CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. as Depositor WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY as Owner Trustee and CITIBANK, N.A. not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Securities Administrator, Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent...
CITIGROUP
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC.
as
Depositor
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
as
Owner
Trustee
and
CITIBANK,
N.A.
not
in
its individual capacity,
but
solely in its capacity as Securities Administrator, Certificate Registrar and
Certificate Paying Agent
_______________________________________
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
Dated
as
of May 23, 2006
_______________________________________
Trust
Certificate, Series 2006-NCB1
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I
|
DEFINITIONS
|
Section
1.01
|
Definitions.
|
Section
1.02
|
Other
Definitional Provisions.
|
ARTICLE
II
|
Organization
|
Section
2.01
|
Name.
|
Section
2.02
|
Office.
|
Section
2.03
|
Purposes
and Powers.
|
Section
2.04
|
Appointment
of Owner Trustee.
|
Section
2.05
|
Initial
Capital Contribution of Trust Estate.
|
Section
2.06
|
Declaration
of Trust.
|
Section
2.07
|
Liability
of the Holders of the Class R Certificates.
|
Section
2.08
|
Title
to Trust Property.
|
Section
2.09
|
Situs
of Trust.
|
Section
2.10
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor.
|
Section
2.11
|
Investment
Company.
|
ARTICLE
III
|
Conveyance
Of The Trust Estate and THE CLASS C, CLASS N AND CLASS R
CERTIFICATES
|
Section
3.01
|
Conveyance
of the Trust Estate.
|
Section
3.02
|
The
Certificates.
|
Section
3.03
|
Authentication
of the Certificates.
|
Section
3.04
|
Registration
of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of the
Certificate.
|
Section
3.05
|
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificate.
|
Section
3.06
|
Persons
Deemed Certificateholders.
|
Section
3.07
|
Access
to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
|
Section
3.08
|
Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
|
Section
3.09
|
Certificate
Paying Agent.
|
Section
3.10
|
Certificate
Distribution Account.
|
ARTICLE
IV
|
Authority
and Duties of Owner Trustee
|
Section
4.01
|
General
Authority.
|
Section
4.02
|
General
Duties.
|
Section
4.03
|
Action
upon Instruction.
|
Section
4.04
|
No
Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or Instructions.
|
Section
4.05
|
Restrictions.
|
Section
4.06
|
Prior
Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters.
|
Section
4.07
|
Action
by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.
|
Section
4.08
|
Action
by Certificateholder with Respect to Bankruptcy.
|
Section
4.09
|
Restrictions
on Certificateholder’s Power.
.
|
Section
4.10
|
Control.
|
Section
4.11
|
Rights
of the Insurer.
|
Section
4.12
|
Insurer’s
Rights Regarding Actions, Proceedings or Investigations.
|
ARTICLE
V
|
Application
of Trust Funds
|
Section
5.01
|
Distributions.
|
Section
5.02
|
Method
of Payment.
|
Section
5.03
|
Tax
Returns.
|
Section
5.04
|
Statements
to Certificateholders.
|
ARTICLE
VI
|
Concerning
the Owner Trustee
|
Section
6.01
|
Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties.
|
Section
6.02
|
Furnishing
of Documents.
|
Section
6.03
|
Representations
and Warranties.
|
Section
6.04
|
Reliance;
Advice of Counsel.
.
|
Section
6.05
|
Not
Acting in Individual Capacity.
|
Section
6.06
|
Owner
Trustee Not Liable for the Certificates or Related
Documents.
|
Section
6.07
|
Owner
Trustee May Own the Certificates and Notes.
|
Section
6.08
|
Payments
from Trust Estate.
|
Section
6.09
|
Doing
Business in Other Jurisdictions.
|
ARTICLE
VII
|
Compensation
of Owner Trustee
|
Section
7.01
|
Owner
Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
|
Section
7.02
|
Indemnification.
|
ARTICLE
VIII
|
Termination
of Trust Agreement
|
Section
8.01
|
Termination
of Trust Agreement.
|
ARTICLE
IX
|
Successor
Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
|
Section
9.01
|
Eligibility
Requirements for Owner Trustee.
|
Section
9.02
|
Replacement
of Owner Trustee.
|
Section
9.03
|
Successor
Owner Trustee.
|
Section
9.04
|
Merger
or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.
|
Section
9.05
|
Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
|
ARTICLE
X
|
Miscellaneous
|
Section
10.01
|
Amendments.
|
Section
10.02
|
No
Legal Title to Trust Estate.
|
Section
10.03
|
Limitations
on Rights of Others.
|
Section
10.04
|
Notices.
|
Section
10.05
|
Severability.
|
Section
10.06
|
Separate
Counterparts.
|
Section
10.07
|
Successors
and Assigns.
|
Section
10.08
|
No
Petition.
|
Section
10.09
|
No
Recourse.
|
Section
10.10
|
Headings.
|
Section
10.11
|
GOVERNING
LAW.
|
Section
10.12
|
Integration.
|
Section
10.13
|
Obligations.
|
This
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2006 (as amended
from
time to time, this “Trust Agreement”), among Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wilmington Trust
Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (together with its
successors and assigns, the “Owner Trustee”), and Citibank, N.A., not
individually but acting solely as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”), certificate registrar (the “Certificate Registrar”) and as
certificate paying agent (the “Certificate Paying Agent”).
WITNESSETH
THAT:
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor and
the
Owner Trustee agree as follows:
WHEREAS,
the Depositor and the Owner Trustee have previously entered into the Trust
Agreement dated as of May 12, 2006 (the “Trust Agreement”).
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire to amend the terms of and restate the Trust
Agreement.
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee and Citibank, N.A., solely for purposes of its agreement to serve
as Securities Administrator, Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent,
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
For all
purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein
or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Appendix A
to
the Indenture, dated as May 23, 2006, among Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1,
as
Issuer, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and Citibank,
N.A.
as Securities Administrator and Authenticating Agent (“Appendix A”), which is
incorporated by reference herein. All other capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meanings specified herein.
Section
1.02 Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a) All
terms
defined in this Trust Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in
any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
(b) As
used
in this Trust Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Trust
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given
to
them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Trust Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms
under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in
this Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall
control.
(c) The
words
“hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Trust Agreement shall refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Trust Agreement; Article, Section and Exhibit
references contained in this Trust Agreement are references to Articles,
Sections and Exhibits in or to this Trust Agreement unless otherwise specified;
and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation”.
(d) The
definitions contained in this Trust Agreement are applicable to the singular
as
well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the
feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented
and
includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person
are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
ARTICLE
II
ORGANIZATION
Section
2.01 Name.
The
trust created hereby (the “Trust”) shall be known as “Citigroup HELOC Trust
2006-NCB1”, in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the business of the
Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust
and xxx and be sued.
Section
2.02 Office.
The
office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate
Trust
Office or at such other address in Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate
by written notice to the Certificateholders, the Insurer and the
Depositor.
Section
2.03 Purposes
and Powers.
The
purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following activities:
(i) to
issue
the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates pursuant to this Trust
Agreement and to sell, transfer and exchange the Notes and the
Certificate;
(ii) to
pay
the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the
Trust;
(iii) to
enter
into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is to
be
a party;
(iv) to
assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant
to the Indenture on behalf of the Noteholders and for the benefit of the Insurer
and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders pursuant to the
terms of this Trust Agreement and the Indenture any portion of the Collateral
released from the lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the
Indenture;
(v) to
engage
in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary,
suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto
or
connected therewith;
(vi) subject
to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such other activities
as
may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and the
making of distributions to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders;
and
(vii) the
Trust
is hereby authorized and empowered, without the need for further action on
the
part of any Person, to engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust shall
not
engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other
than
as required or authorized by the terms of this Trust Agreement or the Basic
Documents, including but no limited to the terms set forth in Section
10.01(d).
Section
2.04 Appointment
of Owner Trustee.
The
Depositor hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective
as
of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.
The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver
the
Basic Documents on behalf of the Trust and to take all actions required to
be
taken by it in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement.
Section
2.05 Initial
Capital Contribution of Trust Estate.
The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust,
as of the date hereof, the sum of $1 in exchange for which the Owner Trustee
shall issue to the Depositor the Class C Certificates. The Owner Trustee hereby
acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, of
the
foregoing contribution which shall constitute the initial corpus of the Trust
Estate and shall be deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account. The
Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise
or
shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner
Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee. The Depositor’s payment
of such amounts will not increase the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class
C Certificates.
Section
2.06 Declaration
of Trust.
The
Owner Trustee hereby declares that it shall hold the Owner Trust Estate in
trust
upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit
of
the Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic
Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute
a
“statutory trust” under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Trust
Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. The
Securities Administrator will elect to treat the segregated pool of assets
consisting of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests as a REMIC for federal income tax
purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as REMIC 2.
The
Class N Certificates will represent the sole class of “residual interests” in
REMIC 1 and the Class R Certificates will represent the sole class of “residual
interests” in REMIC 2 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under federal income
tax law. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all
rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Statute
with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.
Section
2.07 Liability
of the Holders of the Class R Certificates.
Each
Certificateholder shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under
the
General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Section
2.08 Title
to Trust Property.
Subject
to the Indenture, title to the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in
the
Trust as a separate legal entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction
requires title to any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or
trustees, in which case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee,
a co-trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be. The
Certificateholders shall have beneficial but not legal title to any part of
the
Trust Estate. No transfer by operation of law or otherwise of any interest
of
the Certificateholders shall operate to terminate this Trust Agreement or the
trust created hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the
transfer to it of any part of the Trust Estate.
Section
2.09 Situs
of Trust.
The
Trust will be located and administered in the State of Delaware. All bank
accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be located
in the State of Delaware. The Trust shall not have any employees in any state
other than Delaware; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict
or
prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State
of
Delaware or taking actions outside the State of Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota
or
New York in order to comply with Section 2.03. Payments will be received by
the
Trust only in Delaware, and payments will be made by the Trust only from
Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota or New York. The only office of the Trust
maintained by the Owner Trustee will be at the Corporate Trust Office in
Delaware.
Section
2.10 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor.
The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:
(i) The
Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority
to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently
owned and such business is presently conducted.
(ii) The
Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all
jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct
of
its business shall require such qualifications and in which the failure to
so
qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets
or condition (financial or other) of the Depositor.
(iii) The
Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Trust
Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and authority
to convey and assign the property to be conveyed and assigned to and deposited
with the Trust as part of the Trust Estate and the Depositor has duly authorized
such conveyance and assignment and deposit to the Trust by all necessary
corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust
Agreement have been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate
action.
(iv) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach
of
any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or
lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of
the
Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the
Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of
any
such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic
Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor's knowledge,
any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of
any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties.
(v) The
Trust
is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act and is not under the control of a Person required to so
register.
Section
2.11 Investment
Company.
Neither
the Depositor nor any holder of a Certificate shall take any action which would
cause the Trust to become an “investment company” which would be required to
register under the Investment Company Act.
ARTICLE
III
CONVEYANCE
OF THE TRUST ESTATE AND THE
CLASS C, CLASS N AND CLASS R CERTIFICATES
Section
3.01 Conveyance
of the Trust Estate.
The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby
transfer, convey, sell and assign to the Trust, on behalf of the Holders of
the
Notes and the Certificates, without recourse, all its right, title and interest
in and to the Trust Estate.
The
Depositor intends that the transaction set forth herein be a sale by the
Depositor to the Trust of all of its right, title and interest in. In the event
that the transaction set forth herein is not deemed to be a sale, the Depositor
hereby grants to the Trust a security interest in all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Trust Estate, all distributions thereon and all
proceeds thereof; and this Trust Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law.
