than Party
B.
Very
truly yours,
EXHIBIT
C
to Schedule
[Form
of
Opinion of Counsel for
Xxxxxx
Brothers Special Financing Inc. and
Xxxxxx
Brothers Holdings Inc.]
[date]
[COUNTERPARTY
NAME]
[COUNTERPARTY
ADDRESS]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
I
have
acted as counsel to Xxxxxx Brothers Special Financing Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Party A”),
and
Xxxxxx Brothers Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”), and am
familiar with matters pertaining to the execution and delivery of the Master
Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) dated as of [date]
between
Party A
and
[counterparty] and
the
guarantee of Guarantor (the “Guarantee”)
delivered in connection with the Master Agreement.
In
connection with this opinion, I have examined, or have had examined on my
behalf, an executed copy of the Master Agreement and the Guarantee, certificates
and statements of public officials and officers of Party A
and
Guarantor and such other agreements, instruments, documents and records as
I
have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this
opinion.
Except
as expressly set forth herein, no independent investigation (including, without
limitation, conducting any review, search or investigation of any public files,
records or dockets) has been undertaken to determine the existence or absence
of
the facts that are material to my opinions, and no inference as to my knowledge
concerning such facts should be made.
When
used
herein the phrase “to my knowledge” means to my actual knowledge without
independent investigation.
References
in this letter to “Applicable Laws” are to those laws, rules and regulations of
the State of New York which, in my experience, are normally applicable to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Master Agreement and the Guarantee.
References in this letter to “Governmental Authorities” are to executive,
legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory bodies of the State of
New
York. References in this letter to “Governmental Approval” are to any consent,
approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, any Governmental Authority pursuant to Applicable
Laws.
Based
on
the foregoing but subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and
limitations hereinafter expressed, I am of the opinion that:
1.
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Based
on a certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
dated
as of [December 19, 2006], each of Party A
and Guarantor is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
and in
good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware.
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2.
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The
execution, delivery and performance of the Master Agreement, in the
case
of Party A,
and the Guarantee, in the case of Guarantor, are within its corporate
power, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and do
not conflict with any provision of its certificate of incorporation
or
by-laws.
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3.
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The
Master Agreement, in the case of Party A,
and the Guarantee, in the case of Guarantor, have been duly executed
and
delivered and each constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation under Applicable Laws, enforceable
against it under Applicable Laws in accordance with its
respective terms
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4.
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To
my knowledge,
no Governmental Approval
is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
of the
Master Agreement in the case of Party A,
or the Guarantee, in the case of Guarantor,
except those that have been obtained and, to my knowledge, are in
effect.
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The
foregoing opinions are subject to the following assumptions, exceptions,
qualifications and limitations:
A.
My
opinion in paragraph 3 above is subject to:
(i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’
rights
generally (including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other
laws
regarding fraudulent or other similar transfers or
conveyances); (ii) general
principles of equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in
a
proceeding in equity or at law;
and (iii) laws and considerations of public policy, including where clauses
(i) through (iii) above may limit the enforceability of provisions (a) regarding
the termination and close out methodology under the Master Agreement, including
but not limited to Section 6(e) thereof, (b) regarding indemnification and
contribution rights and obligations, (c) regarding the waiver or limitation
of rights to trial by jury, oral amendments to written agreements or rights
of
setoff, (d) relating to submission to jurisdiction, venue or service of
process, and (e) purporting to prohibit or restrict, or require the consent
of the “account debtor” (as defined in Section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the State of New York (the “NYUCC” )) for, the creation,
perfection or enforcement of a security interest in “accounts” or “general
intangibles” (in each case, as defined in Section 9-102 of the
NYUCC).
B. I
am a
member of the Bar of the [State of New York] [Commonwealth of Massachusetts]
and
render no opinion on any laws other than the laws of the State of New York
and
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Except as described, I have not examined, or had examined on my behalf, and
I do
not express any opinion with respect to, Delaware law.
C. My
opinions are limited to the present laws and to the facts as they presently
exist, and no opinion is to be inferred or implied beyond the matters expressly
so stated. I assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should
the present laws of the jurisdictions referred to in paragraph B above be
changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.
D. This
letter is rendered solely to you solely
for your benefit in
connection with the Master Agreement and the Guarantee and the transactions
related thereto and may not be relied upon by any other person, entity or agency
or by you in any other context or for any other purpose. This letter may not
be
circulated,
used or quoted
in
whole or in part, nor may copies hereof be furnished or delivered to any other
person, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Brothers Holdings Inc.,
except that you may furnish copies hereof (i) to
your
independent auditors and attorneys, (ii) to
any
United States, state or local authority having jurisdiction over you, (iii)
pursuant
to the order of any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental agency
and (iv) in
connection with any legal action arising out of the Master Agreement or the
Guarantee.
E. I
have
assumed with your permission (i) the
genuineness of all signatures by each party other than Party A
or
Guarantor, (ii) the
authenticity of documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity to
authentic original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies,
(iii) the
accuracy of the matters set forth in the documents, agreements and instruments
I
reviewed, (iv) that each party other than Party A and Guarantor is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, (v)
the due
execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of the Master Agreement
by each party other than Party A
and (vi) that the Master Agreement is the legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligation of each party other than Party A, enforceable
against each such party in accordance with its terms.
The
foregoing opinions are given on the express understanding that the undersigned
is an officer of Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and shall in no event incur any personal
or other liability in connection with said opinions. By accepting and relying
upon this opinion, each addressee hereof (i) acknowledges and agrees that the
undersigned shall have no personal or other liability in connection herewith
and
(ii) agrees to not assert or raise any such claim against the undersigned in
any
proceeding or in any manner otherwise.
Very
truly yours,
ISDAÒ
International
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
CREDIT
SUPPORT ANNEX
to
the
Schedule to the
Master
Agreement
dated
as
of January
4, 2008
between
XXXXXX
BROTHERS
SPECIAL
FINANCING INC.
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS
INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, FOR
BNC
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4
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Party
A
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Party
B
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This
Annex supplements, forms part of, and is subject to, the above-referenced
Agreement, is part of its Schedule and is a Credit Support Document under
this
Agreement with respect to each party.
