EXHIBIT 4.2
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MID-AMERICA FINANCE, INC.
Depositor
and
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK
Trustee
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AGREEMENT OF TRUST
Dated as of [February ___], 1998
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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01 Definitions............................................................1
1.02 Interpretation.........................................................6
ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF TRUST FUND;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
2.01 Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Bond.............7
2.02 Acceptance by Trustee..................................................8
2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor........................9
ARTICLE III
PAYMENTS AND STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
3.01 Distributions.........................................................11
3.02 Statements to Certificateholders......................................11
3.03 Reports by the Depositor..............................................12
ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
4.01 Designation, Amount and Issue of Certificates.........................12
4.02 Authentication and Delivery of Certificates...........................12
4.03 Form of Certificates and Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication........................................................12
4.04 Denomination and Date of Certificates; Payment of Principal
and Interest; Global Certificates.....................................12
4.05 Execution of Certificates.............................................15
4.06 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Certificates.................15
4.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.....................16
4.08 Cancellation of Surrendered Certificates..............................17
4.09 Temporary Certificates................................................17
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITOR
5.01 Maintenance of Existence..............................................18
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5.02 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor..............................18
5.03 Indemnification.......................................................18
ARTICLE VI
TRUSTEE TERMINATION EVENTS
6.01 Trustee Termination Events............................................18
6.02 Limitations on Suits by Certificateholders............................19
6.03 Unconditional Right of Certificateholders to Receive
Distributions and to Institute Certain Suits..........................20
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
7.01 Duties of Trustee.....................................................20
7.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.................................21
7.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or the Bond.......................22
7.04 Trustee May Own Certificates..........................................23
7.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses...........................................24
7.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee..................................24
7.07 Resignation and Removal of Trustee....................................24
7.08 Successor Trustee.....................................................25
7.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee....................................26
7.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee........................26
7.11 Appointment of Authenticating Agent...................................27
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
8.01 Termination...........................................................28
8.0 Termination Upon Permitted Merger.....................................29
8.03 Trusts Irrevocable....................................................30
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
9.01 Amendment.............................................................30
9.02 Counterparts..........................................................31
9.03 Governing Law.........................................................31
9.04 Notices...............................................................31
9.05 Notices to the Rating Agency..........................................31
9.06 Severability of Provisions............................................32
9.07 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders............................32
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9.08 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.............................33
9.09 Reproduction of Documents.............................................33
9.10 No Partnership........................................................33
9.11 Actions of Certificateholders.........................................33
9.12 Successors and Assigns................................................34
9.13 Officer's Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements
to be Contained Therein...............................................34
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Certificates
Exhibit B Depositor's Instruction to Depository
Exhibit C Trustee's Instruction to Depository
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THIS AGREEMENT OF TRUST dated as of [February ___], 1998, between
Mid-America Finance Inc., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), and LaSalle National Bank, a national banking association, as
trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings and
such meanings shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of
such terms, as the context may require. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned such terms in the Indenture.
ACCOUNTS: The "Accounts" established pursuant to, and defined in,
the Cash Collateral Agreement.
ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE: When used with respect to a corporation shall mean
actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer thereof; when used with respect to
actual knowledge of a bank or trust company shall mean actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer in the corporate trust office thereof; when used with
respect to actual knowledge of a partnership shall mean actual knowledge of its
general partner, if an individual or as aforesaid if its general partner is a
corporation.
ADVANCE: As defined in the Indenture.
AFFILIATE: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person,
directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under common control
with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when
used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract, relation to individuals or
otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
AGREEMENT: This Agreement of Trust and all amendments and
supplements hereto.
AUTHENTICATING AGENT: Any authenticating agent appointed pursuant to
SECTION 7.11 of this Agreement.
AUTHORIZED OFFICER: Any representative of the Depositor authorized
to execute and who executes the Certificates manually or by facsimile signature
on behalf of the Depositor.
BENEFICIAL OWNER: With respect to a Global Certificate, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the books of the
Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such
Depository (directly as a Depository Participant or indirectly through a
Depository Participant, in accordance with the rules of such Depository). The
Trustee shall have the right to require, as a condition to acknowledging the
status of any Person as a Beneficial Owner under this Agreement, that such
Person provide evidence at its expense to the Trustee of its status as a
Beneficial Owner hereunder.
BOND: Collectively, the [_]% First Mortgage Bonds, Due 2003 of
Mid-America Capital Partners, L.P. (or any successor Issuer under the
Indenture), in an aggregate principal amount of $[______], being all of the
securities outstanding under the Indenture.
BOND DISTRIBUTION DATE: As defined in SECTION 8.02(b).
BOND MATURITY DATE: [January 31], 2003.
BORROWER: Mid-America Capital Partners, L.P.
BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii)
a day on which federally insured depository institutions in the states of New
York, Illinois or Tennessee or any other state in which the Corporate Trust
Office is located are authorized or obligated by law, governmental decree or
executive order to be closed.
CASH COLLATERAL AGREEMENT: That certain Cash Collateral Account
Security, Pledge and Assignment Agreement, dated as of November 21, 1997, among
the Issuer, First Union National Bank, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mortgage Capital Inc. and
the Indenture Trustee, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Cash
Collateral Account Security, Pledge and Assignment Agreement, dated as of
January 20, 1998, and as further amended from time to time.
CERTIFICATE CO-REGISTRAR: Any co-registrar appointed pursuant to
SECTION 4.06 of this Agreement.
CERTIFICATE REGISTER: The register maintained pursuant to SECTION
4.06 of this Agreement.
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR: The registrar designated in SECTION 4.06 of
this Agreement.
CERTIFICATEHOLDER: The person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register.
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CERTIFICATES: The Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1998-1 issuable hereunder.
CLOSING DATE: February [__], 1998.
CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any successor
statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations
issued pursuant thereto in proposed, temporary or final form.
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The principal office of the Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is
located at 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention:
Asset-Backed Securities Trust Service Group--MidAmerica 1998-1.
DEPOSITOR: Mid-America Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
DEPOSITOR ORDER AND DEPOSITOR REQUEST: Respectively, a written order
or request signed in the name of the Depositor by the Chief Executive Officer,
the President or any Vice President, and by the Chief Financial Officer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor, and delivered to the
Trustee.
DEPOSITOR'S INSTRUCTION TO DEPOSITORY: Written instructions of the
Depositor to the Depository, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
instructing the Depositor to register the beneficial ownership of the Bond in
the name of the Trustee.
DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT: A Person for whom, from time to time, the
Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Depository.
DEPOSITORY: The Depository Trust Company or a successor appointed by
the Registrar (which appointment shall be at the direction of the Depositor if
the Depositor is legally able to do so).
DISTRIBUTION DATE: The first Business Day of each calendar month,
beginning on March 2, 1998.
DUE DATE: With respect to any Distribution Date, the date on which a
Monthly Payment is due on the Bond and which occurs on or next preceding such
Distribution Date.
FINAL CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION DATE: [_______], 2005.
FINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE: The Distribution Date on which the final
distribution in respect of the Certificates will be made pursuant to SECTION
8.01.
FORECLOSED PROPERTY: The Property if acquired by the Indenture
Trustee or by any nominee of the Indenture Trustee by foreclosure or acceptance
of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise.
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FORECLOSURE PROCEEDS: Proceeds received by the Indenture Trustee in
respect of the Foreclosed Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from
the rental or operation of such Foreclosed Property) prior to the final
liquidation of the Foreclosed Property.
GAAP: Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the
United States from time to time, consistently applied.
GLOBAL CERTIFICATES: Certificates in global form deposited with the
Depository.
HOLDER: A Certificateholder.
INDEBTEDNESS: All principal of and interest on the Bond and any and
all other Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) of the Issuer under the Bond
or the Indenture.
INDENTURE: That certain Amended and Restated Indenture of even date
herewith between Mid-America Capital Partners, L.P. and Mid-America Apartments,
L.P., as issuer, and LaSalle National Bank, as trustee thereunder.
INDENTURE EVENT OF DEFAULT: An "Event of Default" as defined in the
Indenture.
INDENTURE TRUSTEE: LaSalle National Bank, a national banking
association, as trustee under the Indenture, and its permitted successor and
assigns.
INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE: A definitive certificate in fully registered
form without coupons, representing a Certificate, which is not a Global
Certificate.
INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to a Distribution Date the
one-month period commencing on and including the prior Distribution Date (or in
the case of the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending on and
including the day next preceding such Distribution Date.
ISSUE DATE: The date of original issuance of the Certificates.
ISSUER: The Borrower and Mid-America Apartments, L.P., as "Issuer"
under and as defined in the Indenture.
LIEN: Any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, security interest, or any other encumbrance, charge or transfer of,
in or upon the Property or any portion thereof or the Borrower, or any interest
therein, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any financial lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing, the filing of any financing statement, and
mechanic's, materialmen's and other similar liens and encumbrances.
LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Cash received by the Indenture Trustee in
connection with the final liquidation of the Property, whether through judicial
foreclosure, sale or otherwise, to the extent such cash is not Foreclosure
Proceeds and other than amounts required to be paid to the Borrower pursuant to
law or the terms of the related Mortgage.
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MATURITY INTEREST RATE: As defined in the Indenture.
MONTHLY PAYMENT: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
scheduled monthly payment of interest due on the related Due Date in accordance
with the terms of the Bond.
MOODY'S: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
MORTGAGE: The term "Mortgage" means the deed of trust, security
agreement and assignment of rents and leases with respect to each Mortgaged
Property, from the Issuer, as grantor, to the trustee named therein, as amended
or supplemented from time to time as permitted hereby or thereby.
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE: A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Depositor and delivered to the Trustee.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel acceptable to the
Trustee, each Rating Agency and any other party hereto to whom such opinion is
to be delivered pursuant to the applicable terms of this Agreement, who may be
counsel for the Trustee of the Depositor.
PERCENTAGE INTEREST: As to any Individual Certificate, the
percentage interest derived as of a date of determination by dividing the
outstanding principal amount of such Individual Certificate by the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all the Certificates as of such date of
determination.
PERMITTED MERGER DATE: As defined in the Indenture.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, bank, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
PROPERTY: The "Mortgaged Properties," as defined in the Indenture.
RATING AGENCIES: Moody's and S&P.
RECORD DATE: As defined in Section 4.04(c).
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: When used with respect to the initial Trustee,
any officer in its Asset Backed Securities Trust Service Group with particular
responsibility for the matters evidenced by this Agreement and with respect to
any successor Trustee, any officer in its Corporate Trust Department or any
similar group administering the trusts hereunder and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Responsible Officer shall mean, with respect to any other corporation, the
chairman of the board, the president, any vice president or the treasurer.
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S&P: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
SECURITIES ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
SECURITY DOCUMENTS: As defined in the Indenture.
TRUST: The Trust formed pursuant to this Agreement.
TRUST FUND: The corpus of the trust created by this Agreement,
consisting of the assets referred to in the first paragraph of SECTION 2.01(a)
of this Agreement.
TRUSTEE: LaSalle National Bank, a national banking association, as
trustee hereunder, and its permitted successors and assigns.
TRUSTEE FEE: The fee of the Trustee hereunder payable in the amounts
and in the manner separately agreed between the Trustee and the Depositor.
TRUSTEE TERMINATION EVENT: As defined in SECTION 6.01(a) of this
Agreement.
TRUSTEE'S INSTRUCTION TO DEPOSITORY: As defined in Section 8.02(c)
of this Agreement.
UNDERWRITER: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.
UNSCHEDULED PAYMENTS: All amounts received by the Trustee on the
Bond (i) during the continuation of an Indenture Event of Default or (ii) in
respect of Foreclosure Proceeds.
SECTION 1.02 INTERPRETATION.
(a) Whenever this Agreement refers to a Distribution Date and a
"related" Interest Accrual Period or Due Date, such reference shall be to the
Interest Accrual Period or Due Date, as applicable, immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
(b) As used herein and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in SECTION
1.01 shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, references to
"Article" or "Section" followed by a number shall be references to articles and
sections of this Agreement.
(d) The words "hereof," "herein," and "hereunder" and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and
Exhibit references contained in this
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Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF TRUST FUND;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.01 CREATION AND DECLARATION OF TRUST FUND; CONVEYANCE OF
BOND.