Section
3.02 The
Certificates.
The
Certificates shall initially be issued as three certificates in definitive,
fully registered form and shall initially be registered in the names set forth
in Exhibit A. The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by
manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee
and
authenticated in the manner provided in Section 3.03. A Certificate bearing
the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust,
shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefit of this Trust Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be
so
authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such a Certificate or
did
not hold such offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such a
Certificate. A Person shall become a Certificateholder and shall be entitled
to
the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder hereunder
upon
such Person's acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in such Person's
name,
pursuant to Section 3.04.
A
transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder and shall be
entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder
hereunder upon such transferee's acceptance of a Certificate duly registered
in
such transferee's name pursuant to and upon satisfaction of the conditions
set
forth in Section 3.04.
Section
3.03 Authentication
of the Certificates.
Concurrently with the acquisition of the Trust Estate by the Trust, the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall cause the Certificates issued
hereunder to be executed on behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered
to
or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board,
its president or any vice president, without further corporate action by the
Depositor, in the authorized denomination. No Certificate shall entitle its
Holder to any benefits under this Trust Agreement or be valid for any purpose
unless there shall appear on the Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth in the related Exhibit A, executed by the
Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature; such
authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence that the Certificate shall
have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. For so long as Citibank,
N.A. acts as Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent under this
Agreement, the Certificate Paying Agent may act as Certificate Registrar
hereunder. A Certificate shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
Section
3.04 Registration
of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of the Certificate.
The
Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, a Certificate Register
in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of the Certificate
and
of transfers and exchanges of the Certificate as herein provided; provided,
however,
that no
Class R Certificate or Class N Certificate shall be issued in any such transfer
and exchange representing less than a 100% Percentage Interest in such
Certificate. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner
Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar.
Subject
to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below with respect to the
Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate
at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, the Owner Trustee
or
the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver in the name
of
the designated transferee or transferees, a new Certificate evidencing no less
than the Percentage Interest of the Certificate so surrendered and dated the
date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar.
Every
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney
duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the
Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
a
Certificate, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of a
Certificate.
No
transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Class N Certificate or Class
R
Certificate shall be made unless the Securities Administrator and Certificate
Registrar have received a Transfer Affidavit in substantially the same form
attached hereto as Exhibit E.
The
preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Certificate Registrar
shall not register any transfer or exchange of a Class N Certificate or a Class
R Certificate for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment
with respect to such Certificates.
No
transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than in
connection with (i) the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the
Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor or, in the case of the Class R
Certificates, the first transfer by an Affiliate of the Depositor, (ii) the
transfer of any such Certificate to the issuer under an indenture relating
to a
resecuritization of any such Certificate or the indenture trustee under such
indenture or (iii) a transfer of any such Certificate from the issuer under
such
indenture or the indenture trustee under such indenture to the Depositor or
an
Affiliate of the Depositor) shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge
or
other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with
the
Securities Act and such laws.
In
the
event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall
prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) an
investment letter in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (or
in
such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar
and
the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust,
the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the
Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that,
among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as
defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other
“qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware
that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration
requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule
144A
or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer
may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and
the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said
Act
and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the
Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a
representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to this Trust
Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in
the
form of Exhibit F to this Trust Agreement, each acceptable to and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying
the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not
be
an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the
Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B)
with
respect to a Class N or Class R Certificate, the Certificate of Non-Foreign
Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) acceptable
to
and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar
and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust,
the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the the Securities Administrator
or
the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial
transfer of any such Certificates by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the
Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to
effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust,
the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the
Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result
if
the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal
and
state laws.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial
transfer of a Certificate to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof or to the
transfer to the Initial Holder thereof.
No
transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Person
unless the Certificate Registrar is provided with an Opinion of Counsel which
establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller and the Servicer
that the purchase of the Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will
not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller or the Servicer
to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under
ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this Trust
Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator,
the
Seller or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring
such a Certificate may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to
this
Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller and the Servicer may rely
upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel
nor
a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of
any
such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an
Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate,
as
applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan
or
a Person investing Plan Assets).
Section
3.05 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificate.
If (a)
any mutilated Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate Registrar,
or
if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of
the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered
to the Certificate Registrar, the Insurer and the Owner Trustee such security
or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in
the
absence of notice to the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Owner Trustee shall
execute on behalf of the Trust and the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of
like
tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate
under this Section 3.05, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expenses of the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar (including fees and expenses of counsel)
and any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall
constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found
at any time.
Section
3.06 Persons
Deemed Certificateholders.
Prior
to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Insurer or any Certificate Paying Agent
may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered in the
Certificate Register as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar,
the Insurer or any Certificate Paying Agent shall be bound by any notice to
the
contrary.
Section
3.07 Access
to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
The
Certificate Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Depositor,
the Certificate Paying Agent , the Insurer or the Owner Trustee, within 15
days
after receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a written request therefor from
the Depositor, the Certificate Paying Agent or the Owner Trustee, a list, in
such form as the Depositor, the Certificate Paying Agent or the Owner Trustee,
as the case may be, may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. Each Holder, by receiving
and holding a Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of
the
Trust, the Depositor, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar,
the Insurer or the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity)
accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless
of
the source from which such information was derived.
Section
3.08 Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
The
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust, shall maintain an office or offices or
agency or agencies where the Certificate may be surrendered for registration
of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar, the Insurer and the Certificate Paying Agent in
respect of the Certificate and the Basic Documents may be delivered. The Owner
Trustee initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate
Paying Agent as its office for purposes of delivery of notices. The Owner
Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Certificate
Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificateholders of any change
in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or
agency.
Section
3.09 Certificate
Paying Agent.
(a)
The
Certificate Paying Agent shall make distributions to Certificateholders from
the
Certificate Distribution Account on behalf of the Trust in accordance with
the
provisions of the Certificate and Section 8.09 of the Indenture. The Trust
hereby appoints the Securities Administrator as Certificate Paying Agent and
the
Securities Administrator hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees
that
it will be bound by the provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the
Certificate Paying Agent and shall:
(i) hold
all
sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Certificate
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(ii) give
the
Owner Trustee notice of any default by the Trust of which a Responsible Officer
of the Certificate Paying Agent has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment required to be made with respect to the Certificate;
(iii) at
any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the
Owner Trustee forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust all
sums
so held in Trust by such Certificate Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as Certificate Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust all sums held by it in trust for the payment of the
Certificate if at any time it ceases to meet the standards under this Section
3.09 required to be met by the Certificate Paying Agent at the time of its
appointment;
(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on a Certificate of any applicable withholding taxes imposed
thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection
therewith; and
(vi) not
institute bankruptcy proceedings against the Issuer in connection with this
Trust Agreement.
(b) The
Trust
may revoke such power and remove the Certificate Paying Agent if it determines
in its sole discretion that the Certificate Paying Agent shall have failed
to
perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in any material respect.
In
the event that Citibank, N.A. shall no longer be the Certificate Paying Agent
under this Trust Agreement and Securities Administrator and Paying Agent under
the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor to act as Certificate
Paying Agent (which shall be the Securities Administrator appointed pursuant
to
the Indenture ) and which shall also be the successor Paying Agent under the
Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Certificate Paying
Agent
or any additional Certificate Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Owner Trustee an instrument to the effect set forth
in Section 3.09(a) as it relates to the Certificate Paying Agent. The
Certificate Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Trust and
upon
removal of a Certificate Paying Agent such Certificate Paying Agent shall also
return all funds in its possession to the Trust. The provisions of Sections
6.01, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.07, 6.08 and 7.01 shall apply to the Certificate
Paying Agent to the same extent applicable to the Owner Trustee except where
the
context requires otherwise. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the
Certificate Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context
requires otherwise.
Section
3.10 Certificate
Distribution Account.
The
Certificate Paying Agent shall establish and maintain with itself a trust
account (the “Certificate Distribution Account”). Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein or in the Indenture, the Certificate Distribution Account shall
be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit
of
the Certificateholders. The Certificate Distribution Account shall be subject
to
and maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture,
including, without limitation, the provisions of Section ___ of the Indenture
regarding distributions from the Certificate Account. The funds in the
Certificate Distribution Account shall be held uninvested.
ARTICLE
IV
AUTHORITY
AND DUTIS OF OWNER TRUSTEE
Section
4.01 General
Authority.
The
Owner Trustee shall have power and authority and is hereby authorized and
empowered, in the name and on behalf of the Trust, to execute and deliver the
Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or
other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents
to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or other agreement or
instrument described herein, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee's
execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized
and empowered, but shall not be obligated, except as otherwise provided in
this
Trust Agreement, to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the
Basic
Documents.
Section
4.02 General
Duties.
It
shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged)
all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement and
the Basic Documents to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust
in
the interest of the Certificateholders, subject to the Basic Documents and
in
accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties
and
responsibilities hereunder and under the Basic Documents to the extent the
Administrator has agreed in the Administration Agreement or this Trust
Agreement, respectively, to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the
Owner Trustee or the Trust hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner
Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity) shall not be held liable for
the
default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its obligations under
the
Administration Agreement or this Trust Agreement, respectively.
Section
4.03 Action
upon Instruction.
(a)
Subject
to Article IV and in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, any
Certificateholder, acting singly, may by written instruction direct the Owner
Trustee in the management of the Trust. Such direction may be exercised at
any
time by written instruction of any Certificateholder pursuant to Article
IV.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably
determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely
to
result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee (as such or in its
individual capacity) or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Basic Document
or is otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever
the Owner Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action
permitted or required by the terms of this Trust Agreement or under any Basic
Document, or in the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application
of any provision of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document or any such
provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in
conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Trust
Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is
incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to
take
with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee shall promptly
give
notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the
Certificateholders requesting instruction as to the course of action to be
adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance
with any written instruction of any Certificateholder, acting singly, the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the
Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within 10 days
of
such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be
specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may,
but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not
inconsistent with this Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents, as it shall
deem
to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and the Owner Trustee
shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
Section
4.04 No
Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or in
Instructions.
The
Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment
with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with
the
Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under,
or
in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee
is a party, except as expressly provided (i) in accordance with the powers
granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this
Trust Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic Documents and (iii) in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.03; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read
into this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document against the Owner Trustee.
The
Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or
continuation statement in any public office at anytime or to otherwise perfect
or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it
hereunder or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing
for the Trust or to record this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document.
Notwithstanding any provision herein or in any other Basic Document, the Owner
Trustee shall not be obligated to prepare, file or execute any documents or
certificates required to be filed by the Trust pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act as of 2002, as amended. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will,
at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to
discharge any liens on any part of the Trust Estate that result from actions
by,
or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the ownership
or
the administration of the Trust Estate.
Section
4.05 Restrictions.
(a)
The
Owner Trustee or the Depositor (or an Affiliate thereof) shall not take any
action (x) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in
Section 2.03, or (y) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee based
on
an Opinion of Counsel rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be
qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, would
result in the Trust becoming taxable as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take
action that would violate the provisions of this Section 4.05.
(b) Subject
to the proviso in the last paragraph of Section 3.04 hereof, the Owner Trustee
shall not convey or transfer any of the Trust’s properties or assets, including
those included in the Trust Estate, to any person unless (a) it shall have
received an Opinion of Counsel rendered by a law firm generally recognized
to be
qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization to the
effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence
to the Trust or any Certificateholder and (b) such conveyance or transfer shall
not violate the provisions of the Indenture.
Section
4.06 Prior
Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.