Accordingly,
the parties agree as follows:
Paragraph
1. Interpretation
(a) Definitions
and Inconsistency. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein or elsewhere in this Agreement have the
meanings specified pursuant to Paragraph 12, and all references in this Annex
to
Paragraphs are to Paragraphs of this Annex. In the event of any inconsistency
between this Annex and the other provisions of this Schedule, this Annex
will
prevail and in the event of any inconsistency between Paragraph 13 and the
other
provisions of this Annex, Paragraph 13 will prevail.
(b) Secured
Party and Pledgor.
All
references in this Annex to the “Secured Party” will be to either party when
acting in that capacity and all corresponding references to the “Pledgor” will
be to the other party when acting in that capacity; provided,
however,
that if
Other Posted Support is held by a party to this Annex, all references herein
to
that party as the Secured Party with respect to that Other Posted Support
will
be to that party as the beneficiary thereof and will not subject that support
or
that party as the beneficiary thereof to provisions of law generally relating
to
security interests and secured parties.
Paragraph
2. Security Interest
Each
party, as the Pledgor, hereby pledges to the other party, as the Secured
Party,
as security for its Obligations, and grants to the Secured Party a first
priority continuing security interest in, lien on and right of Set-off against
all Posted Collateral Transferred to or received by the Secured Party hereunder.
Upon the Transfer by the Secured Party to the Pledgor of Posted Collateral,
the
security interest and lien granted hereunder on that Posted Collateral will
be
released immediately and, to the extent possible, without further action
by
either party.
EXECUTION
Paragraph
3. Credit
Support Obligations
(a) Delivery
Amount.
Subject
to Paragraphs 4 and 5, upon a demand made by the Secured Party on or promptly
following a Valuation Date, if the Delivery Amount for that Valuation Date
equals or exceeds the Pledgor’s Minimum Transfer Amount, then the Pledgor will
Transfer to the Secured Party Eligible Credit Support having a Value as of
the
date of Transfer at least equal to the applicable Delivery Amount (rounded
pursuant to Paragraph 13). Unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, the
“Delivery
Amount”
applicable to the Pledgor for any Valuation Date will equal the amount by
which:
(i) the
Credit Support Amount
exceeds
(ii) the
Value
as of that Valuation Date of all Posted Credit Support held by the Secured
Party.
(b) Return
Amount.
Subject
to Paragraphs 4 and 5, upon a demand made by the Pledgor on or promptly
following a Valuation Date, if the Return Amount for that Valuation Date
equals
or exceeds the Secured Party’s Minimum Transfer Amount, then the Secured Party
will Transfer to the Pledgor Posted Credit Support specified by the Pledgor
in
that demand having a Value as of the date of Transfer as close as practicable
to
the applicable Return Amount (rounded pursuant to Paragraph 13). Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, the “Return
Amount”
applicable to the Secured Party for any Valuation Date will equal the amount
by
which:
(i) the
Value
as of that Valuation Date of all Posted Credit Support held by the Secured
Party
exceeds
(ii) the
Credit Support Amount.
“Credit
Support Amount”
means,
unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, for any Valuation Date (i) the
Secured Party’s Exposure for that Valuation Date plus (ii) the aggregate of all
Independent Amounts applicable to the Pledgor, if any, minus (iii) all
Independent Amounts applicable to the Secured Party, if any, minus (iv) the
Pledgor’s Threshold; provided, however, that the Credit Support Amount will be
deemed to be zero whenever the calculation of Credit Support Amount yields
a
number less than zero.
Paragraph
4. Conditions Precedent, Transfer Timing, Calculations and
Substitutions
(a) Conditions
Precedent.
Each
Transfer obligation of the Pledgor under Paragraphs 3 and 5 and of the Secured
Party under Paragraphs 3, 4(d)(ii), 5 and 6(d) is subject to the conditions
precedent that:
(i) no
Event
of Default, Potential Event of Default or Specified Condition has occurred
and
is continuing with respect to the other party; and
(ii) no
Early
Termination Date for which any unsatisfied payment obligations exist has
occurred or been designated as the result of an Event of Default or Specified
Condition with respect to the other party.
(b) Transfer
Timing.
Subject
to Paragraphs 4(a) and 5 and unless otherwise specified, if a demand for
the
Transfer of Eligible Credit Support or Posted Credit Support is made by the
Notification Time, then the relevant Transfer will be made not later than
the
close of business on the next Local Business Day; if a demand is made after
the
Notification Time, then the relevant Transfer will be made not later than
the
close of business on the second Local Business Day thereafter.
(c) Calculations.
All
calculations of Value and Exposure for purposes of Paragraphs 3 and 6(d)
will be
made by the Valuation Agent as of the Valuation Time. The Valuation Agent
will
notify each party (or the other party, if the Valuation Agent is a party)
of its
calculations not later than the Notification Time on the Local Business Day
following the applicable Valuation Date (or in the case of Paragraph 6(d),
following the date of calculation).
Substitutions.
(i) Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, upon notice to the Secured Party specifying
the items of Posted Credit Support to be exchanged, the Pledgor may, on any
Local Business Day, Transfer to the Secured Party substitute Eligible Credit
Support (the “Substitute
Credit Support”);
and
(ii) subject
to Paragraph 4(a), the Secured Party will Transfer to the Pledgor the items
of
Posted Credit Support specified by the Pledgor in its notice not later than
the
Local Business Day following the date on which the Secured Party receives
the
Substitute Credit Support, unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 13 (the
“Substitution
Date”);
provided, however, that the Secured Party will only be obligated to Transfer
Posted Credit Support with a Value as of the date of Transfer of that Posted
Credit Support equal to the Value as of that date of the Substitute Credit
Support.