(a) The Depositor hereby establishes the Trust and hereby
irrevocably sells, transfers, assigns, delivers, sets over and otherwise conveys
or causes to be conveyed to the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders,
without recourse, all of the Depositor's right, title and interest, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter arising, wherever
located, in and to (i) the Bond, the Indenture and the Mortgages and all amounts
due or to become due on or after the Closing Date pursuant to the Bond, the
Indenture and the Mortgages (including, without limitation, interest, premium
(if any) and principal), (ii) all property that secures the Bond and has been or
will be acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, (iii)
the Cash Collateral Agreement and all Accounts and other accounts and funds
established by the Indenture Trustee or the Borrower pursuant to the Cash
Collateral Agreement or otherwise, and all amounts and investments from time to
time deposited and held therein or credited thereto pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Cash Collateral Agreement,
(iv) the Security Documents, (v) any insurance policies obtained with respect to
the Mortgaged Properties, and (vi) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other
property, including without limitation all amounts from time to time held in or
credited to the Accounts, whether in the form of cash or invested in
instruments, securities or other property, to have and to hold, in trust, and,
concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor has executed and
the Trustee has caused to be authenticated and delivered to and upon the order
of the Depositor, in exchange for the Trust Fund, Certificates in the authorized
denominations evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust Fund.
In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor has
concurrently executed and delivered the Depositor's Instruction to Depository.
The ownership of the Trust Fund is vested in the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
(b) It is the express intent of the Depositor that the conveyance by
the Depositor to the Trustee of the Trust Fund as provided for in this Section
be, and be construed as, a sale by the Depositor to the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders. Further, it is not intended that such conveyance be
deemed to be a pledge of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee to
secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, in the event that
the Trust Fund is held to be property of the Depositor, or if for any reason
this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest, then the
Depositor hereby grants to
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the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders a security interest in all
its right, title and interest in and to the Trust Fund and (i) this Agreement
shall be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New
York, Delaware and Tennessee Uniform Commercial Codes and the Uniform Commercial
Code of any other applicable jurisdiction to secure the Certificates (and the
amounts to which the Trustee is entitled under this Agreement); (ii) each of the
conveyances provided for in this Section are hereby a grant by the Depositor to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of a security interest in
all of the Depositor's right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
arising wherever located, in and to the Trust Fund; (iii) the possession by the
Trustee, or any agent of the Trustee, of the Bond or such other items of the
Trust Fund which constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel
paper is "possession by the secured party", or possession by a purchaser or a
person designated by such secured party, for purposes of perfecting the security
interest pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code (including, without limitation,
Sections 9-305, 8-313 or 8-321 thereof); and (iv) notifications to persons
holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from
persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries,
bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting
such security interest under applicable law. Each of the Depositor and the
Trustee shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement and within its
power, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement
were deemed to create a security interest in the Bond and/or the Trust Fund,
such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of
first priority under applicable law (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this
sentence shall impose an affirmative obligation on the Trustee to undertake or
to determine that there should be taken any actions except for those expressly
set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, or as otherwise expressly directed by the
Depositor pursuant to this Agreement). The Depositor shall prepare and file any
UCC financing statements or any UCC continuation statements necessary to perfect
or continue the security interests caused to be created by the Depositor on or
before the Closing Date, and shall take such other steps as are reasonably
requested by the Trustee to continue such UCC security interests as aforesaid.
If the conveyance referred to in the first sentence of the preceding
paragraph is deemed to be a loan and the trust created by this Agreement
terminates prior to the satisfaction of the claims of any Person holding any
Certificates, the security interest created hereby shall continue in full force
and effect and the Trustee shall be deemed to be the custodian for the benefit
of such Person (and in such capacity shall be entitled to all of the protections
and benefits of ARTICLE VII hereof, and all proceeds shall be distributed as
herein provided.
SECTION 2.02 ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of the entire beneficial
interest in the Bond and the other assets comprising the Trust Fund and declares
that the Trustee holds and will hold such assets delivered to the Trustee in
trust, and subject to the provisions herein set forth, for the use and benefit
of all present and future Certificateholders and the Trustee. The Trustee has no
Actual Knowledge on the Closing Date of any adverse claims, liens, or
encumbrances (other than the liens or encumbrances created or contemplated by
this
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Agreement or the Security Documents) on any of the assets delivered to it on the
Closing Date and part of the Trust Fund.
(b) The Trustee shall also notify the Depositor if a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee receives notice or obtains Actual Knowledge (i) of any
adverse claim, lien or encumbrance upon or against the Bond, the Indenture or
any Mortgage by or in favor of any Person other than the Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee, (ii) that the Bond is overdue or has been dishonored and
(iii) of any defense against the Bond, the Indenture or any other Indebtedness.
SECTION 2.03 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders that:
(i) the Depositor is a special purpose corporation, duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with full power and authority to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement, and to create the trust pursuant
hereto;
(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the Depositor have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Depositor; neither the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor the compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict
with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under (A) any or
the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree
or order binding on the Depositor or its properties; (B) the certificate
of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor; or (C) the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or by which it is bound; neither the Depositor nor any of its
Affiliates is a party to, bound by, or in breach of or in violation of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to or in violation
of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it,
which materially and adversely affects or to the best knowledge of the
Depositor may in the future materially and adversely affect (X) the
ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or (Y) the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets
of the Depositor;
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to,
the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of,
any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except such
as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof;
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(iv) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Depositor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Depositor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
the rights of creditors generally, and by general equity principles
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law);
(v) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
the best of the Depositor's knowledge, threatened or likely to be asserted
against or affecting the Depositor, before or by any court, administrative
agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) with respect to any
other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor may be determined
adversely to the Depositor and will, if determined adversely to the
Depositor, materially and adversely affect it or its business, assets,
operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or materially and
adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(vi) the Depositor 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 otherwise) or operations of the Depositor or its properties
or might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect its
performance hereunder; and
(vii) other than the actions taken pursuant to this Agreement,
the Depositor has taken no action to impair or encumber the title to the
Bond or to subject it to any offsets, defenses or counterclaims during the
Depositor's ownership thereof.
The representations and warranties of the Depositor set forth in
this SECTION 2.03 shall be continuing and shall survive the transfer and
assignment of the Bond and the Trust Fund to the Trustee.
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ARTICLE III
PAYMENTS AND STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 3.01 DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in SECTIONS 3.01(b) and 3.01(c),
the Trustee shall make distributions to the Certificateholders on each
Distribution Date of all amounts received by the Trustee from the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee or otherwise in respect of Monthly Payments or Advances
thereon.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in SECTION 3.01(c), on any
Distribution Date following any Unscheduled Payment made within the Interest
Accrual Period preceding such Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make
distributions to the Certificateholders on each such Distribution Date of all
amounts received by the Trustee from the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee or
otherwise in respect of such Unscheduled Payment.