With
respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless
at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall
have
notified the Certificateholders and the Insurer in writing of the proposed
action and the Insurer and any Certificateholder shall not have notified the
Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that
such Certificateholder(s) or the Insurer have withheld consent or provided
alternative direction:
(a) the
initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust and the compromise of any
action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust;
(b) the
election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless
such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust
Statute);
(c) the
amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where
the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) the
amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where
the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially
adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders;
(e) the
amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, except to
cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add
any provision that would not materially and adversely affect the interests
of
the Certificateholders; and
(f) the
appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, Certificate
Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Trust Agreement of a
successor Certificate Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent or the consent
to
the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Indenture Trustee,
Certificate Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent of its obligations under
the
Indenture or this Trust Agreement, as applicable.
Section
4.07 Action
by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.
The
Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the
Certificateholders to, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents,
sell
the HELOCs after the termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall
take
the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions
signed by the Majority Holders.
The
Owner
Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of the
Majority Holders, and to the extent otherwise consistent with the Basic
Documents, to remove or replace the Indenture Trustee.
The
Owner
Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of the
Majority Holders, to (i) remove the Administrator under the Administration
Agreement pursuant to Section 9 thereof, (ii) appoint a successor Administrator
pursuant to Section 9 of the Administration Agreement, or (iii) except as
expressly provided in the Indenture, to sell the Collateral after the
termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred
to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed and
authorized by the Majority Holders.
Section
4.08 Action
by Certificateholder with Respect to Bankruptcy.
The
Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the prior written direction of a
Certificateholder, acting singly, and the consent of the Noteholders and the
Insurer and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each Certificateholder of
a
certificate certifying that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that
the
Trust is insolvent. This paragraph shall survive for one year following
termination of this Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long
as
the Indenture remains in effect, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
the
Holders shall have no power to commence, and shall not commence, any bankruptcy
with respect to the Trust or direct the Owner Trustee to commence any bankruptcy
with respect to the Trust.
Section
4.09 Restrictions
on Certificateholder’s Power.
Neither
the Certificateholders nor the Insurer shall direct the Owner Trustee to take
or
to refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary
to any obligation of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Trust Agreement
or any of the Basic Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.03, nor shall
the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if
given.
Section
4.10 Control.
Except
as expressly provided herein, any written notice or instruction of a
Certificateholder delivered pursuant to this Trust Agreement shall be effective
if signed by such Certificateholder.
Section
4.11 Rights
of the Insurer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Basic Documents and so long
as
no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, without the prior written
consent of the Insurer, the Owner Trustee shall not (i) remove the Servicer,
(ii) initiate any claim, suit or proceeding by the Trust or compromise any
claim, suit or proceeding brought by or against the Trust, other than with
respect to the enforcement of any Mortgage Loan or any rights of the Trust
thereunder or confess a judgment against the Trust, (iii) authorize the merger
or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other statutory trust or other
entity or convey or transfer all or substantially all of the Trust’s assets to
any other Person, (iv) amend the Certificate of Trust (except as may be required
to comply with the Statutory Trust Statute) or (v) amend this Trust Agreement
in
accordance with Section 10.01 of this Trust Agreement.
Section
4.12 Insurer’s
Rights Regarding Actions, Proceedings or Investigations.
Until all Notes and Class N Certificates have been paid in full, all amounts
owed to the Insurer have been paid in full, the Insurance Agreement has
terminated and the Policy has been returned to the Insurer for cancellation,
the
following provisions shall apply:
(a) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein or in the other Basic Documents to the contrary and
providing that no Insurer Default has occurred or is continuing, the Insurer
shall have the right to participate in, to direct the enforcement or defense
of,
and, at the Insurer’s sole option, to institute or assume the defense of, any
action, proceeding or investigation that could adversely affect the Trust,
the
Trust Estate, the Collateral or the rights or obligations of the Insurer
hereunder or under the Policy or the Basic Documents, including (without
limitation) any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding in respect of the Servicer,
the Depositor, the Trust or any affiliate thereof. Following notice to the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer shall have exclusive right to determine, in
its
sole discretion, the actions necessary to preserve and protect the Trust, the
Trust Estate and the Collateral. All costs and expenses of the Insurer in
connection with such action, proceeding or investigation, including (without
limitation) any judgment or settlement entered into affecting the Insurer or
the
Insurer’s interests, shall be included in the Reimbursement Amount.
(b) In
connection with any action, proceeding or investigation that could adversely
affect the Trust, the Trust Estate, the Collateral or the rights or obligations
of the Insurer hereunder or under the Policy or the Basic Documents, including
(without limitation) any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding in respect of
the
Servicer, the Depositor, the Trust or any affiliate thereof, the Owner Trustee
hereby agrees to cooperate with, and to take such action as directed in writing
by, the Insurer, including (without limitation) entering into such agreements
and settlements on behalf of the Trust as the Insurer shall direct in writing,
in its sole discretion, without the consent of any Noteholder, provided,
however, that the Owner Trustee shall have no duty or obligation of
investigation in connection with the foregoing, and the Owner Trustee shall
be
fully protected in relying upon, acting in accordance with, or refraining from
acting in accordance with, any written directions of the Insurer.
(c) The
Owner Trustee hereby agrees to provide to the Insurer prompt written notice
of
any action, proceeding or investigation that names the Trust or the
Owner Trustee as a party or that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner
Trustee or as to which the Owner Trustee has received written notice, could
adversely affect the Trust, the Trust Estate, the Collateral or the rights
or
obligations of the Insurer hereunder or under the Policy or the Basic Documents,
including (without limitation) any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding in
respect of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trust or any affiliate thereof.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein or in any of the other Basic Documents to the
contrary, the Owner Trustee shall not, without the Insurer’s prior written
consent or unless directed in writing by the Insurer, undertake or join any
litigation or agree to any settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation
affecting, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee or as to which the
Owner
Trustee has received written notice, the Trust, the Trust Estate, the Collateral
or the rights or obligations of the Insurer hereunder or under the Policy or
the
Basic Documents.
(e) Each
Certificateholder, by acceptance of its Certificate, as appropriate, and the
Owner Trustee agree that the Insurer shall have such rights as set forth in
this
Section, which are in addition to any rights of the Insurer pursuant to the
other provisions of the Basic Documents, that the rights set forth in this
Section may be exercised by the Insurer, in its sole discretion, without the
need for the consent or approval of any Certificateholder or the Owner Trustee,
notwithstanding any other provision contained herein or in any of the other
Basic Documents, and that nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed
to
be an obligation of the Insurer to exercise any of the rights provided for
herein.
ARTICLE
V
APPLICATION
OF TRUST FUNDS
Section
5.01 Distributions.
(a)
On each
Payment Date, the Certificate Paying Agent shall in accordance with the terms
of
the Indenture distribute to the Certificateholders, all funds on deposit in
the
Certificate Distribution Account and available therefor (as provided in Section
8.09 of the Indenture) for such Payment Date as reduced by any amount owing
to
the Owner Trustee hereunder and any Expenses of the Trust remaining
unpaid.
(b) In
the
event that any withholding tax is imposed on the distributions (or allocations
of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise
distributable to such Certificateholder in accordance with this Section 5.01.
The Certificate Paying Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain or
cause to be retained from amounts otherwise distributable to the
Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally
owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Trust from
contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment
of
such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The
amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to a Certificateholder shall
be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder at the time it is
withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent and remitted to the appropriate taxing
authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with
respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to a non-U.S.
Certificateholder), the Certificate Paying Agent may in its sole discretion
withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (b).
Section
5.02 Method
of Payment.
Subject
to Section 8.01(c), distributions required to be made to Certificateholders
on
any Payment Date as provided in Section 5.01 shall be made to each
Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date by wire transfer,
in
immediately available funds, to the account of such Holder at a bank or other
entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions
at
least five Business Days prior to such Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed
to such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the
Certificate Register.
Section
5.03 Tax
Returns.
The
Securities Administrator shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the
books of the Trust on a calendar year basis using the accrual method of
accounting, (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Noteholder and
Certificateholder as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations, such information as may be required to enable each
Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns,
including, upon filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities
Administrator shall furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificates the
Form
1066 and each Form 1066Q, (c) prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed
such tax returns relating to the Trust as may be required by the Code and
applicable Treasury Regulations (making such elections as may from time to
time
be required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statutes,
rules
or regulations) and (d) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax
as
described in and in accordance with Section 5.01 of this Trust Agreement with
respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders and prepare or cause
to
be prepared the appropriate forms relating thereto; provided, however, that
the
Securities Administrator shall not be required to compute the Issuer's gross
income except to the extent it can do so without unreasonable effort or expense
based upon income statements furnished to it and provided, further, that the
Securities Administrator shall not be required to prepare and file partnership
tax returns on behalf of the Issuer unless the Securities Administrator receives
an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it (which shall not be at
the
Securities Administrator's expense, but shall be at the expense of the Depositor
or other party furnishing such opinion) as to the necessity of such filings.
The
Owner Trustee shall sign all tax and information returns prepared or caused
to
be prepared by the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Section 5.03 at
the
request of the Securities Administrator, and in doing so shall rely entirely
upon, and shall have no liability for information or calculations provided
by,
the Securities Administrator.
Section
5.04 Statements
to Certificateholders.
On each
Payment Date, the Certificate Paying Agent shall make available to each
Certificateholder the statement or statements provided to the Owner Trustee
by
the Certificate Paying Agent pursuant to Section 7.04 of the Indenture with
respect to such Payment Date.
Section
5.05
Class
N Certificates.
The
Securities Administrator does hereby agree to direct funds payable to the holder
of the Class N Certificates to reimburse the Servicer for Additional Balance
Advance Amounts on the HELOCs funded during the Managed Amortization Period.
The
Holder of the Class N Certificate, by accepting such Certificate, hereby agrees
to reimburse the Servicer for such Additional Balance Advance
Amounts.
ARTICLE
VI
CONCERNING
THE OWNER TRUSTEE
Section
6.01 Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties.
The
Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties
hereunder with respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Trust
Agreement. The Owner Trustee and the Certificate Paying Agent also agree to
disburse all moneys actually received by each of them constituting part of
the
Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic Documents and this Trust Agreement.
The
Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any
Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful
misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith or grossly negligent failure to act
or
(ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained
in Section 6.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee. In particular, but not
by
way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding
sentence):
(a) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by it in accordance with the instructions of any Certificateholder, the
Insurer or any other Person permitted under this Trust Agreement;
(b) No
provision of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document shall require the Owner
Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in
the performance of any of its rights, duties or powers hereunder or under any
Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(c) Under
no
circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced
by or
arising under any of the Basic Documents, including the principal of and
interest on the Notes;
(d) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the
Depositor or any other Person or for the form, character, genuineness,
sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Estate, or for or in respect
of the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, the Notes, the
Certificate, other than the certificate of authentication on the Certificate,
if
executed by the Owner Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall in no event assume
or
incur any liability, duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to any
Certificateholder, other than as expressly provided for herein or expressly
agreed to in the Basic Documents;
(e) The
execution, delivery, authentication and performance by it of this Trust
Agreement will not require the authorization, consent or approval of, the giving
of notice to, the filing or registration with, or the taking of any other action
with respect to, any governmental authority or agency other than the filing
of
the Certificate of Trust and any financing statements;
(f) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Depositor,
Securities Administrator, Indenture Trustee, Certificate Registrar, Insurer
or
Certificate Paying Agent under any of the Basic Documents or otherwise and
the
Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations
of the Trust under this Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents that are required
to be performed by the Depositor, Indenture Trustee, Certificate Registrar,
Certificate Paying Agent, Insurer or the Securities Administrator or under
the
Indenture or the Seller or any other Person under the Basic
Documents.