Paragraph
5. Dispute Resolution
If
a
party (a “Disputing
Party”)
disputes (I) the Valuation Agent’s calculation of a Delivery Amount or a Return
Amount or (II) the Value of any Transfer of Eligible Credit Support or Posted
Credit Support, then (1) the Disputing Party will notify the other party
and the
Valuation Agent (if the Valuation Agent is not the other party) not later
than
the close of business on the Local Business Day following (X) the date that
the
demand is made under Paragraph 3 in the case of (I) above or (Y) the date
of
Transfer in the case of (II) above, (2) subject to Paragraph 4(a), the
appropriate party will Transfer the undisputed amount to the other party
not
later than the close of business on the Local Business Day following (X)
the
date that the demand is made under Paragraph 3 in the case of (I) above or
(Y)
the date of Transfer in the case of (II) above, (3) the parties will consult
with each other in an attempt to resolve the dispute and (4) if they fail
to
resolve the dispute by the Resolution Time, then:
(i) In
the
case of a dispute involving a Delivery Amount or Return Amount, unless otherwise
specified in Paragraph 13, the Valuation Agent will recalculate the Exposure
and
the Value as of the Recalculation Date by:
(A) utilizing
any calculations of Exposure for the Transactions (or Swap Transactions)
that
the parties have agreed are not in dispute;
(B) calculating
the Exposure for the Transactions (or Swap Transactions) in dispute by seeking
four actual quotations at mid-market from Reference Market-makers for purposes
of calculating Market Quotation, and taking the arithmetic average of those
obtained; provided that if four quotations are not available for a particular
Transaction (or Swap Transaction), then fewer than four quotations may be
used
for that Transaction (or Swap Transaction); and if no quotations are available
for a particular Transaction (or Swap Transaction), then the Valuation Agent’s
original calculations will be used for that Transaction (or Swap Transaction);
and
(C) utilizing
the procedures specified in Paragraph 13 for calculating the Value, if disputed,
of Posted Credit Support.
(ii) In
the
case of a dispute involving the Value of any Transfer of Eligible Credit
Support
or Posted Credit Support, the Valuation Agent will recalculate the Value
as of
the date of Transfer pursuant to Paragraph 13.
Following
a recalculation pursuant to this Paragraph, the Valuation Agent will notify
each
party (or the other party, if the Valuation Agent is a party) not later than
the
Notification Time on the Local Business Day following the Resolution Time.
The
appropriate party will, upon demand following that notice by the Valuation
Agent
or a resolution pursuant to (3) above and subject to Paragraphs 4(a) and
4(b),
make the appropriate Transfer.
Paragraph
6. Holding and Using Posted Collateral
(a) Care
of Posted Collateral.
Without
limiting the Secured Party’s rights under Paragraph 6(c), the Secured Party will
exercise reasonable care to assure the safe custody of all Posted Collateral
to
the extent required by applicable law, and in any event the Secured Party
will
be deemed to have exercised reasonable care if it exercises at least the
same
degree of care as it would exercise with respect to its own property. Except
as
specified in the preceding sentence, the Secured Party will have no duty
with
respect to Posted Collateral, including, without limitation, any duty to
collect
any Distributions, or enforce or preserve any rights pertaining
thereto.
(b) Eligibility
to Hold Posted Collateral; Custodians.
(i) General.
Subject
to the satisfaction of any conditions specified in Paragraph 13 for holding
Posted Collateral, the Secured Party will be entitled to hold Posted Collateral
or to appoint an agent (a “Custodian”) to hold Posted Collateral for the Secured
Party. Upon notice by the Secured Party to the Pledgor of the appointment
of a
Custodian, the Pledgor’s obligations to make any Transfer will be discharged by
making the Transfer to that Custodian. The holding of Posted Collateral by
a
Custodian will be deemed to be the holding of that Posted Collateral by the
Secured Party for which the Custodian is acting.
(ii) Failure
to Satisfy Conditions.
If the
Secured Party or its Custodian fails to satisfy any conditions for holding
Posted Collateral, then upon a demand made by the Pledgor, the Secured Party
will, not later than five Local Business Days after the demand, Transfer
or
cause its Custodian to Transfer all Posted Collateral held by it to a Custodian
that satisfies those conditions or to the Secured Party if it satisfies those
conditions.
(iii) Liability.
The
Secured Party will be liable for the acts or omissions of its Custodian to
the
same extent that the Secured Party would be liable hereunder for its own
acts or
omissions.
(c) Use
of Posted Collateral.
Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13 and without limiting the rights and
obligations of the parties under Paragraphs 3, 4(d)(ii), 5, 6(d) and 8, if
the
Secured Party is not a Defaulting Party or an Affected Party with respect
to a
Specified Condition and no Early Termination Date has occurred or been
designated as the result of an Event of Default or Specified Condition with
respect to the Secured Party, then the Secured Party will, notwithstanding
Section 9-207 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, have the right
to:
(i) sell,
pledge, rehypothecate, assign, invest, use, commingle or otherwise dispose
of,
or otherwise use in its business any Posted Collateral it holds, free from
any
claim or right of any nature whatsoever of the Pledgor, including any equity
or
right of redemption by the Pledgor; and
(ii) register
any Posted Collateral in the name of the Secured Party, its Custodian or
a
nominee for either.
For
purposes of the obligation to Transfer Eligible Credit Support or Posted
Credit
Support pursuant to Paragraphs 3 and 5 and any rights or remedies authorized
under this Agreement, the Secured Party will be deemed to continue to hold
all
Posted Collateral and to receive Distributions made thereon, regardless of
whether the Secured Party has exercised any rights with respect to any Posted
Collateral pursuant to (i) or (ii) above.
(d) Distributions
and Interest Amount.
(i) Distributions.
Subject
to Paragraph 4(a), if the Secured Party receives or is deemed to receive
Distributions on a Local Business Day, it will Transfer to the Pledgor not
later
than the following Local Business Day any Distributions it receives or is
deemed
to receive to the extent that a Delivery Amount would not be created or
increased by that Transfer, as calculated by the Valuation Agent (and the
date
of calculation will be deemed to be a Valuation Date for this
purpose).
(ii) Interest
Amount.
Unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13 and subject to Paragraph 4(a), in lieu
of
any interest, dividends or other amounts paid or deemed to have been paid
with
respect to Posted Collateral in the form of Cash (all of which may be retained
by the Secured Party), the Secured Party will Transfer to the Pledgor at
the
times specified in Paragraph 13 the Interest Amount to the extent that a
Delivery Amount would not be created or increased by that Transfer, as
calculated by the Valuation Agent (and the date of calculation will be deemed
to
be a Valuation Date for this purpose). The Interest Amount or portion thereof
not Transferred pursuant to this Paragraph will constitute Posted Collateral
in
the form of Cash and will be subject to the security interest granted under
Paragraph 2.
Paragraph
7. Events of Default
For
purposes of Section 5(a)(iii)(1) of this Agreement, an Event of Default will
exist with respect to a party if:
(i) that
party fails (or fails to cause its Custodian) to make, when due, any Transfer
of
Eligible Collateral, Posted Collateral or the Interest Amount, as applicable,
required to be made by it and that failure continues for two Local Business
Days
after notice of that failure is given to that party;
(ii) that
party fails to comply with any restriction or prohibition specified in this
Annex with respect to any of the rights specified in Paragraph 6(c) and that
failure continues for five Local Business Days after notice of that failure
is
given to that party; or
(iii) that
party fails to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation other than
those specified in Paragraphs 7(i) and 7(ii) and that failure continues for
30
days after notice of that failure is given to that party.