(c) On the Final Certificate Distribution Date or any Distribution
Date on or following the Bond Maturity Date, the Trustee shall make distribution
to the Certificateholders on each such Distribution Date of all amounts received
by the Trustee from the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee or otherwise in respect
of principal on the Bond.
(d) Distributions on the Certificates shall be made PRO RATA among
all Holders of Certificates based on each such Holder's Percentage Interest.
(e) Distributions on each Distribution Date shall be made to each
Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided
in ARTICLE VIII respecting the final distribution), by check mailed to such
Certificateholder at the address appearing in the Certificate Register, or upon
written request by a Certificateholder delivered at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date (in each case with appropriate wiring
instructions accompanying such request) or if the Certificates are held by the
Depository as described in SECTION 4.04, as instructed by the Depository, by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to a bank account maintained in the
United States, or by such other means of payment as the Depository and the
Trustee or the Paying Agent shall agree upon.
SECTION 3.02 STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. The Trustee shall
prepare, or cause to be prepared, and mail not later than each Distribution Date
to the Depositor, the Underwriter, each Rating Agency and each Certificateholder
a statement in respect of such Distribution Date setting forth the amount of the
distribution allocable to interest on the Bond (separately identifying interest
paid at the Maturity Interest Rate) and the amount of the distribution allocable
to principal on the Bond (separately identifying amounts allocable to
Unscheduled Payments).
Within 30 days following the end of each calendar year, the Trustee
shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and mail to each Person who at any time
during the calendar
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year was a Certificateholder (i) a statement of the amount of distribution
allocable to interest on the Bond and the amount of distribution allocable to
principal on the Bond for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof
during which such person was a Certificateholder, and (ii) such other customary
information which is in the possession of the Trustee and the Trustee deems, and
which any Certificateholder requests from the Trustee as, necessary or desirable
for Certificateholders to prepare their federal, state and local tax returns.
Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the
extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the
Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code.
SECTION 3.03 REPORTS BY THE DEPOSITOR. The Depositor covenants to
furnish to the Trustee, on or before April 30 of each calendar year commencing
1999, a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Depositor as to his or her
knowledge of the Depositor's compliance with all conditions and covenants under
this Agreement. For purposes of this SECTION 3.03 such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 4.01 DESIGNATION, AMOUNT AND ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES. The
Certificates shall be designated as the "Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1998-1" of the Trust. The Certificates will be limited to
$150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except as provided in Section 4.07.
SECTION 4.02 AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES. Upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the
Certificates shall be executed by the Depositor and such Certificates shall
thereupon be delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver said Certificates upon a Depositor Order.
SECTION 4.03 FORM OF CERTIFICATES AND TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION. The Certificates and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
to be borne by the Certificates shall be substantially of the tenor and purport
as in Exhibit A to this Agreement recited, in temporary or definitive form, and
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation
and such legends or endorsements as the Depositor may deem appropriate and as
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the
Certificates may be listed, or to conform to usage.
SECTION 4.04 DENOMINATION AND DATE OF CERTIFICATES; PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; GLOBAL CERTIFICATES. (a) The Certificates shall be
issuable in registered form.
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(b) The Certificates shall be issuable in denominations of $100,000
and such greater denominations as are whole multiples of $1,000. Each
Certificate shall be dated the Issue Date and shall be entitled to distributions
in respect of payments on the Bond from and after the most recent Due Date on
which payment has been made or, if no payment has been made, from and after the
Issue Date.
(c) The Person in whose name any Certificate is registered at 5:00
p.m. New York City time five Business Days preceding any Distribution Date for
such Certificate (the "RECORD DATE") shall be entitled to receive the
distribution payable on such Distribution Date.
(d) The final distribution on the Certificates shall be payable upon
surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee designated
for that purpose, as provided in SECTION 8.01.
(e) The Certificates shall be issued as one or more Global
Certificates registered in the name of a nominee designated by the Depository,
and Beneficial Owners shall hold interests in the Global Certificates through
the book-entry facilities of the Depository in denominations of $100,000 and
such greater denominations as are whole multiples of $1,000. The Global
Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Agreement as any Individual Certificates authenticated and delivered hereunder.
(f) The Depositor, the Trustee and any paying agent may for all
purposes (including the making of payments due on the Global Certificates and
the giving of notice to Holders thereof) deal with the Depository as the
authorized representative of the Beneficial Owners with respect to the Global
Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders
hereunder. The rights of Beneficial Owners with respect to Global Certificates
shall be limited to those established by law and agreements among such
Beneficial Owners and the Depository and Depository Participants. Except in the
limited circumstances described below, Beneficial Owners of Global Certificates
shall not be entitled to physical certificates for the Global Certificates as to
which they are the Beneficial Owners. Requests and directions from, and votes
of, the Depository as Holder of the Global Certificates shall not be deemed
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Beneficial Owners.
(g) The Certificate Registrar may establish a reasonable record date
in connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by
Certificateholders and give notice to the Depository of such record date.
Without the written consent of the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, no
Global Certificate may be transferred by the Depository except to a successor
Depository that agrees to hold the Global Certificates for the account of the
Beneficial Owners.
(h) The Global Certificates (i) shall be delivered by the Trustee to
the Depository and shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. and (ii) shall
bear legends substantially to the following effect:
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"Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"),
to the Certificate Registrar for registration of transfer, exchange or payment,
and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such
other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
"EACH TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL
BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT EITHER (A) THAT IT IS NOT, AND IS NOT USING THE ASSETS
OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO
TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME CERTIFICATE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
"CODE"), OR (B) THAT IT HAS DETERMINED THAT, ASSUMING THIS CERTIFICATE IS
TREATED AS INDEBTEDNESS WITH NO SUBSTANTIAL EQUITY FEATURES FOR PURPOSES OF 29
C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101, THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS
CERTIFICATE BY THE TRANSFEREE WOULD NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE
BECAUSE THE RELEVANT CONDITIONS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED:
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 96-23 (RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS
EFFECTED BY IN-HOUSE ASSET MANAGERS); PTCE 95-60 (RELATING TO CERTAIN
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS); PTCE 91-38 (RELATING
TO INVESTMENTS BY BANK COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS); XXXX 00-0 (RELATING TO
INVESTMENTS BY INSURANCE COMPANY POOLED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS); OR PTCE 84-14
(RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED BY A "QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL ASSET
MANAGER")."