(g) The
Owner
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it or duties imposed by this Trust Agreement, or to institute, conduct
or defend any litigation under this Trust Agreement or otherwise or in relation
to this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order or
direction of any of the Certificateholders, unless such Certificateholders
have
offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against
the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee
therein or thereby. The right of the Owner Trustee to perform any discretionary
act enumerated in this Trust Agreement or in any Basic Document shall not be
construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not be answerable for other
than its gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such
act.
Section
6.02 Furnishing
of Documents.
The
Owner Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall furnish to the
Securityholders promptly upon receipt of a written reasonable request therefor,
duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates,
financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Trust under
the
Basic Documents.
Section
6.03 Representations
and Warranties.
The
Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit
of the Certificateholders, that:
(a) It
is a
banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust
Agreement;
(b) It
has
taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery
by
it of this Trust Agreement, and this Trust Agreement will be executed and
delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver
this Trust Agreement on its behalf;
(c) Neither
the execution nor the delivery by it of this Trust Agreement, nor the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by
it
with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or
Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust
powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or
constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any indenture,
mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which
any of its properties may be bound;
(d) This
Trust Agreement assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Owner
Trustee and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation
of
the Owner Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(e) The
Owner
Trustee is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court
or
any order, regulation or demand of any Federal, state, municipal or governmental
agency, which default might have consequences that would materially and
adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Owner
Trustee or its properties or might have consequences that would materially
adversely affect its performance hereunder; and
(f) No
litigation is pending or, to the best of the Owner Trustee's knowledge,
threatened against the Owner Trustee which would prohibit its entering into
this
Trust Agreement or performing its obligations under this Trust
Agreement.
Section
6.04 Reliance;
Advice of Counsel.
(a)
The
Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature,
instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report,
opinion, note, or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and
believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee
may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other
governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such
resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full
force
and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of determination of which is
not
specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof
rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by
the
treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact
or
matter and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner
Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
reliance thereon.
(b) In
the
exercise or administration of the Trust hereunder and in the performance of
its
duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents, the
Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents, attorneys, custodians
or nominees (including persons acting under a power of attorney) pursuant to
agreements entered into with any of them, and the Owner Trustee shall not be
liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, attorneys, custodians
or
nominees (including persons acting under a power of attorney) if such persons
have been selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may
consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected
with
reasonable care and employed by it. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for
anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the
opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons and
not
contrary to this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document.
Section
6.05 Not
Acting in Individual Capacity.
Except
as provided in this Article VI, in accepting the trusts hereby created
Wilmington Trust Company acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in
its
individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee
by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement or any Basic
Document shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction
thereof.
Section
6.06 Owner
Trustee Not Liable for the Certificates or Related Documents.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signatures
of
the Owner Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of
the
Depositor, and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, of any Basic Document or of the
Certificates (other than the signatures of the Owner Trustee on the
Certificates) or the Notes, or of any Related Documents, or of MERS or the
MERS®
System. The Owner Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability
with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to generate
the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under this Trust Agreement
or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including compliance by the Depositor
or
the Seller with any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document
or
in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation,
or any action of the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the
Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator taken in the name of the
Owner
Trustee.
Section
6.07 Owner
Trustee May Own the Certificates and Notes.
The
Owner Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may, subject to Section
3.04, become the owner or pledgee of the Certificates or Notes and may deal
with
the Depositor, the Seller, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate
Registrar and the Indenture Trustee in transactions with the same rights as
it
would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
Section
6.08 Payments
from Trust Estate.
All
payments to be made by the Owner Trustee under this Trust Agreement or any
of
the Basic Documents to which the Owner Trustee is a party shall be made only
from the income and proceeds of the Trust Estate or from other amounts required
to be provided by the Certificateholders and only to the extent that the Owner
Trust shall have received income or proceeds from the Trust Estate or the
Certificateholders to make such payments in accordance with the terms hereof.
Wilmington Trust Company, in its individual capacity, shall not be liable for
any amounts payable under this Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents
to
which the Owner Trustee is a party.
Section
6.09 Doing
Business in Other Jurisdictions.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither Wilmington
Trust Company nor the Owner Trustee shall be required to take any action in
any
jurisdiction other than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action
will, even after the appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee in
accordance with Section 9.05 hereof, (i) require the consent or approval or
authorization or order of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with
or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state or other governmental
authority or agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware; (ii)
result in any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of the State
of Delaware becoming payable by Wilmington Trust Company; or (iii) subject
Wilmington Trust Company to personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other
than
the State of Delaware for causes of action arising from acts unrelated to the
consummation of the transactions by Wilmington Trust Company or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE
VII
COMPENSATION
OF OWNER TRUSTEE
Section
7.01 Owner
Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The
Owner Trustee shall receive from the Securities Administrator, as compensation
for its services hereunder, such fees as have been separately agreed upon by
the
Owner Trustee. In the event that the Securities Administrator, fails to pay
such
fees on any Payment Date, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to such fee from
funds on deposit in the Payment Account to the extent set forth in the Indenture
and prior to any payments to the Noteholders on such Payment Date. Additionally,
the Owner Trustee shall be reimbursed from amounts on deposit in the Payment
Account, in accordance with Section 8.09 of the Indenture for its reasonable
expenses hereunder and under the Basic Documents, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives,
experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may reasonably employ in connection
with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder and
under the Basic Documents
Section
7.02 Indemnification.
The
Trust shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and its
respective successors, assigns, agents and servants (collectively, the
“Indemnified Parties”) from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions and suits, and any and all reasonable
costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses)
of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”) which may at any
time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any Indemnified Party
in
any way relating to or arising out of this Trust Agreement, the Basic Documents,
the Trust Estate, the administration of the Trust Estate or the action or
inaction of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate
Paying Agent hereunder, provided, that:
(i) the
Trust
shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an Indemnified Party, as
applicable, from and against Expenses arising or resulting from such Indemnified
Party’s own intentional misconduct, gross negligence, bad faith, grossly
negligent failure to act or, as to the Owner Trustee, as a result of any
inaccuracy of a representation or warranty of the Owner Trustee contained in
Section 6.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee;
(ii) to
the
extent that any such Expenses are required to be paid to the Owner Trustee
(A)
from amounts on deposit in the Payment Account pursuant to Section 7.01 of
this
Trust Agreement and Section 8.09 of the Indenture, (C) from amounts on deposit
in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.01 of this Trust
Agreement or (D) by the holders of the Owner Trust Certificates pursuant to
Section 2.07 of this Trust Agreement, then the Trust shall indemnify the
Indemnified Parties for such Expenses to the extent that such Expenses are
not,
at the time due to the Indemnified Parties, readily recoverable from, and in
fact promptly upon reasonable notice paid to the Indemnified Parties by or
from,
as applicable, one of the sources listed in the foregoing clauses (A), (B),
(C)
and (D);
(iii) with
respect to any such claim, the Indemnified Party shall have given the Trust
written notice thereof promptly after the Indemnified Party shall have actual
knowledge thereof; provided, however, that failure to give such notice shall
not
affect the indemnification of the Indemnified Party except to the extent the
Trust is materially prejudiced by such failure;
(iv) while
maintaining control over its own defense, the Trust shall consult with the
Indemnified Party in preparing such defense; and
(v) notwithstanding
anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Trust shall not be liable
for settlement of any claim by an Indemnified Party entered into without the
prior consent of the Trust which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
The
indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Certificate Paying Agent
or the termination of this Trust Agreement. In addition, upon written notice
to
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Certificate Paying Agent
and
with the consent of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the
Certificate Paying Agent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
the
Trust has the right to assume the defense of any claim, action or proceeding
against the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Certificate Paying
Agent.
The
Class
C Certificateholder agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Parties for any Expense
for which the Trust is required to indemnify the Indemnified Parties pursuant
to
Section 7.02 of this Trust Agreement, other than (x) any Expense required to
be
covered by the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and (y) any Expense
already paid by the Trust in accordance with Section 7.02 of this Trust
Agreement.
To
the
extent that the Trust or the Certificateholders pursuant to this Section 7.02
indemnifies the Indemnified Parties for any Expenses that are required to be
paid to the Owner Trustee (A) by the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement, (B) from amounts on deposit in the Payment Account pursuant to
Section 7.01 of this Trust Agreement and Section 8.09 of the Indenture, (C)
from
amounts on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Section
5.01 of this Trust Agreement or (D) by the holders of the Class R Certificates
pursuant to Section 2.07 of this Trust Agreement, then the Trust or the
Certificateholders, as applicable, shall be subrogated to the Owner Trustee’s
rights to be paid such Expenses by or from, as applicable, the sources listed
in
the foregoing clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D).
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
OF TRUST AGREEMENT
Section
8.01 Termination
of Trust Agreement.
(a)
This
Trust Agreement (other than Article VII) shall terminate and the Trust shall
dissolve, wind up and terminate in accordance with Section 3808(e) of the
Statutory Trust Statute and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier
of
(i) the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the
Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and this Trust
Agreement and (ii) the distribution of all of the assets of the Trust Estate,
in
accordance with written instructions provided to the Owner Trustee by the Class
N Certificateholder, following the optional redemption of the Notes effected
by
the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.07 of the Indenture; provided in each case
that all amounts owing to the Noteholders to the extent payable from the Trust
Estate or proceeds thereof have been paid in full and that all obligations
under
the Indenture have been discharged. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate
this Trust Agreement or the Trust or (y) entitle such Certificateholder's legal
representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of
the
Trust or the Trust Estate or (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Except
as
provided in Section 8.01(a), neither the Depositor nor the Holders shall be
entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust established hereunder.
(c) Notice
of
any termination of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date upon which
Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificate to the Certificate Paying
Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
by
the Certificate Paying Agent by letter to Certificateholders mailed within
five
Business Days of receipt of notice of the final payment on the Notes from the
Securities Administrator, stating (i) the Payment Date upon or with respect
to
which final payment of the Certificate shall be made upon presentation and
surrender of the Certificate at the office of the Certificate Paying Agent
therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that
the
Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not applicable,
payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificate
at
the office of the Certificate Payment Agent therein specified. The Certificate
Paying Agent shall give such notice to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificate, the Certificate Paying Agent
shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable on
such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.01.
In
the
event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificate
for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above
mentioned written notice, the Certificate Paying Agent shall give a second
written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificate for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, if within
one year following the Payment Date on which final payment of the Certificate
was to have been made pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, all the
Certificate shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate
Paying Agent may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning
surrender of their Certificate, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the
funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this Trust Agreement. Any
funds remaining in the Certificate Distribution Account after exhaustion of
such
remedies shall be distributed by the Certificate Paying Agent to the
Depositor.
(d) Upon
the
winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee shall upon
receipt of written direction from, and at the expense of, the Certificateholders
cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 3810(c) of the Statutory Trust Statute.
ARTICLE
IX
SUCCESSOR
OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
Section
9.01 Eligibility
Requirements for Owner Trustee.
The
Owner Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions
of
Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers; having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000
and
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and
having (or having a parent that has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Moody's and/or
at least BBB- by Standard and Poor's or is otherwise acceptable to the Rating
Agencies. If such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least
annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising
or
examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with
the provisions of this Section 9.01, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.02.
Section
9.02 Replacement
of Owner Trustee.
The
Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by giving 30 days prior written notice thereof to the Depositor. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint
a
successor Owner Trustee, by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and to the
successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such
notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee.
If
at any
time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.01 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally
unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of
the
Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
shall
take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor
may remove the Owner Trustee.
Any
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor
Owner
Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become
effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 9.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the
outgoing Owner Trustee. The Depositor shall provide notice of such resignation
or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
Section
9.03 Successor
Owner Trustee.