Paragraph
8. Certain Rights and Remedies
(a) Secured
Party’s Rights and Remedies.
If at
any time (1) an Event of Default or Specified Condition with respect to the
Pledgor has occurred and is continuing or (2) an Early Termination Date has
occurred or been designated as the result of an Event of Default or Specified
Condition with respect to the Pledgor, then, unless the Pledgor has paid
in full
all of its Obligations that are then due, the Secured Party may exercise
one or
more of the following rights and remedies:
(i) all
rights and remedies available to a secured party under applicable law with
respect to Posted Collateral held by the Secured Party;
(ii) any
other
rights and remedies available to the Secured Party under the terms of Other
Posted Support, if any;
(iii) the
right
to Set-off any amounts payable by the Pledgor with respect to any Obligations
against any Posted Collateral or the Cash equivalent of any Posted Collateral
held by the Secured Party (or any obligation of the Secured Party to Transfer
that Posted Collateral); and
(iv) the
right
to liquidate any Posted Collateral held by the Secured Party through one
or more
public or private sales or other dispositions with such notice, if any, as
may
be required under applicable law, free from any claim or right of any nature
whatsoever of the Pledgor, including any equity or right of redemption by
the
Pledgor (with the Secured Party having the right to purchase any or all of
the
Posted Collateral to be sold) and to apply the proceeds (or the Cash equivalent
thereof) from the liquidation of the Posted Collateral to any amounts payable
by
the Pledgor with respect to any Obligations in that order as the Secured
Party
may elect.
Each
party acknowledges and agrees that Posted Collateral in the form of securities
may decline speedily in value and is of a type customarily sold on a recognized
market, and, accordingly, the Pledgor is not entitled to prior notice of
any
sale of that Posted Collateral by the Secured Party, except any notice that
is
required under applicable law and cannot be waived.
(b) Pledgor’s
Rights and Remedies.
If at
any time an Early Termination Date has occurred or been designated as the
result
of an Event of Default or Specified Condition with respect to the Secured
Party,
then (except in the case of an Early Termination Date relating to less than
all
Transactions (or Swap Transactions) where the Secured Party has paid in full
all
of its obligations that are then due under Section 6(e) of this
Agreement):
(i) the
Pledgor may exercise all rights and remedies available to a pledgor under
applicable law with respect to Posted Collateral held by the Secured
Party;
(ii) the
Pledgor may exercise any other rights and remedies available to the Pledgor
under the terms of Other Posted Support, if any;
(iii) the
Secured Party will be obligated immediately to Transfer all Posted Collateral
and the Interest Amount to the Pledgor; and
(iv) to
the
extent that Posted Collateral or the Interest Amount is not so Transferred
pursuant to (iii) above, the Pledgor may:
(A) Set-off
any amounts payable by the Pledgor with respect to any Obligations against
any
Posted Collateral or the Cash equivalent of any Posted Collateral held by
the
Secured Party (or any obligation of the Secured Party to Transfer that Posted
Collateral); and
(B) to
the
extent that the Pledgor does not Set-off under (iv)(A) above, withhold payment
of any remaining amounts payable by the Pledgor with respect to any Obligations,
up to the Value of any remaining Posted Collateral held by the Secured Party,
until that Posted Collateral is Transferred to the Pledgor.
(c) Deficiencies
and Excess Proceeds.
The
Secured Party will Transfer to the Pledgor any proceeds and Posted Credit
Support remaining after liquidation, Set-off and/or application under Paragraphs
8(a) and 8(b) after satisfaction in full of all amounts payable by the Pledgor
with respect to any Obligations; the Pledgor in all events will remain liable
for any amounts remaining unpaid after any liquidation, Set-off and/or
application under Paragraphs 8(a) and 8(b).
(d) Final
Returns.
When no
amounts are or thereafter may become payable by the Pledgor with respect
to any
Obligations (except for any potential liability under Section 2(d) of this
Agreement), the Secured Party will Transfer to the Pledgor all Posted Credit
Support and the Interest Amount, if any.
Paragraph
9. Representations
Each
party represents to the other party (which representations will be deemed
to be
repeated as of each date on which it, as the Pledgor, Transfers Eligible
Collateral) that:
(i) it
has
the power to grant a security interest in and lien on any Eligible Collateral
it
Transfers as the Pledgor and has taken all necessary actions to authorize
the
granting of that security interest and lien;
(ii) it
is the
sole owner of or otherwise has the right to Transfer all Eligible Collateral
it
Transfers to the Secured Party hereunder, free and clear of any security
interest, lien, encumbrance or other restrictions other than the security
interest and lien granted under Paragraph 2,
(iii) upon
the
Transfer of any Eligible Collateral to the Secured Party under the terms
of this
Annex, the Secured Party will have a valid and perfected first priority security
interest therein (assuming that any central clearing corporation or any
third-party financial intermediary or other entity not within the control
of the
Pledgor involved in the Transfer of that Eligible Collateral gives the notices
and takes the action required of it under applicable law for perfection of
that
interest); and
(iv) the
performance by it of its obligations under this Annex will not result in
the
creation of any security interest, lien or other encumbrance on any Posted
Collateral other than the security interest and lien granted under Paragraph
2.
Paragraph
10. Expenses
(a) General.
Except
as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 10(b) and 10(c), each party will pay
its own
costs and expenses in connection with performing its obligations under this
Annex and neither party will be liable for any costs and expenses incurred
by
the other party in connection herewith.
(b) Posted
Credit Support.
The
Pledgor will promptly pay when due all taxes, assessments or charges of any
nature that are imposed with respect to Posted Credit Support held by the
Secured Party upon becoming aware of the same, regardless of whether any
portion
of that Posted Credit Support is subsequently disposed of under Paragraph
6(c),
except for those taxes, assessments and charges that result from the exercise
of
the Secured Party’s rights under Paragraph 6(c).
(c) Liquidation/Application
of Posted Credit Support.
All
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Secured Party
or
the Pledgor in connection with the liquidation and/or application of any
Posted
Credit Support under Paragraph 8 will be payable, on demand and pursuant
to the
Expenses Section of this Agreement, by the Defaulting Party or, if there
is no
Defaulting Party, equally by the parties.