The Global Certificates may be deposited with such other Depository
as the Trustee may from time to time designate, and shall bear such legend as
may be appropriate.
If (i) the Depository advises the Depositor and the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing, qualified or able properly to
discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and the Depositor is unable to
locate a qualified successor or (ii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default
under the Indenture, Beneficial Owners owning not less than a majority in
outstanding principal amount of the Global Certificates advise the Depository
through Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry
system through the Depository is no longer in the best interest of the
Beneficial Owner or Owners of such Global Certificate, the Trustee shall notify
the affected Beneficial Owners through the Depository of the occurrence of such
event and the availability of Individual Certificates to such Beneficial Owner
or Owners requesting them. Upon surrender to the Trustee of Global
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Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from
the Depository for registration of transfer, the Trustee shall issue the
Individual Certificates. Neither the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor the
Depositor shall be liable for any actions taken by the Depository or its
nominee, including, without limitation, any delay in delivery of such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Individual Certificates, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of
Individual Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
If the Trustee or its agents has instituted or has been directed to
institute any judicial proceeding in a court to enforce the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Certificates, and the Trustee has been advised by
counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate
for the Trustee to obtain possession of the Certificates, the Trustee or any of
its agents may in its sole discretion determine that the Certificates
represented by the Global Certificates shall no longer be represented by such
Global Certificates. In such event, the Depositor will execute and the Trustee
will authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such Global Certificates,
Individual Certificates in an aggregate denomination equal to the aggregate
denomination of such Global Certificates.
SECTION 4.05 EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES. Each Certificate shall be
signed in the name and on behalf of the Depositor manually or by facsimile
signature of the President or any Vice President thereof attested by the manual
or facsimile signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary thereof, prior
to the authentication of the Certificate, and the delivery of such Certificate
by the Trustee upon an Depositor Order, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of such Certificate on behalf of the
Depositor. In case any officer of the Depositor who shall have signed, or whose
facsimile signature appears on any of the Certificates, shall cease to be such
officer before the Certificates shall have been authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee or disposed of, such Certificate nevertheless may be authenticated
and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Certificate
had not ceased to be such officer. Any Certificate may be signed on behalf of
the Depositor by such officer as at the actual date of the execution of such
Certificate shall be the proper officer of the Depositor, although at the date
of the execution of this Agreement any such Person was not such an officer.
Only such Certificates as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form herein recited, executed by the Trustee
by manual signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such
certificate by the Trustee upon any Certificate executed by the Depositor shall
be conclusive evidence that the Certificate so authenticated has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.06 EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES.
The Trustee shall keep, at the office or agency to be maintained by the Trustee
for such purpose (the "CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR") at the Corporate Trust Office, a
register (the "CERTIFICATE REGISTER") in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
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shall provide for the registration of the Certificates and the registration of
transfers of such Certificates as in this ARTICLE IV provided; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, in no event shall the Certificate Registrar be required to maintain in
the Certificate Register the names of the individual participants holding
beneficial interests in the Certificates through the Depository. Upon written
notice to any acting Certificate Registrar, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Certificate Registrar for such purposes. The Trustee may appoint one or more
co-registrars (each, a "CERTIFICATE CO-REGISTRAR") for such purposes. At all
reasonable times, any Certificate Register shall be open for inspection by the
Trustee. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Certificate at
the office or agency of any Certificate Registrar or any Certificate
Co-Registrar, the Depositor shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in the name of the transferee or transferees, one or more new
Certificates of like tenor of any authorized denominations for an aggregate
principal amount equal to the then current principal balance of the Certificate
presented for registration of transfer.
All Certificates presented for registration of transfer or for
exchange or payment, as the case may be, shall (if so required by the Depositor
or the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar or any Certificate Co-Registrar) be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
assignment and transfer in form satisfactory to the Person imposing such
requirement duly executed by, the Holder or his or her attorney duly authorized
in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of
transfer of Certificates (except the costs of mailing), but the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Upon delivery by any Certificate Registrar or Certificate
Co-Registrar of a Certificate in exchange for a Certificate surrendered to it in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate so delivered
shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be fully registered in
the Certificate Register; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in making any determination as
to the identity of Persons who are Holders of Certificates, the Trustee shall be
fully protected in relying on the Certificate Register.
All Certificates issued pursuant to this SECTION 4.06 in exchange
for or upon registration of transfer of Certificates shall be the valid
obligations of the Trust, evidencing the same rights, and entitled to the same
benefits and subject to the same conditions under this Agreement, as the
Certificates surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.
SECTION 4.07 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES. In
case any Certificate shall become mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Depositor shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new
Certificate or Certificates of like series and tenor, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
current principal balance of, and in substitution for, the Certificate so
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen. In every such case, the applicant for a
substitute Certificate shall, at the expense of the applicant, furnish to the
Depositor, the Trustee, the
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Certificate Registrar and any Certificate Co-Registrar such certificate or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless. Also, in
every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall furnish to the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any Certificate
Co-Registrar evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
such Certificate and of the ownership thereof. In every case of mutilation, the
applicant shall surrender to the Trustee the Certificate so mutilated. The
Trustee shall authenticate any such substitute Certificate and deliver the same.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Certificate, the Trustee may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith.
If required by the Trustee or the Depositor, such applicant shall furnish an
indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Depositor and the Trustee to
protect the Depositor, the Trustee, any paying agent, the Certificate Registrar
and any Certificate Co-Registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a
Certificate is replaced. In case any Certificate shall have become mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen, at maturity thereof the Trustee may pay or authorize
the payment of the same instead of issuing a substitute Certificate as permitted
by this SECTION 4.07.
Every substitute Certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of
this SECTION 4.07 by virtue of the fact that any Certificate is destroyed, lost
or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall at any time be
found by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and is subject to all
the terms and conditions of this Agreement equally and proportionately, with any
and all other Certificates duly issued and outstanding hereunder. All
Certificates shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the
extent permitted by law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates
and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law
or statute now existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other Certificates without
their surrender.
SECTION 4.08 CANCELLATION OF SURRENDERED CERTIFICATES. All
Certificates surrendered for payment or for substitution or exchange or
registration of transfer hereunder shall be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation and shall be canceled by the Trustee, and no Certificates shall be
issued in lieu thereof, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. The
Trustee shall destroy all canceled Certificates held by it and shall deliver to
the Depositor a certificate in respect of such destruction. If the Depositor
shall acquire any of the Certificates, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a satisfaction of the obligations represented by such Certificates
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. Any
Certificates acquired by the Depositor and delivered to the Trustee shall be
canceled by the Trustee upon receipt of written instructions from the Depositor.