Any
successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 9.02 shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Indenture Trustee and to its predecessor Owner
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Trust Agreement,
and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall
become effective, and such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor under this Trust Agreement, with
like
effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee
shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Owner
Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Trust
Agreement; and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully
and
certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights,
powers, duties and obligations.
No
successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
9.03 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be
eligible pursuant to Section 9.01.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section
9.03, the Owner Trustee shall mail notice thereof to all Certificateholders,
the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies.
Section
9.04 Merger
or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.
Any
Person into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, without
the execution or filing (except as required by the Statutory Trust Statute)
of
any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that such Person
shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.01 and, provided, further, that the
Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation to the Rating
Agencies.
Section
9.05 Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, at any time,
for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any
part of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Owner Trustee shall
have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one
or
more Persons to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as
separate trustee or trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to
vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust or any part
thereof and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers,
duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Owner Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Trust
Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 and no notice of the appointment of
any
co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section
9.03.
Each
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(a) All
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner
Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee
and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without
the
Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law
of
any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the
Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts,
in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the
holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee
or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
(b) No
trustee under this Trust Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of
any
act or omission of any other trustee under this Trust Agreement;
and
(c) The
Owner
Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee
or co-trustee.
Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed
to
have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Trust Agreement and the
conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property
specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Trust Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Trust
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with
the
Owner Trustee.
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee as
its
agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Trust
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a
new
or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.
ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.01 Amendments.
(a)
This
Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto as
specified in this Section, provided that any amendment, except as provided
in
subparagraph (e) and (i) below, be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel
addressed to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate
Paying Agent and obtained by the Depositor to the effect that such amendment
(i)
complies with the provisions of this Section and (ii) would not cause the Trust
to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax
purposes.
(b) If
the
purpose of the amendment (as detailed therein) is to correct any mistake,
eliminate any inconsistency, cure any ambiguity or deal with any matter not
covered (i.e. to give effect to the intent of the parties and, if applicable,
to
the expectations of the Holders) or to add, delete or amend any provisions
to
the extent necessary or desirable to comply with any requirements imposed by
the
Code and the REMIC Provisions, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent
of any Noteholders or Certificateholders, but the Owner Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Paying Agent shall
be furnished with (A) a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that the
amendment will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to any Note or the rating then assigned to any Note or (B) an Opinion
of Counsel obtained by the Depositor to the effect that such action will not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholders or
Certificateholders or adversely affect the tax status of the REMICs created
by
the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an Opinion of Counsel
obtained by the Depositor shall be required with respect to tax matters as
set
forth in this paragraph.
(c) If
the
purpose of the amendment is to prevent the imposition of any federal or state
taxes at any time that any Security is outstanding, it shall not be necessary
to
obtain the consent of any Noteholders or Certificateholders, but the Owner
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the
Certificate Paying Agent shall be furnished with an Opinion of Counsel obtained
by the Depositor that such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the
imposition of such taxes and is not materially adverse to any Noteholders or
Certificateholders.
(d) If
the
purpose of the amendment is to add or eliminate or change any provision of
the
Trust Agreement other than as contemplated in (b) and (c) above, the amendment
shall require (A) an Opinion of Counsel obtained by the Depositor to the effect
that such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests
of any Noteholders or Certificateholders and (B) either (a) a letter from each
of the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not result in the downgrading
or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Note or (b) the consent of Holders
of Certificates evidencing a majority of the Voting Rights allocated to the
Certificates and the consent of Noteholders representing at least 51% of the
Note Principal Balance of the Notes; provided, however, that no such amendment
shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments
received that are required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the related Certificateholder or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of Certificate the Holders of which are required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer, at the direction of
the
100% of the Certificateholders, may amend Section 2.03 hereof. Any amendment
of
Section 2.03 hereof shall be accompanied by (i) an appropriate amendment to
the
applicable Agreement, (ii) any Opinion of Counsel reasonably requested by the
Underwriter, the Rating Agencies, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, (iii) written confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such
amendment will not result in any Note to be downgraded, withdrawn or suspended
and (iv) written consent of the Certificateholders with respect to the amendment
of such permitted activity.
(e) If
the
purpose of the amendment is to provide for the holding of any of the
Certificates in book-entry form, it shall require the consent of Holder of
the
Certificate then outstanding; provided, that the Opinion of Counsel specified
in
subparagraph (a) above shall not be required.
(f) Promptly
after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Depositor shall
furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent
to
each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies. It shall
not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders, Noteholders or the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.01 to approve the particular
form
of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents
(and
any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this Trust Agreement
or
in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
(g) In
connection with the execution of any amendment to any agreement to which the
Trust is a party, other than this Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Paying Agent shall be entitled to
receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such
amendment is authorized or permitted by the documents subject to such amendment
and that all conditions precedent in the Basic Documents for the execution
and
delivery thereof by the Trust or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, have
been satisfied.
(h) No
amendment or agreement affecting the rights or duties of the Owner Trustee,
the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Certificate Paying
Agent may be entered into without the consent of the affected
party.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State
of
the State of Delaware.
Section
10.02 No
Legal Title to Trust Estate.
The
Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate
solely by virtue of their status as a Certificateholder. The Certificateholders
shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided
beneficial interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and VIII. No
transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest
of
the Certificateholders to and in their ownership interest in the Trust Estate
shall operate to terminate this Trust Agreement or the trusts hereunder or
entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title
to any part of the Trust Estate.
Section
10.03 Limitations
on Rights of Others.
Except
for Section 2.07, the provisions of this Trust Agreement are solely for the
benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders and, to
the
extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders,
and
nothing in this Trust Agreement (other than Section 2.07), whether express
or
implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Trust
Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained
herein.
Section
10.04 Notices.
(a)
Unless
otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices
shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon receipt, to the Owner Trustee
at: Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; Attention: Corporate Capital Markets; to the
Depositor at: Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel; to the Securities
Administrator and Certificate Paying Agent at Citibank, N.A. 000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Attention: Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1); to
Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. at: 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; to Fitch Ratings, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; to Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or, as to each party, at such other address
as
shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other
party.
(b) Any
notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder shall be given
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown
in
the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in
this Trust Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
(c) A
copy of
any notice delivered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust shall also be delivered
to the Depositor.
Section
10.05 Severability.
Any
provision of this Trust Agreement that 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.
Section
10.06 Separate
Counterparts.
This
Trust Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all
such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section
10.07 Successors
and Assigns. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained
herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee and its successors, and each Certificateholder
and
its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request,
notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by a
Certificateholder shall bind the successors and assigns of such
Certificateholder.
Section
10.08 No
Petition.
The
Owner Trustee, by entering into this Trust Agreement and each Certificateholder,
by accepting a Certificate, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at
any
time institute against the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution
against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any
United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any
obligations to the Certificate, the Notes, this Trust Agreement or any of the
Basic Documents. This Section shall survive for one year following the
termination of this Trust Agreement.
Section
10.09 No
Recourse.
Each
Certificateholder by accepting a Certificate acknowledges that such
Certificateholder's Certificate represent beneficial interests in the Trust
only
and do not represent interests in or obligations of the Depositor, the Seller,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the
Certificate Paying Agent or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had
against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth
or
contemplated in this Trust Agreement, the Certificate or the Basic
Documents.
Section
10.10 Headings.
The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience
of
reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section
10.11 GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS
TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section
10.12 Integration.
This
Trust Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto
pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements
and
understandings pertaining thereto.
Section
10.13 Obligations.
The
execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement by and by Citibank, N.A. solely
for purposes of its appointment and agreement to serve as Securities
Administrator, Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent. The
Securities Administrator shall have no duties or obligations under this Trust
Agreement except for those duties expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement
as
duties of the Securities Administrator, and no implied duties shall be read
into
this Trust Agreement on the part of the Securities Administrator. The
Certificate Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar shall have no duties or
obligations under this Trust Agreement except for those duties expressly set
forth in this Trust Agreement as duties of the Certificate Paying Agent or
Certificate Registrar, and no implied duties shall be read into this Trust
Agreement on the part of the Certificate Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar.
In entering into this Trust Agreement and with respect to all matters arising
under this Trust Agreement, the Securities Administrator and the Certificate
Registrar or the Certificate Paying Agent shall enjoy and be protected by all
of
the rights, powers, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections
granted to it under Article VI of the Indenture.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee have caused their names
to
be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all
as
of the day and year first above written.
CITIGROUP
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC., as Depositor
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
as
Owner Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title:
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Sr.
Financial Services Officer
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CITIBANK,
N.A.,
acting
not individually but solely as Securities Administrator, Certificate
Registrar
and Certificate Paying Agent
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxxx
X. XxXxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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EXHIBIT
A
Form
Of
Certificates
Form
of
Class C Certificate
THIS
CLASS C CERTIFICATE IS A REMIC REGULAR INTEREST CERTIFICATE. THIS CLASS C
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS CERTAIN RESIDUAL RIGHTS TO PAYMENT TO THE EXTENT
DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE NOTES AS DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE.
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT
AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.04 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (i) A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE
OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”), OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF
ANY SUCH PLAN, OR (ii) IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED FOR REGISTRATION IN
THE
NAME OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE
PROVISIONS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS), OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN, OR
ANY
OTHER PERSON WHO IS USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH
ACQUISITION, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OF
CERTIFICATES IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT
IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE AND WILL
NOT SUBJECT THE DEPOSITOR, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION
OR LIABILITY (INCLUDING OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE) IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, WHICH
OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE,
THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR OR THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR.
THIS
CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SELLER,
THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE PAYING
AGENT, THE DEPOSITOR, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT
OR THE BASIC DOCUMENTS.
Certificate
No. __
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Cut-off
Date: May 1, 2006
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Percentage
Interest: 100%
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Date
of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement:
May
23, 2006
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First
Payment Date:
June
15, 2006
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Class
C: Initial Certificate Principal Balance: $__________
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CUSIP:
_________
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Evidencing
a fractional undivided equity interest in the Trust Estate, the property of
which consists primarily of the HELOCs in Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the
“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust formed by CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
INC., as depositor, pursuant to the Trust Agreement referred to
below.
This
certifies that _________________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest represented hereby.
The
Trust
was created pursuant to a Short Form Trust Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2006
between the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”, which term includes any successor entity under the Trust Agreement)
(the “Short Form Trust Agreement”) as amended and restated by the Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2006 (as amended and supplemented
from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), among the Depositor, the Owner
Trustee, and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as Securities Administrator,
certificate registrar and certificate paying agent, a summary of certain of
the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereinafter. This Certificate is
issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Trust
Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue
of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
This
Certificate is a duly authorized issue of Trust Certificate, Series 2006-NCB1
(herein called the “Certificate”) issued under the Trust Agreement to which
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder
of
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Holder of the Certificate and the
terms
upon which the Certificate is executed and delivered. All terms used in this
Certificate which are defined in the Trust Agreement shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Agreement. The rights of the Holder of the
Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of the Notes, as
set
forth in the Indenture.
There
will be distributed on the 15th day of each month or, if such 15th day is not
a
Business Day, the next Business Day (each, a “Payment Date”), commencing on June
2006, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close
of
business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding such
Payment Date (the “Record Date”), such Certificateholder's Percentage Interest
in the amount to be distributed to the Certificateholder on such Payment
Date.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely to the funds on deposit in the Payment Account that have been
released from the Lien of the Indenture for payment hereunder and that neither
the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity nor the Depositor is personally
liable to the Certificateholder for any amount payable under this Certificate
or
the Trust Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement,
subject to any liability under the Trust Agreement.