Paragraph
11. Miscellaneous
(a) Default
Interest.
A
Secured Party that fails to make, when due, any Transfer of Posted Collateral
or
the Interest Amount will be obligated to pay the Pledgor (to the extent
permitted under applicable law) an amount equal to interest at the Default
Rate
multiplied by the Value of the items of property that were required to be
Transferred, from (and including) the date that Posted Collateral or Interest
Amount was required to be Transferred to (but excluding) the date of Transfer
of
that Posted Collateral or Interest Amount. This interest will be calculated
on
the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days
elapsed.
(b) Further
Assurances.
Promptly
following a demand made by a party, the other party will execute, deliver,
file
and record any financing statement, specific assignment or other document
and
take any other action that may be necessary or desirable and reasonably
requested by that party to create, preserve, perfect or validate any security
interest or lien granted under Paragraph 2, to enable that party to exercise
or
enforce its rights under this Annex with respect to Posted Credit Support
or an
Interest Amount or to effect or document a release of a security interest
on
Posted Collateral or an Interest Amount.
(c) Further
Protection.
The
Pledgor will promptly give notice to the Secured Party of, and defend against,
any suit, action, proceeding or lien that involves Posted Credit Support
Transferred by the Pledgor or that could adversely affect the security interest
and lien granted by it under Paragraph 2, unless that suit, action, proceeding
or lien results from the exercise of the Secured Party’s rights under Paragraph
6(c).
(d) Good
Faith and Commercially Reasonable Manner.
Performance of all obligations under this Annex, including, but not limited
to,
all calculations, valuations and determinations made by either party, will
be
made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
(e) Demands
and Notices.
All
demands and notices made by a party under this Annex will be made as specified
in the Notices Section of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in
Paragraph 13.
(f) Specifications
of Certain Matters.
Anything
referred to in this Annex as being specified in Paragraph 13 also may be
specified in one or more Confirmations or other documents and this Annex
will be
construed accordingly.
Paragraph
12. Definitions
As
used
in this Annex:
“Cash”
means
the lawful currency of the United States of America. “Credit
Support Amount”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 3. “Custodian”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraphs 6(b)(i) and 13. “Delivery
Amount”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 3(a). “Disputing
Party”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 5.
“Distributions”
means
with respect to Posted Collateral other than Cash, all principal, interest
and
other payments and distributions of cash or other property with respect thereto,
regardless of whether the Secured Party has disposed of that Posted Collateral
under Paragraph 6(c). Distributions will not include any item of property
acquired by the Secured Party upon any disposition or liquidation of Posted
Collateral or, with respect to any Posted Collateral in the form of Cash,
any
distributions on that collateral, unless otherwise specified
herein.
“Eligible
Collateral”
means,
with respect to a party, the items, if any, specified as such for that party
in
Paragraph 13.
“Eligible
Credit Support”
means
Eligible Collateral and Other Eligible Support.
“Exposure”
means
for any Valuation Date or other date for which Exposure is calculated and
subject to Paragraph 5 in the case of a dispute, the amount, if any, that
would
be payable to a party that is the Secured Party by the other party (expressed
as
a positive number) or by a party that is the Secured Party to the other party
(expressed as a negative number) pursuant to Section 6(e)(ii)(2)(A) of this
Agreement as if all Transactions (or Swap Transactions) were being terminated
as
of the relevant Valuation Time; provided, however, that Market Quotation
will be
determined by the Valuation Agent using its estimates at mid-market of the
amounts that would be paid for Replacement Transactions (as that term is
defined
in the definition of “Market Quotation”).
“Independent
Amount”
means,
with respect to a party, the amount specified as such for that party in
Paragraph 13; if no amount is specified, zero.
“Interest
Amount”
means,
with respect to an Interest Period, the aggregate sum of the amounts of interest
calculated for each day in that Interest Period on the principal amount of
Posted Collateral in the form of Cash held by the Secured Party on that day,
determined by the Secured Party for each such day as follows:
(x)
the
amount of that Cash on that day; multiplied by
(y)
the
Interest Rate in effect for that day; divided by
(z)
360.
“Interest
Period”
means
the period from (and including) the last Local Business Day on which an Interest
Amount was Transferred (or, if no Interest Amount has yet been Transferred,
the
Local Business Day on which Posted Collateral in the form of Cash was
Transferred to or received by the Secured Party) to (but excluding) the Local
Business Day on which the current Interest Amount is to be
Transferred.
“Interest
Rate”
means
the rate specified in Paragraph 13.
“Local
Business Day”
unless
otherwise specified in Paragraph 13, has the meaning specified in the
Definitions Section of this Agreement, except that references to a payment
in
clause (b) thereof will be deemed to include a Transfer under this
Annex.
“Minimum
Transfer Amount”
means,
with respect to a party, the amount specified as such for that party in
Paragraph 13; if no amount is specified, zero.
“Notification
Time”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Obligations”
means,
with respect to a party, all present and future obligations of that party
under
this Agreement and any additional obligations specified for that party in
Paragraph 13.
“Other
Eligible Support”
means,
with respect to a party, the items, if any, specified as such for that party
in
Paragraph 13.
“Other
Posted Support”
means
all Other Eligible Support Transferred to the Secured Party that remains
in
effect for the benefit of that Secured Party.
“Pledgor”
means
either party, when that party (i) receives a demand for or is required to
Transfer Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a) or (ii) has Transferred
Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a).
“Posted
Collateral”
means
all Eligible Collateral, other property, Distributions, and all proceeds
thereof
that have been Transferred to or received by the Secured Party under this
Annex
and not Transferred to the Pledgor pursuant to Paragraph 3(b), 4(d)(ii) or
6(d)(i) or released by the Secured Party under Paragraph 8. Any Interest
Amount
or portion thereof not Transferred pursuant to Paragraph 6(d)(ii) will
constitute Posted Collateral in the form of Cash.
“Posted
Credit Support”
means
Posted Collateral and Other Posted Support.
“Recalculation
Date”
means
the Valuation Date that gives rise to the dispute under Paragraph 5; provided,
however, that if a subsequent Valuation Date occurs under Paragraph 3 prior
to
the resolution of the dispute, then the “Recalculation Date” means the most
recent Valuation Date under Paragraph 3.
“Resolution
Time”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Return
Amount”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b).
“Secured
Party”
means
either party, when that party (i) makes a demand for or is entitled to receive
Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a) or (ii) holds or is deemed to
hold
Posted Credit Support.