SECTION 4.09 TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES. Until definitive Certificates
are ready for delivery, the Depositor may prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Certificates. Temporary Certificates shall be
substantially in the form of definitive Certificates, but may have variations
that the Depositor considers appropriate for temporary
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Certificates. Without unreasonable delay, the Depositor shall prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate definitive Certificates and deliver them in exchange
for temporary Certificates.
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITOR
SECTION 5.01 MAINTENANCE OF EXISTENCE. The Depositor shall keep in
full effect its existence and rights and good standing as a corporation under
the laws of the State of Delaware and shall be in compliance with the laws of
each applicable jurisdiction to the extent necessary to perform its duties under
this Agreement. The Depositor shall not consolidate with, or sell, lease or
convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any
other corporation or partnership or any other Person so long as any Certificate
is outstanding.
SECTION 5.02 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF THE DEPOSITOR. Neither the
Depositor nor any of its respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates
or agents shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor or any
such other Person against any breach of warranties or representations made
herein or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason
of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.
SECTION 5.03 INDEMNIFICATION. The Depositor shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust Fund from and against any and all direct losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, to which the Trust Fund may become subject, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Prospectus relating to the Certificates, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading.
ARTICLE VI
TRUSTEE TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION 6.01 TRUSTEE TERMINATION EVENTS.
(a) "TRUSTEE TERMINATION EVENT" wherever used herein, means any one
of the following events (whatever reason for such event and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
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(i) any failure by Trustee to remit to the Certificateholders
any payment required to be made or remitted by it under the terms of this
Agreement; or
(ii) any failure by the Trustee to observe or perform in any
material respect any of its other covenants or agreements contained in
this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 60
days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have
been given to the Trustee by the Depositor or Holders of Certificates
evidencing, in the aggregate, not less than 25% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Certificates; or the entry of a decree or order of a court
or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for
the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings against the Trustee, or for the winding-up or
liquidation of the Trustee's affairs; or
(iii) the consent by the Trustee to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidating committee in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities,
voluntary liquidation or similar proceedings of or relating to the Trustee
or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(iv) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of SECTION 7.06 and
shall fail to resign after written request for the Trustee's resignation
by the Depositor.
(b) If a Trustee Termination Event shall occur, the
Certificateholders and/or the Depositor shall have the right to remove the
Trustee in accordance with SECTION 7.07.
SECTION 6.02 LIMITATIONS ON SUITS BY CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. No
Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision
hereof to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to the Trustee, or for the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar
official or for any other remedy thereunder, unless: (i) such Certificateholder
previously has notified the Trustee in writing of a Trustee Termination Event
and of the continuance thereof, as provided herein; (ii) the Certificateholders
representing in the aggregate not less than 25% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Certificates have requested in writing that the Trustee institute
such actions or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such
Certificateholders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity has failed to institute any such action or proceedings; and (v) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
by Holders of Certificates during such 60-day period. It is understood and
intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Certificateholders shall
have any right in any manner whatever to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights
of any other Certificateholder or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other Certificateholder or to enforce any right hereunder or
under the
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Certificates, except in the manner provided herein and therein and for the
equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection
and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given at law or in equity.
SECTION 6.03 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS TO RECEIVE
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TO INSTITUTE CERTAIN SUITS. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this in Agreement or any Certificate issued pursuant hereto, the
right of any Certificateholder to receive distributions on such Certificate
pursuant to ARTICLE III on or after the respective Distribution Dates set forth
herein, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such distribution on or
after such respective dates as provided herein or therein shall not be impaired
or affected without the consent of such Certificateholder.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee undertakes with respect
to the Trust Fund to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement. The Depositor shall not be obligated
to monitor or supervise the performance by the Trustee of its duties hereunder.
Any permissive right of the Trustee set forth in this Agreement shall not be
construed as a duty.
Subject to SECTIONS 7.02(a) and 7.03, the Trustee, upon receipt of
all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders
or other instruments furnished to the Trustee that are specifically required to
be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall examine them to
determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any
such instrument is found on its face not to conform to the requirements of this
Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee shall notify the Person supplying
such instrument and request that the instrument be corrected, and if the
instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's reasonable satisfaction, the
Trustee shall provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders.
Subject to SECTIONS 7.02 and SECTION 7.03, no provision of this
Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own misconduct, its
negligent failure to perform its obligations in compliance with this Agreement,
or any liability which would be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance or
bad faith; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(a) No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon any certificates, reports or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it reasonably believes in
good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper
authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;
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(b) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless it
shall be proved that the Trustee or such Responsible Officer was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any
action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with this Agreement or at the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing,
in the aggregate, not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Agreement.
None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any
event require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial or other liability in the performance of any of its duties as
Trustee hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers as Trustee
hereunder if there are reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Trustee shall not
be responsible and shall have no liability in connection with the duties assumed
by the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any other agent
hereunder (other than in respect of the payment of fees and expenses of such
Persons), unless the Trustee is acting in any such capacity hereunder; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that in any such capacity the Trustee shall have all of the rights,
protections and indemnities provided to it as Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 7.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in SECTION 7.01:
(i) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officer's Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities, including reasonable legal fees, which
may be incurred therein or thereby;
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(iv) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action
reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(v) the Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as
to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions,
covenants or agreements herein (except as specifically required by this
Agreement) or to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or
document, unless requested in writing so to do by Holders of Certificates
evidencing, in the aggregate, not less than 25% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Certificates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the payment within
a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the
opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities
as a condition to taking any such action;
(vi) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys and shall not be liable for the actions or omissions
of any such agents or attorneys selected with due care or the actions or
omissions of the Depositor; and
(vii) the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial or other liability in the performance of
any of its duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
liability is not assured to it.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the
possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or
other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all
the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.03 TRUSTEE NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR THE BOND;
INDEMNIFICATION. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other
than the authentication of the Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of
the Depositor, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement, the Certificates or the Bond or related documents
except as expressly set forth herein. The Trustee shall not be liable for any
action or failure of any action by the Depositor hereunder. The Trustee shall at
no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to: the
legality, validity or enforceability of the Mortgages, the other Security
Documents or the Bond, or the perfection and priority of
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any Mortgage or any other Security Document or the maintenance of any such
perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the efficacy of the Trust
Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
existence, condition and ownership of the Property; the legal sufficiency or
suitability for filing of any Mortgage or any of the other Security Documents;
the existence and enforceability of any hazard insurance on the Property; the
validity of the assignment of the Bond to the Trust Fund; the performance or
enforcement of the Bond; the compliance by the Depositor or representation made
by it under this Agreement or in any related document or the accuracy of any
such warranty or representation made under this Agreement or in any related
document prior to the Trustee's receipt of notice or other discovery of any
noncompliance therewith or any breach thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee of its obligation to perform its duties
under this Agreement. Except with respect to a claim based on the failure of the
Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement or based on the Trustee's
negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct (or such other
standard of care as may be provided herein with respect to any particular
matter), no recourse shall be had for any claim based on any provisions of this
Agreement, the Certificates or the Bond or assignment thereof against the
Trustee in its individual capacity, the Trustee shall not have any personal
obligation, liability or duty whatsoever to any Certificateholder or any other
Person with respect to any such claim, and any such claim shall be asserted
solely against the Trust Fund or any indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity as
provided in this Agreement. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing
any financing or continuation statements in any public office at any time 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 Fund or to record this Agreement. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of any of
the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates.