The
Holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive
distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights
of
the Noteholders as described in the Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2006, among
the Trust, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and Citibank,
N.A., as securities administrator, note registrar, paying agent and
authenticating agent (the “Indenture”).
The
Depositor and each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Certificate, agree
to
treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Certificate
for federal, state and local income tax purposes as an equity interest in the
Trust.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees
that
such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Depositor,
or
join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar
law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificate, the Notes,
the
Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
Distributions
on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust Agreement by the
Certificate Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except
as
otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
maintained by the Owner Trustee for that purpose by the Trust, as provided
in
Section 3.08 of the Trust Agreement.
Notwithstanding
the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due
notice of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency specified in such
notice.
The
HELOCs are subject to purchase in whole, but not in part, by the Servicer,
on
any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date on which the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the HELOCs as of the end of the prior Due Period is less
than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the HELOCs
as of the Cut-off Date.
No
transfer of the Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Person
unless the Certificate Registrar is provided with an Opinion of Counsel which
establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller and the Servicer
that the purchase of the Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will
not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller or the Servicer
to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under
ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in the Trust
Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Seller or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person may provide
a certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement, which the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Seller and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation.
Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection
with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an
affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate
thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a
Plan
or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled
to
conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner
Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status
of
such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating agent by manual
signature, this Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any benefit
under the Trust Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
BY:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Dated:
May ____, 2006
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
the Certificate referred to in the within mentioned Agreement.
CITIBANK,
N.A.
not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Certificate Paying Agent
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Or
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as
Authenticating Agent of the Trust
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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[REVERSE
OF CERTIFICATE]
The
Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the
Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Indenture
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Owner
Trustee or any Affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against
such
parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated herein
or
in the Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Certificate
is
not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited
in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries with respect to the
HELOCs, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Trust
Agreement. A copy of the Trust Agreement may be examined by any
Certificateholder upon written request during normal business hours at the
principal office of the Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated
by the Depositor.
The
Trust
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided that
any
amendment be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the Owner Trustee to
the
effect that such amendment complies with the provisions of the Trust Agreement
and would not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax. If the
purpose of the amendment is to correct any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency,
cure any ambiguity or deal with any matter not covered, it shall not be
necessary to obtain the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall
be
furnished with a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that the amendment
will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to
any
Note or the rating then assigned to any Note. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to prevent the imposition of any federal or state taxes at any time that
any
Security is outstanding, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent
of any
Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion of Counsel
that
such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the imposition of such
taxes
and is not materially adverse to any Holder. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to add or eliminate or change any provision of the Trust Agreement, other
than
as specified in the preceding two sentences, the amendment shall require
either
(a) a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not
result
in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Note
or the
rating then assigned to any Note or (b) the consent of Holder of the Certificate
evidencing a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Certificate and
the
Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
time
of, payments received that are required to be distributed on any Certificate
without the consent of the related Certificateholder, or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Certificate the Holder of which are required
to
consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holder such Certificate
then outstanding.
As
provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set
forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at
the
offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Trust, as
provided in the Trust Agreement, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder
hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
the
new Certificate of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is Citibank,
N.A.
Except
as
provided in the Trust Agreement, the Certificates are issuable only in a
minimum
Certificate Percentage Interest of 100%.
The
Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and any agent
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, or the Certificate Registrar
may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the Trust
created thereby shall terminate as and when provided in accordance with the
terms of the Trust Agreement.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please
print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the
within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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Signature
Guaranteed
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__________________________
*/
NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears
upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration,
enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by a
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust
company.
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate
Paying Agent:
Distribution
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
for
the
account of ________________________________________________, account number
________________________________________________________,
or, if mailed by check, to
_____________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to _________________________________.
Signature
of assignee or agent (for
authorization of wire transfer
only)
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Form
of
Class N Certificate
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS A REMIC RESIDUAL INTEREST CERTIFICATE. THIS CERTIFICATE
REPRESENTS CERTAIN RIGHTS TO PAYMENT TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN
THE
TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS CERTIFYING AS TO THE
TRANSFEREE'S STATUS AS A U.S. PERSON OR CORPORATION UNDER U.S.
LAW.
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT
AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.04 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (i) A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE
OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”), OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF
ANY SUCH PLAN, OR (ii) IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED FOR REGISTRATION IN
THE
NAME OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE
PROVISIONS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS), OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN, OR
ANY
OTHER PERSON WHO IS USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH
ACQUISITION, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OF
CERTIFICATES IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT
IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE AND WILL
NOT SUBJECT THE DEPOSITOR, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION
OR LIABILITY (INCLUDING OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE) IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, WHICH
OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE,
THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR OR THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR.
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE, NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS CERTIFICATE, MAY BE
TRANSFERRED, SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS PRIOR TO SUCH
DISPOSITION, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR AN AFFIDAVIT STATING (A) THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
IS
NOT A “DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 860E(E)(5) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) AND IS NOT PURCHASING
THE CLASS N CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B) THAT
NO
PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO AVOID OR IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION
OF
TAX.
THIS
CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SELLER,
THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE PAYING
AGENT, THE DEPOSITOR, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT
OR THE BASIC DOCUMENTS.
Certificate
No. 1
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Pass-Through
Rate: Variable
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Cut-off
Date: May 1, 2006
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Percentage
Interest: 100%
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Date
of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement:
May
23, 2006
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First
Payment Date:
June
15, 2006
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CUSIP:
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This
certifies that _______________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest represented hereby.
The
Trust
was created pursuant to a Short Form Trust Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2006
between the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”, which term includes any successor entity under the Trust Agreement)
(the “Short Form Trust Agreement”) as amended and restated by the Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2006 (as amended and supplemented
from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), among the Depositor, the Owner
Trustee, and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as Securities Administrator,
certificate registrar and certificate paying agent, a summary of certain of
the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereinafter. This Certificate is
issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Trust
Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue
of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
This
Certificate is a duly authorized issue of Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1
Certificates, Series 2006-NCB1 (herein called the “Certificate”) issued under
the Trust Agreement to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights thereunder of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Holder
of the Certificate and the terms upon which the Certificate is executed and
delivered. All terms used in this Certificate which are defined in the Trust
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.
The
rights of the Holder of this Certificate to certain of the amounts payable
to it
are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of the Notes, as set forth in
the
Indenture.
There
will be distributed on the 15th day of each month or, if such 15th day is not
a
Business Day, the next Business Day (each, a “Payment Date”), commencing on June
2006, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close
of
business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding such
Payment Date (the “Record Date”), such Certificateholder's Percentage Interest
in the amount to be distributed to the Certificateholder on such Payment
Date.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely to the funds on deposit in the Account that have been released
from
the Lien of the Indenture for payment hereunder and that neither the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity nor the Depositor is personally liable to
the
Certificateholder for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Trust
Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, subject
to
any liability under the Trust Agreement.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees
that
such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Depositor,
or
join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar
law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificate, the Notes,
the
Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
Distributions
on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust Agreement by the
Certificate Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except
as
otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
maintained by the Owner Trustee for that purpose by the Trust, as provided
in
Section 3.08 of the Trust Agreement.
The
HELOCs are subject to purchase in whole, but not in part, by the Servicer,
on
any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date on which the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the HELOCs as of the end of the prior Due Period is less
than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the HELOCs
as of the Cut-off Date.
No
transfer of the Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Person
unless the Certificate Registrar is provided with an Opinion of Counsel which
establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller and the Servicer
that the purchase of the Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will
not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller or the Servicer
to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under
ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in the Trust
Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Seller or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person may provide
a certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Trust Agreement, which the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate
Registrar, the Seller and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry
or
investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be
required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by
the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or
any
affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate
is
not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee shall be
entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request
of
the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of
the
status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Certificate Paying Agent, or an authenticating agent
by manual signature, this Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to
any
benefit under the Trust Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
BY:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Dated:
May ____, 2006
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
the Certificate referred to in the within mentioned Agreement.
CITIBANK,
N.A.
not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Certificate Paying Agent
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Or
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as
Authenticating Agent of the Trust
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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[REVERSE
OF CERTIFICATE]
The
Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the
Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Indenture
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Owner
Trustee or any Affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against
such
parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated herein
or
in the Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Certificate
is
not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited
in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries with respect to the
HELOCs, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Trust
Agreement. A copy of the Trust Agreement may be examined by any
Certificateholder upon written request during normal business hours at the
principal office of the Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated
by the Depositor.
The
Trust
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided that
any
amendment be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the Owner Trustee
to the
effect that such amendment complies with the provisions of the Trust Agreement
and would not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax. If
the
purpose of the amendment is to correct any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency,
cure any ambiguity or deal with any matter not covered, it shall not be
necessary to obtain the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall
be
furnished with a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that the amendment
will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned
to any
Note or the rating then assigned to any Note. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to prevent the imposition of any federal or state taxes at any time that
any
Security is outstanding, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent
of any
Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion of Counsel
that
such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the imposition of such
taxes
and is not materially adverse to any Holder. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to add or eliminate or change any provision of the Trust Agreement, other
than
as specified in the preceding two sentences, the amendment shall require
either
(a) a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not
result
in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Note
or the
rating then assigned to any Note or (b) the consent of Holder of the Certificate
evidencing a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Certificate and
the
Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
time
of, payments received that are required to be distributed on any Certificate
without the consent of the related Certificateholder, or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Certificate the Holder of which are required
to
consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holder such Certificate
then outstanding.
As
provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set
forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer
at the
offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Trust,
as
provided in the Trust Agreement, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder
hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
the
new Certificate of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is Citibank,
N.A.
Except
as
provided in the Trust Agreement, the Certificates are issuable only in
a minimum
Certificate Percentage Interest of 100%.
The
Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and any
agent
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, or the Certificate Registrar
may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the Trust
created thereby shall terminate as and when provided in accordance with the
terms of the Trust Agreement.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please
print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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Signature
Guaranteed
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__________________________
*/
NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears
upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration,
enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by a
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust
company.
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate
Paying Agent:
Distribution
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to ______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
for
the
account of ________________________________________________, account
number
________________________________________________________,
or, if mailed by check, to _____________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to _________________________________.
Signature
of assignee or agent (for
authorization of wire transfer
only)
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Form
of
Class R Certificate
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS A REMIC RESIDUAL INTEREST CERTIFICATE. THIS CERTIFICATE
REPRESENTS CERTAIN RESIDUAL RIGHTS TO PAYMENT TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED HEREIN
AND
IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE NOTES AS DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE.
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS CERTIFYING AS TO THE
TRANSFEREE'S STATUS AS A U.S. PERSON OR CORPORATION UNDER U.S.
LAW.
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT
AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.04 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (i) A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE
OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”), OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF
ANY SUCH PLAN, OR (ii) IF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED FOR REGISTRATION IN
THE
NAME OF A PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE
PROVISIONS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS), OR A TRUSTEE OF ANY SUCH PLAN, OR
ANY
OTHER PERSON WHO IS USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN TO EFFECT SUCH
ACQUISITION, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OF
CERTIFICATES IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT
IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE AND WILL
NOT SUBJECT THE DEPOSITOR, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION
OR LIABILITY (INCLUDING OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES UNDER ERISA OR SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE) IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, WHICH
OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE,
THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR OR THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR.
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE, NOR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS CERTIFICATE, MAY BE
TRANSFERRED, SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS PRIOR TO SUCH
DISPOSITION, THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR AN AFFIDAVIT STATING (A) THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
IS
NOT A “DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 860E(E)(5) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) AND IS NOT PURCHASING
THE CLASS R CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND (B)
THAT NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO AVOID OR IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR
COLLECTION OF TAX.