“Specified
Condition”
means,
with respect to a party, any event specified as such for that party in Paragraph
13.
“Substitute
Credit Support”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 4(d)(i).
“Substitution
Date”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 4(d)(ii).
“Threshold”
means,
with respect to a party, the amount specified as such for that party in
Paragraph 13; if no amount is specified, zero.
“Transfer” means,
with respect to any Eligible Credit Support, Posted Credit Support or Interest
Amount, and in accordance with the instructions of the Secured Party, Pledgor
or
Custodian, as applicable:
(i) in
the
case of Cash, payment or delivery by wire transfer into one or more bank
accounts specified by the recipient;
(ii) in
the
case of certificated securities that cannot be paid or delivered by book-entry,
payment or delivery in appropriate physical form to the recipient or its
account
accompanied by any duly executed instruments of transfer, assignments in
blank,
transfer tax stamps and any other documents necessary to constitute a legally
valid transfer to the recipient;
(iii) in
the
case of securities that can be paid or delivered by book-entry, the giving
of
written instructions to the relevant depository institution or other entity
specified by the recipient, together with a written copy thereof to the
recipient, sufficient if complied with to result in a legally effective transfer
of the relevant interest to the recipient; and
(iv) in
the
case of Other Eligible Support or Other Posted Support, as specified in
Paragraph 13.
“Valuation
Agent”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Valuation
Date”
means
each date specified in or otherwise determined pursuant to Paragraph
13.
“Valuation
Percentage”
means,
for any item of Eligible Collateral, the percentage specified in Paragraph
13.
“Valuation
time”
has the
meaning specified in Paragraph 13.
“Value”
means
for any Valuation Date or other date for which Value is calculated and subject
to Paragraph 5 in the case of a dispute, with respect to:
(i) Eligible
Collateral or Posted Collateral that is:
(A) Cash,
the
Amount thereof, and
(B) a
security, the bid price obtained by the Valuation Agent multiplied by the
applicable Valuation Percentage, if any;
(ii) Posted
Collateral that consists of items that are not specified as Eligible Collateral,
zero; and
(iii) Other
Eligible Support and Other Posted Support, as specified in Paragraph
13.
Paragraph
13.
CREDIT
SUPPORT ANNEX
Elections
and Variables
dated
as
of January
4, 2008
between
XXXXXX
BROTHERS SPECIAL FINANCING INC.
(hereinafter
referred to as “Party
A”
or
“Pledgor”)
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF
THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, FORBNC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4
(hereinafter
referred to as “Party
B”
or
“Secured
Party”)
Paragraph
13. Elections and Variables
(a)
|
Security
Interest for “Obligations”.
The term “Obligations” as
used in this Annex includes the following additional
obligations:
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With
respect to Party A, not applicable.
With
respect to Party B, not applicable.
(b)
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Credit
Support Obligations.
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(i) Delivery
Amount, Return Amount and Credit Support Amount
(A)
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“Delivery
Amount”
has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(a),
provided that the words “upon a demand made by the Secured Party on or
promptly following a Valuation Date” shall be deleted and replaced by the
words “on each Valuation Date”; and provided further that the Delivery
Amount shall be calculated with respect to collateral posting required
by
each Rating Agency by using (i) such Rating Agency’s applicable Valuation
Percentages to determine Value and (ii) the Credit Support Amount
related
to such Rating Agency. The Delivery Amount shall be the greatest
of such
calculated amounts.
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(B)
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“Return
Amount”
has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b), provided that the Return
Amount shall be calculated with respect to collateral posting required
by
each Rating Agency by using (i) such Rating Agency’s applicable Valuation
Percentages to determine Value and (ii) the Credit Support Amount
related
to such Rating Agency. The Return Amount shall be the least of such
calculated amounts.
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(C)
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“Credit
Support Amount” has
the meaning specified in Paragraph
13(p).
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(ii)
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Eligible
Collateral.
At
such time as Party A is required to post collateral), the following
items
will qualify as “Eligible
Collateral” (together
with such other collateral types (and related valuation percentages)
subject to the Rating Agency
Condition):
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Collateral
Type
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Valuation
Percentage
for S&P Collateralization
Event
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Valuation
Percentage for S&P Ratings
Event
|
Valuation
Percentage for Xxxxx’x
First Trigger Credit
Support
Amount
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Valuation
Percentage for Xxxxx’x second Trigger Credit Support
Amount
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Fitch
Valuation
Percentage
|
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(A)
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Cash.
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100%
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80%
|
100%
|
100%
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100%
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(B)
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Fixed
rate negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department
having a remaining maturity on such date of not more than one
year.
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98%
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78.44%
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100%
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100%
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97.5%
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(C)
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Fixed
rate negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department
having a remaining maturity on such date of more than one year but
not
more than five years.
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98%
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78.44%
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100%
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94%
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86.3%
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(D)
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Fixed
rate negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury department
having a remaining maturity on such date of more than five years
but no
more than ten years.
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92.60%
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74.1%
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100%
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94%
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86.3%
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(D)
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Fixed
rate negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department
having a remaining maturity on such date of more than ten
years.
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88.6%
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70.9%
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100%
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87%
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86.7%
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(E)
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Other.
Other items of Credit Support subject to the Rating Agency Condition.
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%
to be determined
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%
to be determined
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%
to be determined
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%
to be determined
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%
to be determined
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(iii)
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Other
Eligible Support.
The following items will qualify as “Other
Eligible Support”
for the party specified: Not
applicable.
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(iv)
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Thresholds.
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(A)
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“Independent
Amount”
shall not be applicable with respect to Party A or Party B unless
otherwise specified in a
Confirmation.
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(B)
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“Threshold”
means, with respect to Party A, infinity, provided that if a
Collateralization Event or a Ratings Event has occurred and is continuing,
the Threshold with respect to Party A shall be zero, except that
the
Threshold in respect of Party A shall be infinity so long as
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(i)
no
S&P Collateralization Event has occurred and is continuing (x) for at least
10 Local Business Days or (y) since this Credit Support Annex was executed,
and
no S&P Ratings Event has occurred and been continuing, and
(ii)
no
Fitch Collateralization Event has occurred and is continuing for at least 30
calendar days.
(C)
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“Minimum
Transfer Amount” means,
with respect to a party, $100,000; provided, however, that if the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Certificates rated by S&P ceases to
be more than $50,000,000, then the Minimum Transfer Amount shall
mean
$50,000.