Neither the Trustee, by reason of the action or inaction of a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, nor any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents or "control persons" (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any
action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this provision shall not protect the Trustee or any such
person against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of
willful misconduct, bad faith, negligence in the performance of duties or
negligent failure to act if it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts. The Trustee and any director, officer,
employee or agent or "control person" (within the meaning of the Securities Act)
of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against
any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with or related to the
Trustee's performance of its powers and duties under this Agreement. The
indemnification provided hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of
the Trustee and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.04 TRUSTEE MAY OWN CERTIFICATES. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
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SECTION 7.05 TRUSTEE'S FEES AND EXPENSES. The Depositor shall pay or
cause to be paid to the Trustee the Trustee Fee (which shall not be limited by
any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust) for all services rendered by the Trustee in the execution of the Trust
Fund and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties
hereunder of the Trustee.
SECTION 7.06 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE. The Trustee
hereunder shall not be an Affiliate of the Depositor and shall at all times be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of any State, the United
States of America, or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $100,000,000 (or shall be a member of a bank holding system, the aggregate
combined capital and surplus of which is at least $100,000,000), and shall be
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, or District of Columbia
authority and which, in the case of any successor Trustee as evidenced in
writing by each Rating Agency, will not adversely affect the then current rating
of the Offered Certificates. If such corporation publishes reports of condition
at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 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 Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in SECTION 7.07.
SECTION 7.07 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created by (i) giving written notice of resignation to the
Depositor and the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Trustee), and each
Rating Agency and by mailing notice of resignation by first class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Certificateholders at their addresses appearing on the
Certificate Register, not less than 60 days before the date specified in such
notice when, subject to SECTION 7.08, such resignation is to take effect, and
(ii) acceptance by a successor trustee appointed by the Depositor in accordance
with SECTION 7.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in SECTION 7.06. If no
successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Trustee Termination Event which has not
been cured or waived, (i) the Depositor or the Certificateholders holding a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
executed by a Responsible Officer of the Depositor or by such Certificateholders
(or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized), as appropriate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor trustee, or (ii) any Certificateholder who has been a bona fide
Certificateholder for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of
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competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee, which removal and appointment shall become effective upon acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee as provided in SECTION 7.08. The successor
Trustee so appointed by such court shall immediately and without further act be
superseded by any successor Trustee appointed by the Certificateholders as
provided below within one year from the date of appointment by such court.
(c) Holders of Certificates evidencing, in the aggregate, not less
than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates, may at
any time, upon the payment to the Trustee of all fees, costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee in
connection with its removal and the transfer of its duties hereunder to a
successor Trustee), remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorney-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instrument or
instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee
so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. Notice of any
removal of the Trustee and acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
shall be given to each Rating Agency by the successor trustee.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
SECTION 7.08.
SECTION 7.08 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. Any successor trustee appointed as
provided in SECTION 7.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor
and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall
become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally
named as trustee herein. The predecessor trustee shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the successor trustee any documents and statements held by it
hereunder, and the Depositor and the predecessor trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all
such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of SECTION 7.06 and its appointment shall not
adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates as evidenced in
writing by each Rating Agency.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section, the successor trustee shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in
the Certificate Register and to each Rating Agency.
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SECTION 7.09 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE. Any Person into
which the 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 Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to
all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall
be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such Person shall be
eligible under the provisions of SECTION 7.06, without the execution or filing
of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 7.10 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE.
(a) At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting any legal
requirements of any jurisdiction in which any Property or any part of the assets
of the Trust may at the time be located or in which any action of the Trustee
may be required to be performed or taken, the Trustee, the Depositor or the
Holders of Certificates evidencing, in the aggregate, more than a majority of
the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates, by an instrument in writing
signed by it or them, may appoint one or more individuals or corporations to act
as separate trustee or separate trustees or co-trustees, acting jointly with the
Trustee, of all or any part of such Property, to the full extent that local law
makes it necessary for such separate trustee or separate trustees or co-trustee
acting jointly with the Trustee to act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the appointment
of a co-trustee will not relieve the Trustee of any of its responsibilities
hereunder.
(b) The Trustee and, at the request of the Trustee, the Depositor
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver all such instruments as may be required
by the legal requirements of any jurisdiction or by any such separate trustee or
separate trustees or co-trustee for the purpose of more fully confirming such
title, rights or duties to such separate trustee or separate trustees or
co-trustee. Upon the acceptance in writing of such appointment by any such
separate trustee or separate trustees or co-trustee, it, he, she or they shall
be vested with such title to the Property or any part thereof, and with such
rights, powers, duties and obligations as shall be specified in the instrument
of appointment, and such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be
conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee, or the
Trustee and such separate trustee or separate trustees or co-trustees jointly
with the Trustee subject to all the terms of this Agreement, except to the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or
acts are to be performed the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or
separate trustees or co-trustee, as the case may be. Any separate trustee or
separate trustees or co-trustee may, at any time by an instrument in writing,
constitute the Trustee its attorney-in-fact and agent with full power and
authority to do all acts and things and to exercise all discretion on its behalf
and in its, her or his name. In any case any such separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, the title to the
Property and all assets, property, rights, powers, duties and obligations and
duties of such separate trustee or co-trustee shall, so far as permitted by law,
vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, without
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the appointment of a successor to such separate trustee or co-trustee unless and
until a successor is appointed.