THIS
CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SELLER,
THE
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE PAYING
AGENT, THE DEPOSITOR, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT
OR THE BASIC DOCUMENTS.
Certificate
No. 1
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Cut-off
Date: May 1, 2006
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Percentage
Interest: 100%
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Date
of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement:
May
23, 2006
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First
Payment Date:
June
15, 2006
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CUSIP:
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Evidencing
a fractional undivided equity interest in the Trust Estate, the property of
which consists primarily of the HELOCs in Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the
“Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust formed by CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
INC., as depositor, pursuant to the Trust Agreement referred to
below.
This
certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest
represented hereby.
The
Trust
was created pursuant to a Short Form Trust Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2006
between the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”, which term includes any successor entity under the Trust Agreement)
(the “Short Form Trust Agreement”) as amended and restated by the Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2006 (as amended and supplemented
from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”), among the Depositor, the Owner
Trustee, and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as Securities Administrator,
certificate registrar and certificate paying agent, a summary of certain of
the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereinafter. This Certificate is
issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Trust
Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue
of
the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
This
Certificate is a duly authorized issue of Trust Certificate, Series 2006-NCB1
(herein called the “Certificate”) issued under the Trust Agreement to which
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder
of
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Holder of the Certificate and the
terms
upon which the Certificate is executed and delivered. All terms used in this
Certificate which are defined in the Trust Agreement shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Agreement. The rights of the Holder of the
Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of the Notes, as
set
forth in the Indenture.
There
will be distributed on the 15th day of each month or, if such 15th day is not
a
Business Day, the next Business Day (each, a “Payment Date”), commencing on June
2006, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close
of
business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding such
Payment Date (the “Record Date”), such Certificateholder's Percentage Interest
in the amount to be distributed to the Certificateholder on such Payment
Date.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely to the funds on deposit in the Payment Account that have been
released from the Lien of the Indenture for payment hereunder and that neither
the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity nor the Depositor is personally
liable to the Certificateholder for any amount payable under this Certificate
or
the Trust Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement,
subject to any liability under the Trust Agreement.
The
Holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive
distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights
of
the Noteholders as described in the Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2006, among
the Trust, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and Citibank,
N.A., as securities administrator, note registrar, paying agent and
authenticating agent (the “Indenture”).
The
Depositor and each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Certificate, agree
to
treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Certificate
for federal, state and local income tax purposes as an equity interest in the
Trust.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees
that
such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Depositor,
or
join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar
law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificate, the Notes,
the
Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
Distributions
on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust Agreement by the
Certificate Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except
as
otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
maintained by the Owner Trustee for that purpose by the Trust, as provided
in
Section 3.08 of the Trust Agreement.
Notwithstanding
the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due
notice of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency specified in such
notice.
The
HELOCs are subject to purchase in whole, but not in part, by the Servicer,
on
any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date on which the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the HELOCs as of the end of the prior Due Period is less
than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the HELOCs
as of the Cut-off Date.
No
transfer of the Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Person
unless the Certificate Registrar is provided with an Opinion of Counsel which
establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller and the Servicer
that the purchase of the Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will
not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller or the Servicer
to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under
ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in the Trust
Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Seller or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person may provide
a certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement, which the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Seller and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation.
Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection
with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an
affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate
thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a
Plan
or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled
to
conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner
Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status
of
such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating agent by manual
signature, this Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any benefit
under the Trust Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
CITIGROUP
HELOC TRUST 2006-NCB1
BY:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Dated:
May ____, 2006
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
the Certificate referred to in the within mentioned Agreement.
CITIBANK,
N.A.
not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Certificate Paying Agent
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Or
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as
Authenticating Agent of the Trust
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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[REVERSE
OF CERTIFICATE]
The
Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the
Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Indenture
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar, the Owner
Trustee or any Affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against
such
parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated herein
or
in the Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Certificate
is
not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited
in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries with respect to the
HELOCs, all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Trust
Agreement. A copy of the Trust Agreement may be examined by any
Certificateholder upon written request during normal business hours at the
principal office of the Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated
by the Depositor.
The
Trust
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided that
any
amendment be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the Owner Trustee
to the
effect that such amendment complies with the provisions of the Trust Agreement
and would not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax. If
the
purpose of the amendment is to correct any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency,
cure any ambiguity or deal with any matter not covered, it shall not be
necessary to obtain the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall
be
furnished with a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that the amendment
will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned
to any
Note or the rating then assigned to any Note. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to prevent the imposition of any federal or state taxes at any time that
any
Security is outstanding, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent
of any
Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion of Counsel
that
such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the imposition of such
taxes
and is not materially adverse to any Holder. If the purpose of the amendment
is
to add or eliminate or change any provision of the Trust Agreement, other
than
as specified in the preceding two sentences, the amendment shall require
either
(a) a letter from each of the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not
result
in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Note
or the
rating then assigned to any Note or (b) the consent of Holder of the Certificate
evidencing a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Certificate and
the
Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
time
of, payments received that are required to be distributed on any Certificate
without the consent of the related Certificateholder, or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Certificate the Holder of which are required
to
consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holder such Certificate
then outstanding.
As
provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set
forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer
at the
offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Trust,
as
provided in the Trust Agreement, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder
hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
the
new Certificate of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is Citibank,
N.A.
Except
as
provided in the Trust Agreement, the Certificates are issuable only in
a minimum
Certificate Percentage Interest of 100%.
The
Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and any
agent
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, or the Certificate Registrar
may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the Trust
created thereby shall terminate as and when provided in accordance with the
terms of the Trust Agreement.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please
print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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Signature
Guaranteed
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NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears
upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration,
enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by a
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust
company.
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate
Paying Agent:
Distribution
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to ______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
for
the
account of ________________________________________________, account
number
________________________________________________________,
or, if mailed by check, to _____________________________________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to _________________________________.
Signature
of assignee or agent (for
authorization of wire transfer
only)
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EXHIBIT
B
CERTIFICATE
OF TRUST OF
CITIGROUP
HELOC TRUST 2006-NCB1
THIS
Certificate of Trust of Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the “Trust”), dated May
12, 2006, is being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust Company, a
Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a statutory trust under the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del.
Code,
§
3801
et
seq.).
1. Name.
The
name of the statutory trust formed hereby is Citigroup HELOC Trust
2006-NCB1.
2. Delaware
Trustee.
The
name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware
is Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustee of the Trust, has
executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above
written.
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
not
in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under a Trust
Agreement dated as of May 12, 2006
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EXHIBIT
C
[FORM
OF
RULE 144A INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION]
DESCRIPTION
OF RULE 144A SECURITIES, INCLUDING NUMBERS:
The
undersigned seller, as registered holder (the “Seller”), intends to transfer the
Rule 144A Securities described above to the undersigned buyer (the
“Buyer”).
1. In
connection with such transfer and in accordance with the agreements pursuant
to
which the Rule 144A Securities were issued, the Seller hereby certifies the
following facts: Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Rule 144A Securities,
any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security to,
or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition
of
the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to
the
Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Rule 144A
Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), or
that would render the disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a violation of
Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, and that
the
Seller has not offered the Rule 144A Securities to any person other than the
Buyer or another “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under
the 0000 Xxx.
2. The
Buyer
warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar and the Depositor (as defined in the Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 23, 2006 among Citigroup
Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner
Trustee, and Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as Securities Administrator,
Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent) pursuant to Section 3.04
of
the Agreement and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, as
follows:
a. The
Buyer
understands that the Rule 144A Securities have not been registered under the
1933 Act or the securities laws of any state.
b. The
Buyer
considers itself a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor having
such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable
of
evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Rule 144A
Securities.
c. The
Buyer
has been furnished with all information regarding the Rule 144A Securities
that
it has requested from the Seller, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee.
d. Neither
the Buyer nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the
Rule
144A Securities or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to
buy
or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities,
any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security from,
or
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Rule 144A Securities,
any
interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security with, any
person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that would
constitute a distribution of the Rule 144A Securities under the 1933 Act or
that
would render the disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a violation of Section
5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such manner with
respect to the Rule 144A Securities.
e. The
Buyer
is a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under
the 1933 Act and has completed either of the forms of certification to that
effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. The Buyer is aware that the sale
to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Buyer is acquiring the Rule
144A Securities for its own account or the accounts of other qualified
institutional buyers, understands that such Rule 144A Securities may be resold,
pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a
qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the 1933 Act.
3. This
document may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall
be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute
one
and the same document.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this document as of the date
set forth below.
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Taxpayer
Identification:
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Identification:
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ANNEX
1 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Buyers Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule 144A
Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1. As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer,
Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the Buyer.
2. In
connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933
(“Rule 144A”) because (i) the Buyer owned and/or invested on a discretionary
basis $______________1
in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end
of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.
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Corporation,
etc.
The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and loan
association or similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business
trust, partnership, or charitable organization described in Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Bank.
The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution organized
under
the laws of any State, territory or the District of Columbia, the
business
of which is substantially confined to banking and is supervised by
the
State or territorial banking commission or similar official or is
a
foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net
worth
of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
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Savings
and Loan.
The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association, building and loan
association, cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
institution, which is supervised and examined by a State or Federal
authority having supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign
savings and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has
an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest
annual financial statements.
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Broker-Dealer.
The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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Insurance
Company.
The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary and predominant business
activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks
underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to supervision
by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State
or
territory or the District of Columbia.
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State
or Local Plan.
The Buyer is a plan established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its
employees.
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ERISA
Plan.
The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title
I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
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Investment
Adviser.
The Buyer is an investment adviser registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940.
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SBIC.
The Buyer is a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the
U.S.
Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the
Small
Business Investment Act of 1958.
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Business
Development Company.
The Buyer is a business development company as defined in Section
202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
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Trust
Fund.
The Buyer is a trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust company
and
whose participants are exclusively (a) plans established and maintained
by
a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality
of
the State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees,
or (b) employee benefit plans within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, but is not a trust
fund
that includes as participants individual retirement accounts or H.R.
10
plans.
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3. The
term
“securities”
as
used
herein does
not include
(i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is
a dealer, (iii) bank deposit Notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan
participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject
to
a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity
swaps.
4. For
purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested
on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost of such
securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities referred
to in
the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining such aggregate amount, the
Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but
only
if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if
the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction.
However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned,
consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a
reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The
Buyer
acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the seller
to it and other parties related to the Certificate are relying and will continue
to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer
may
be in reliance on Rule 144A.
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Yes
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No
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Will
the Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A Securities only for the Buyer's
own
account?
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6. If
the
answer to the foregoing question is “no”, the Buyer agrees that, in connection
with any purchase of securities sold to the Buyer for the account of a third
party (including any separate account) in reliance on Rule 144A, the Buyer
will
only purchase for the account of a third party that at the time is a “qualified
institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer
agrees that the Buyer will not purchase securities for a third party unless
the
Buyer has obtained a current representation letter from such third party or
taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to conclude that such
third party independently meets the definition of “qualified institutional
buyer” set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The
Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will constitute a reaffirmation
of
this certification as of the date of such purchase.
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Name of Buyer
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1 Buyer
must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in
securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own
and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in
securities.
ANNEX
2 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[FOR
BUYERS THAT ARE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]
The
undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule 144A
Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1. As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer
or
Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 (“Rule 144A”) because Buyer is part of a Family of Investment
Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.
2. In
connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and (ii) as marked
below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, owned
at
least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the excluded securities referred
to
below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of
determining the amount of securities owned by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family
of
Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used.
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The
Buyer owned $ in
securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end of
the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in
accordance with Rule 144A).
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The
Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in
the
aggregate $ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred
to
below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such
amount
being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
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3. The
term
“Family
of Investment Companies”
as
used
herein means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof)
that have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated
(by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because
one investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the
other).