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(D)
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“Rounding”.
The
Delivery Amount will be rounded up to the nearest integral multiple
of
$1,000 and the Return Amount will be rounded down to the nearest
integral
multiple of $1,000.
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(v)
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“Exposure”
has the meaning specified in Paragraph 12, except that (1) after
the word
“Agreement” the words “(assuming, for this purpose only, that Part
1(f)(B)[Calculations] of the Schedule is deleted)” shall be inserted and
(2) at the end of such definition, the words “with terms substantially the
same as those of this Agreement.”
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(c)
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Valuation
and Timing.
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(i)
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“Valuation
Agent”
means Party A.
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(ii)
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“Valuation
Date”
means, for purposes of each time that Party A is required to post
collateral pursuant to this Credit Support Annex, each Local Business
Day.
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(iii)
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“Valuation
Time”
means the close of business in the location where the relevant product
is
traded, provided that the calculations of Value and Exposure will
made as
of approximately the same time on the same date.
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(iv)
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“Notification
Time”
means 3:00 p.m., New York time, on a Local Business Day.
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(v)
|
Calculation
of Value.
For purposes of the calculation of “Value”, the term “applicable Valuation
Percentage” shall mean
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(A)
as
long as an S&P Collateralization Event has occurred and is continuing (x)
for 10 Local Business Days or (y) since this Credit Support Annex was executed,
and no S&P Ratings Event has occurred and been continuing the valuation
percentage set forth for the applicable collateral item in Paragraph 13(b)(ii)
under the heading “Valuation Percentage for S&P Collateralization Event”
(“S&P Collateralization Event Valuation Percentage”);
(B)
as
long as an S&P Ratings Event has occurred and is continuing for 10 Local
Business Days the valuation percentage set forth for the applicable collateral
item in Paragraph 13(b)(ii) under the heading “Valuation Percentage for S&P
Ratings Event” (“S&P Ratings Event Valuation Percentage”); and
(C)
as
long as a Fitch Collateralization has occurred and is continuing for 30 calendar
days the valuation percentage set forth for the applicable collateral item
in
Paragraph 13(b)(ii) under the heading “Fitch Valuation Percentage” (“Fitch
Valuation Percentage”);
provided
that the calculation of Value shall not include any Valuation Percentage that
pertains to the Rating Agency not then rating the
[Notes/Certificates].
(vi)
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The
amount of “Value” with respect to Cash in Paragraph 12 shall be the Amount
thereof multiplied by the applicable Valuation
Percentage.
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(d)
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Conditions
Precedent and Secured Party’s Rights and Remedies.
There will be no Specified Conditions for Party A and Party
B.
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(e)
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Substitution
|
(i)
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“Substitution
Date” has
the meaning specified in Paragraph
4(d)(ii).
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(ii)
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“Consent.”
The Pledgor need not obtain the Secured Party’s consent for any
substitution pursuant to Paragraph
4(d).
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(f)
|
Dispute
Resolution
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(i)
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“Resolution
Time” means
1:00 p.m. on the Local Business Day following the date on which notice
is
given that gives rise to a default.
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(ii)
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Value.
For the purpose of Paragraph 5(i)(c) and 5(ii), the Value of Posted
Credit
Support will be calculated as follows:
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With
respect to any Eligible Collateral in the form of securities listed
in
Paragraph 13(b)(ii) (referred to herein as “Collateral Obligations”) the
sum of (I)(x) the bid price quoted on such date by a mutually acceptable
principal market maker for such Collateral Obligations, or (y) if
no such
quotation is available from a principal market maker for such date,
such
bid price as of the day, next preceding such date, on which such
quotation
was available, in either case multiplied by the applicable Valuation
Percentage, plus (II) the accrued interest on such Collateral Obligations
(except to the extent Transferred to a party pursuant to any applicable
section of this Agreement or included in the applicable price referred
to
in (I) of this Clause) as of such date.
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With
respect to any Cash, the face amount thereof multiplied by the applicable
Valuation Percentage.
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(iii)
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“Alternative.”
Paragraph 5 will apply.
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(g)
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Holding
and Using Posted Collateral.
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(i)
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“Eligibility
to Hold Posted Collateral; Custodians.”
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Party
B
and or its Custodian will be entitled to hold Posted Collateral pursuant to
Paragraph 6(b), provided
that the
following conditions applicable to it are satisfied:
(1)
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The
Custodian is a bank or trust company located in the United States
having
(x) total assets of at least $250,000,000 and (y) a Short-term Rating
or
counterparty rating of “Prime-1”
from Xxxxx’x;
“A-1”
from Standard & Poor’s
(or if such Custodian has no Short-term Rating, a Long-term Rating
of “A+”
or above); and “F1” from Fitch.
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Initially,
the Custodian
for
Party B is: the Trustee under the Trust Agreement. If the Custodian ceases
to
meet the requirements set forth in sub-clause (1)(y) above, Party B shall cause
any Posted Collateral to be removed to another entity satisfying such credit
ratings set forth in sub-clause (1)(y) above within 60 calendar days from the
time such Custodian failed to be so eligible.
(ii)
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“Use
of Posted Collateral”
The provisions of Paragraph 6(c) will not apply with respect to the
collateral posted by Party A.
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(iii) |
Notice.
If a party or its Custodian fails to meet the criteria for eligibility
to
hold (or, in the case of a party, to use) Posted Collateral set forth
in
this Paragraph 13(g), such party shall promptly notify the other
party of
such ineligibility.
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(iv)
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The
Custodian for Party B shall hold all Eligible Credit Support in an
account
segregated from the Swap Account, as defined in the related Trust
Agreement.
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(h)
|
Distributions
and Interest Amount.
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(i)
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“Interest
Rate.”
The Interest Rate shall be the actual interest rate achieved on Posted
Collateral in the form of Cash that is held by Party B’s Custodian. Posted
Collateral in the form of Cash shall be invested in such overnight
(or
redeemable within two Local Business Days of demand) investments
rated at
least (x) AAAm or AAAm-G by S&P and (y) Prime-1 by Xxxxx’x or Aaa by
Xxxxx’x, as directed by Party A (unless (x) an Event of Default or an
Additional Termination Event has occurred with respect to which Party
A is
the defaulting or sole Affected Party or (y) an Early Termination
Date has
been designated, in which case such Posted Collateral shall be held
uninvested). Gains and losses incurred in respect of any investment
of
Posted Collateral in the form of Cash in the overnight investments
described immediately above as directed by Party A shall be for the
account of Party A. If
no investment direction is received, the Posted Collateral in the
form of
Cash shall be held uninvested.
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(ii)
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“Transfer
of Interest Amount.”
The Transfer of the Interest Amount will be made on the second Local
Business Day of each calendar month and on any Local Business Day
that
Posted Collateral in the form of Cash is Transferred to the Pledgor
pursuant to Paragraph 3(b), in each case to the extent that a Delivery
Amount would not be created or increased by that Transfer, provided
that Party B shall not be obliged to so Transfer any Interest Amount
unless and until it has earned and received such
interest..
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(iii)
|
“Alternative
to Interest Amount.”
The provisions of Paragraph 6(d)(ii) will
apply.
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(i)
|
Additional
Representation(s).
Not applicable.
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(j)
|
“Other
Eligible Support and Other Posted Support.”
|
(i)
|
“Value” with
respect to Other Eligible Support and Other Posted Support means:
Not
applicable.
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(ii)
|
“Transfer” with
respect to Other Eligible Support and Other Posted Support means:
Not
applicable.
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(k)
|
Demands
and Notices.
All demands, specifications and notices made by a party to this Annex
will
be made pursuant to the Notices Section of this
Agreement.
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(l)
|
Addresses
for Transfers.
As
agreed upon between the parties from time to time.
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(m)
|
Costs
of Transfer on Exchange.
Notwithstanding Paragraph 10, the Pledgor will be responsible for,
and
will reimburse the Secured Party for, all transfer and other taxes
and
other costs involved in the transfer of Eligible Credit Support either
from the Pledgor to the Secured Party or from the Secured Party to
the
Pledgor.
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(n) |
Agreement
as to Single Secured Party and Pledgor.
Party A and Party B agree that, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary
in the recital of this Annex, Paragraph 1(b) or Paragraph 2 of
the
definitions in Paragraph 12, (a) the term “Secured
Party”
as
used in this Annex means only Party B, (b) the term “Pledgor”
as
used in this Annex means only Party A, (c) only Party A makes the
pledge
and grant in Paragraph 2, the acknowledgment in the final sentence
of
Paragraph 8(a) and the representations in Paragraph 9 and (d) only
Party A
will be required to post Eligible Credit Support hereunder. Party
A also
agrees that it shall pay all costs of transferring Eligible Credit
Support
required to be delivered by Party A hereunder.
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(o)
|
Cumulative
Rights.
The rights, powers and remedies of the Secured Party under this Annex
shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given to
the
Secured Party by the Agreement or by virtue of any statue or rule
of law,
all of which rights, powers and remedies shall be cumulative and
may be
exercised successively or concurrently without impairing the rights
of the
Secured Party in the Posted Credit Support created pursuant to this
Annex.
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(p)
|
“Credit
Support Amount”
shall be (a) with respect to S&P, the S&P Credit Support Amount,
and (b) with respect to Fitch, the Fitch Credit Support
Amount.
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(i)
With
respect to S&P:
“S&P
Credit Support Amount”
means,
for any Valuation Date where the Threshold in respect of Party A is zero, (x)
where an S&P Collateralization Event has occurred and been continuing (a)
for at least 10 Business Days or (b) since this Credit Support Annex was
executed , and no S&P Ratings Event has occurred and been continuing, the
greater of zero and 100% of the Secured Party’s Exposure or (y) where a Ratings
Event with respect to S&P has occurred and is continuing for at least 10
Business Days, an amount equal to the greater of zero and 125% of the Secured
Party’s Exposure
(ii) With
respect to Fitch:
“Fitch
Credit Support Amount”
means,
(A) for any Valuation Date where the Threshold in respect of Party A is zero
(x)
on which a Fitch Collateralization Event has occurred and been continuing for
at
least 30 calendar days or (y) on which a Fitch Ratings Event has occurred and
is
continuing, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate Secured Party’s
Exposure for such Valuation Date with respect to all Transactions and (2) the
aggregate of the products of the Volatility Buffer for each Transaction and
the
Notional Amount of each Transaction for the Calculation Period of each such
Transaction which includes such Valuation Date; or (B) for any other Valuation
Date, zero.
“Volatility
Buffer”
shall
mean the percentage set forth in the following table with respect to any
Transaction (other than a Transaction identified in the related Confirmation
as
a Timing Hedge):
Weighted
Average Life (Years)
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Notes’
Rating
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1
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2
|
3
|
4
|
5
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6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
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>=15
|
USD
Interest Rate Swaps
|
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AA-
or Better
|
0.6
|
1.6
|
2.6
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3.4
|
4.2
|
4.8
|
5.5
|
5.9
|
6.4
|
7.0
|
7.5
|
8.0
|
8.5
|
9.0
|
9.5
|
A+/A
|
0.3
|
0.8
|
1.3
|
1.7
|
2.1
|
2.4
|
2.8
|
3.0
|
3.3
|
3.6
|
5.3
|
5.7
|
6.0
|
6.4
|
6.7
|
A-/BBB+
|
0.2
|
0.6
|
1.0
|
1.3
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
2.1
|
2.3
|
2.5
|
2.7
|
4.7
|
5.0
|
5.3
|
5.6
|
5.9
|
(q)
|
Trustee
Capacity.
It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that
(i) this
Annex is executed and delivered by the Trustee not individually or
personally but solely as supplemental interest trustee of the Trust,
in
the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in
it under
the Trust Agreement, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings
and
agreements herein made on the part of the Trust is made and intended
not
as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by the Trustee
but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust,
(iii)
nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability
on
the part of the Trustee, individually or personally, to perform any
covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability,
if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person
claiming by, through or under the parties hereto and (iv) under no
circumstances shall the Trustee be personally liable for the payment
of
any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach
or
failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made
or
undertaken by the Trust under this Annex or any other related documents
as
to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the
Trust in
accordance with the terms of the Trust
Agreement.
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The
parties executing this Credit Support Annex have executed the Master Agreement
and have agreed as to the contents of this Credit Support Annex.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS SPECIAL FINANCING INC.
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE
OF
THE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INTEREST TRUST, FOR
BNC
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4
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Party
A
|
Party
B
|
|
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
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Title:
Vice President
|
Title:
Vice President
|
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Date:
1/8/08
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Date:
1/8/2008
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