4. The
term
“securities”
as
used
herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with
the
Buyer or are part of the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank
deposit Notes and certificates of deposit, (iii) loan participations, (iv)
repurchase agreements, (v) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (vi) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The
Buyer
is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that each of the parties to which
this certification is made are relying and will continue to rely on the
statements made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in
reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's
own account.
6. The
undersigned will notify each of the parties to which this certification is
made
of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice,
the
Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will constitute a reaffirmation of
this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
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Name of Buyer
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IF
AN ADVISER:
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EXHIBIT
D
CERTIFICATE
OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS
This
Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (“certificate”) is delivered pursuant to
Section 3.04 of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of May 23,
2006 (the “Trust Agreement”), among Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., as
Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee, and Citibank, N.A. in
its
capacity as Securities Administrator, Certificate Registrar and Certificate
Paying Agent, in connection with the acquisition of, transfer to or possession
by the undersigned, whether as beneficial owner for U.S. federal income tax
purposes (the “Beneficial Owner”), or nominee on behalf of the Beneficial Owner,
of the Trust Certificate, Series 2006-NCB1 (the “Certificate”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined in this certificate have the respective meanings
given them in the Trust Agreement.
Each
holder must complete Part I and Part II (if the holder is a nominee), and in
all
cases sign and otherwise complete Part III.
In
addition, each holder shall submit with the certificate an IRS Form W-9 relating
to such holder.
To
confirm to the Trust that the provisions of Sections 871, 881 or 1446 of the
Internal Revenue Code (relating to withholding tax on foreign partners) do
not
apply in respect of the Certificate held by the undersigned, the undersigned
hereby certifies:
Part
I. Complete
Either A or B
A. Individual
as Beneficial Owner
1.
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I
am (The Beneficial Owner is) not a non-resident alien for purposes
of U.S.
federal income taxation;
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2.
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My
(The Beneficial Owner's) name and home address
are:
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___________________________
___________________________
___________________________;
and
3.
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My
(The Beneficial Owner's) U.S. taxpayer identification number (Social
Security Number) is
__________________________.
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B. Corporate,
Partnership or Other Entity as Beneficial Owner
1.
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(Name
of the Beneficial Owner) is not a foreign corporation, foreign
partnership, foreign trust or foreign estate (as those terms are
defined
in the Code and Treasury
regulations;
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2.
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The
Beneficial Owner's office address and place of incorporation (if
applicable) is
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______________________;
and
3.
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The
Beneficial Owner's U.S. employer identification number is
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_______________________.
Part
II. Nominees
If
the
undersigned is the nominee for the Beneficial Owner, the undersigned certifies
that this certificate has been made in reliance upon information contained
in:
________
an IRS Form W-9
________
a form such as this or substantially similar
provided
to the undersigned by an appropriate person and (i) the undersigned agrees
to
notify the Trust at least thirty (30) days prior to the date that the form
relied upon becomes obsolete, and (ii) in connection with a change in Beneficial
Owners, the undersigned agrees to submit a new Certificate of Non-Foreign Status
to the Trust promptly after such change.
Part
III. Declaration
The
undersigned, as the Beneficial Owner or a nominee thereof, agrees to notify
the
Trust within sixty (60) days of the date that the Beneficial Owner becomes
a
foreign person. The undersigned understands that this certificate may be
disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by the Trust, and any false statement
contained therein could be punishable by fines, imprisonment or
both.
Under
penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this certificate and to
the
best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete and further
declare that I will inform the Trust of any change in the information provided
above, and, if applicable, I further declare that I have the authority* to
sign
this document.
Name
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(if applicable)
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Signature
and Date
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*Note:
If
signed pursuant to a power of attorney, the power of attorney must accompany
this certificate.
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
INVESTMENT LETTER [NON-RULE 144A]
[DATE]
Wilmington
Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Certificate Registrar
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Citibank Agency & Trust, CMLTI 2006- NCB1
Re:
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Citigroup
HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 Trust Certificate, Series 2006-NCB1 (the
“Certificate”)
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of the above-captioned Certificate, we certify
that (a) we understand that the Certificate are not being registered under
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and
are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an
“accredited investor,” as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificate, (c) we
have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificate and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to
purchase the Certificate, (d) we are not an employee benefit plan that is
subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
or a
plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as
amended, nor are we acting on behalf of any such plan, (e) we are acquiring
the
Certificate for investment for our own account and not with a view to any
distribution of such Certificate (but without prejudice to our right at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificate in accordance with clause
(g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any Certificate to, or solicited
offers to buy any Certificate from, any person, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any other action
which
would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and (g) we will not sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificate unless (1) such sale, transfer
or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Act or is exempt from such registration requirements, and if
requested, we will at our expense provide an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory
to
the addressees of this certificate that such sale, transfer or other disposition
may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Act, (2) the purchaser or
transferee of such Certificate has executed and delivered to you a certificate
to substantially the same effect as this certificate, and (3) the purchaser
or
transferee has otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth
in
the Trust Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
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[TRANSFEREE]
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By:
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Authorized
Officer
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EXHIBIT
F
TRANSFEROR
CERTIFICATE
Wilmington
Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Certificate Registrar
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Citibank Agency & Trust, CMLTI 2006-NCB1
Re:
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Proposed
Transfer of Trust Certificate, Citigroup HELOC Trust
2006-NCB1
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
certification is being made by ____________________ (the “Transferor”) in
connection with the proposed Transfer to _____________________ (the
“Transferee”) of a trust certificate (the “Trust Certificate”) representing 100%
fractional undivided interest in Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the “Trust”)
created pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2006 (such agreement,
as amended by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated May 23, 2006,
being
referred to herein as the “Trust Agreement”) among Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust
Inc., as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee, and Citibank,
N.A. in its capacity as Securities Administrator, certificate registrar and
certificate paying agent (the “Certificate Registrar”). Initially capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Deposit Trust Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and
warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar that:
Neither
the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, pledged, sold,
disposed of or otherwise transferred any Trust Certificate, any interest in
any
Trust Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any manner,
(b)
has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition or other
transfer of any Trust Certificate, any interest in any Trust Certificate or
any
other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has otherwise
approached or negotiated with respect to any Trust Certificate, any interest
in
any Trust Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any
manner, (d) has made any general solicitation by means of general advertising
or
in any other manner, or (e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of
(a)
through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Trust Certificate
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), that would render the disposition
of any Trust Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state
securities law, or that would require registration or qualification pursuant
thereto. The Transferor will not act in any manner set forth in the foregoing
sentence with respect to any Trust Certificate. The Transferor has not and
will
not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Trust Certificate, except in
compliance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
Date:
__________________________
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__________________________
Name
of Transferor
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__________________________
Signature
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__________________________
Name
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__________________________
Title
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EXHIBIT
G
[DATE]
Wilmington
Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Certificate Registrar
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Citibank Agency & Trust, CMLTI 2006-NCB1
Re:
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Proposed
Transfer of Trust Certificate, Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the
“Certificate”)
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
certification is being made by ____________________ (the “Transferee”) in
connection with the proposed Transfer by ____________________ (the “Transferor”)
of a trust certificate (the “Trust Certificate”) representing 100% fractional
undivided interest in Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the “Trust”) created
pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2006 (such agreement, as
amended by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated May 23, 2006, being
referred to herein as the “Trust Agreement”) among Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust
Inc., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wilmington Trust
Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”),
and Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but acting solely as
Securities Administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), as certificate
registrar (the “Certificate Registrar”) and as certificate paying agent (in such
capacity, the “Certificate Paying Agent”). Initially capitalized terms used but
not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.
The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants
with,
the Company, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar that:
(i) either
(a) or (b) is satisfied, as marked below:
___ a. The
Transferee is not any employee benefit plan or other arrangement subject to
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), a Person acting,
directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such plan or any Person acquiring
such
Certificate with “plan assets” of such a plan within the meaning of the
Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101;
or
___ b. The
Transferee is an employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), a Person acting, directly or indirectly, on
behalf of any such plan or any Person acquiring such Certificate with “plan
assets” of such a plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation
promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 and will provide the Certificate Registrar
with an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee,
the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Certificate
Registrar, to the effect that the purchase and holding of a Certificate by
or on
behalf of the Transferee is permissible under applicable law, will not
constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA
or
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments)
and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller or the Servicer to any
obligation or liability (including liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975
of
the Code) in addition to those undertaken in the Trust Agreement, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller or the Servicer;
and
(ii) the
Transferee is familiar with the prohibited transaction restrictions and
fiduciary responsibility requirements of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and
Section 4975 of the Code and understands that each of the parties to which
this
certification is made is relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made in this paragraph.
Very
truly yours,
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF
TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
Wilmington
Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Certificate Registrar
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Citibank Agency & Trust, CMLTI 2006-NCB1
U.S.
Bank
National Association, as Indenture Trustee
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Re:
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Proposed
Transfer of Trust Certificate, Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the
“Certificate”)
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
certification is being made by ______________ (the “Transferee”) in connection
with the proposed Transfer by ___________ of Certificate representing __%
fractional undivided interest in Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 created
pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2006 (such agreement, as
amended by the Amended and Restated Trust, Agreement dated May 23, 2006, being
referred to herein as the “Trust Agreement”) among Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust
Inc., as depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”), and Citibank, N.A., solely is its capacity as securities
administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), as certificate registrar (the
“Certificate Registrar”) and certificate paying agent (the “Certificate Paying
Agent”). Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement. The Transferee hereby
certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Securities
Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar that:
Following
the transfer, the transferee will own both the Trust Certificate and a 100%
Percentage Interest in each Class of Privately Offered Notes then
Outstanding.
Date:
__________________________
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__________________________
Name
of Transferee
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__________________________
Signature
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__________________________
Name
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__________________________
Title
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EXHIBIT
I
FORM
OF
TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
Wilmington
Trust Company, as Owner Trustee
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Citibank,
N.A.,
as
Certificate Registrar
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Citibank Agency & Trust, CMLTI 2006-NCB1
U.S.
Bank
National Association, as Indenture Trustee
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Re:
|
Proposed
Transfer of Trust Certificate, Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 (the
“Certificate”)
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
certification is being made by ___________ (the “Transferor”) in connection with
the proposed pledge or transfer to __________ of Certificate representing __%
fractional undivided interest in Citigroup HELOC Trust 2006-NCB1 created
pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2006 (such agreement, as
amended by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated May 23, 2006, being
referred to herein as the “Trust Agreement”) among Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust
Inc., as depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”), and Citibank, N.A. solely is it capacity as securities administrator
(the “Securities Administrator”), as certificate registrar (the “Certificate
Registrar”) and certificate paying agent (the “Certificate Paying Agent”).
Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies,
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Securities Administrator,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
that:
(a)
The
Certificate is being pledged by the Transferor to secure indebtedness of
[___________] or is the subject of a loan agreement or repurchase agreement
treated as secured indebtedness of [___________] for federal income tax purposes
as permitted under the Trust Agreement; or
(b)
[_________] has [pledged the Certificate to secure indebtedness owed to
[________]] [has transferred the Certificate pursuant to a repurchase agreement
to [________]] and a default has occurred under the terms of such [indebtedness]
[repurchase agreement]. Accordingly, [_____], as [secured lender] [repurchase
agreement counterparty] hereby directs that steps be taken to complete a REMIC
Conversion.
Date:
__________________________
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__________________________
Name
of Transferor
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__________________________
Signature
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__________________________
Name
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__________________________
Title
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EXHIBIT
J
RESERVED
EXHIBIT
K
FORM
OF
INDENTURE
[PROVIDED
UPON REQUEST]