(c) All provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of
the Trustee shall extend to and apply to each separate trustee or co-trustee
appointed pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.10.
(d) Every additional trustee and separate trustee hereunder shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act and the Trustee shall act,
subject to the following provisions and conditions: (i) all powers, duties,
obligations and rights conferred upon the Trustee in respect of the receipt,
custody, investment and payment of moneys shall be exercised solely by the
Trustee; (ii) all other rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such additional trustee or trustees and separate
trustee or trustees jointly except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in
which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding
of title to the Property in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed by such additional trustee or trustees or separate trustee or
trustees; (iii) no power hereby given to, or exercisable by, any such additional
trustee or separate trustee shall be exercised hereunder by such additional
trustee or separate trustee except jointly with, or with the consent of, the
Trustee; and (iv) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder.
If at any time the Trustee shall deem it no longer necessary or
prudent in order to conform to any such law, the Trustee shall execute and
deliver all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to remove any
additional trustee or separate trustee.
(e) Any request, approval or consent in writing by Trustee to any
additional trustee or separate trustee shall be sufficient warrant to such
additional trustee or separate trustee, as the case may be, to take such action
as may be so requested, approved or consented to.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this SECTION 7.10, the
powers of any additional trustee or separate trustee shall not exceed those of
the Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 7.11 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
(a) At any time when any of the Certificates remain outstanding, the
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents which shall be authorized
to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Certificates, and Certificates
so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and shall
be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Agreement to the authentication
and delivery of Certificates by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
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Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall at all
times be a corporation or association organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $15,000,000, authorized under such
laws to do trust business and subject to supervision or examination by federal
or state authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating
Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this Section.
(b) Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be
a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
(c) An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving at
least 30 days' advance written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Depositor.
The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and the Depositor.
Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in
case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Depositor and
shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage
prepaid to all Certificateholders as their names and addresses appear in the
Certificate Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
SECTION 8.01 TERMINATION.
(a) Subject to SECTION 8.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor, the Trustee and each agent of either of them
(other than the indemnification obligations of the parties hereto) shall
terminate upon the last action required to be taken by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article upon the later of (i) the Final Certificate Distribution Date, (ii)
the final payment on the Bond or (iii) the liquidation of the Property;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
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in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of
twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St.
James's, living on the date hereof.
(b) Notice of any termination, specifying the Final Distribution
Date (which shall be a date that would otherwise be a Distribution Date) upon
which the Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for
payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by
the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders specifying (A) the date upon which
final payment of the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender
of Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein designated, (B)
the amount of any such final payment and (C) that the Record Date otherwise
applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only
upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency of
the Trustee therein specified.
(c) Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders on the Final Distribution
Date all amounts received by the Trustee in respect of full payment of the Bond
and all obligations thereunder and under the Indenture.
(d) In the event that all of the Certificateholders required to
surrender their Certificates shall not surrender their Certificates for final
payment and cancellation on or before the Final Distribution Date with respect
to such Certificates, the Trustee shall on such date cause all funds not
distributed in final distribution to Certificateholders to be credited to the
remaining Certificateholders by depositing such funds in a separate trust
account held uninvested for the benefit of such Certificateholders who failed to
surrender their Certificates and the Trustee shall give a second written notice
to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
one year after the second notice all the Certificates required to be surrendered
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact
the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and
the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds on deposit in such trust
account. If the remaining Certificateholders do not surrender their Certificates
for cancellation and receipt of the final distribution with respect thereto
within two years after the Final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall pay the
amount of such unclaimed final distribution to the Depositor and no other
Certificateholders shall have any further claim to such amounts. Upon the
payment by the Trustee to the Depositor of all such amounts, the Trustee shall
have no further responsibility therefor.
SECTION 8.02 TERMINATION UPON PERMITTED MERGER. .
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this ARTICLE VIII to the
contrary, the respective obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the
Trustee and each agent of either of them (other than the indemnification
obligations of the parties hereto) shall terminate
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on the Bond Distribution Date upon the last action required to be taken by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article.
(b) Promptly after receipt by the Trustee of notice from the
Indenture Trustee that the Indenture Trustee has received the "Release
Certificate" pursuant to Section 9.02(iv) of the Indenture, the Trustee shall
give notice thereof by letter to Certificateholders, specifying the date (which
shall be a date that would otherwise be a Distribution Date) upon which the
Depository shall surrender the Global Certificate to the Trustee for
cancellation and distribution of the Bonds (the "BOND DISTRIBUTION DATE").
(c) On the Bond Distribution Date, without any further act of the
Certificateholders, (i) the Trustee shall cause to be distributed to each
Certificateholder or each Beneficial Owner, as applicable, of the Certificates a
principal amount of Bonds corresponding to the principal amount of Certificates
previously held by such Certificateholders or Beneficial Owner, as the case may
be, by delivering to the Depository instructions substantially in the form of
Exhibit C hereto (the "TRUSTEE'S INSTRUCTION TO DEPOSITORY") and (ii) the
Trustee shall cancel the Global Certificates or Certificate delivered to it by
the Depository or such Certificateholder, as the case may be.
SECTION 8.03 TRUSTS IRREVOCABLE. Except as expressly provided
herein, all trusts created hereby are irrevocable.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 9.01 AMENDMENT.
(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the mutual
agreement of the Depositor and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any
provision(s) herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision(s) herein, or (iii) to make or change any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder without the consent of each Certificateholder
adversely affected thereby. Prior to entering into any amendment without the
consent of Holders pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee shall require an
Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the Depositor to the effect that such
amendment is permitted under this paragraph.
(b) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor
and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing, in the aggregate, not less than 66 2/3% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Certificates for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Certificates;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the
amount of, delay the timing of or change the manner in which payments received
on or with respect to the Bond are required to be distributed or adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of
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the Holders of the Certificates, without the consent of the Holders of not less
than 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Certificates, or (ii) reduce any
of the aforesaid percentage of aggregate principal amount of the Certificates,
the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement,
the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment to each Certificateholder and the Rating Agencies.
(d) The Trustee shall not consent to any amendment or modification
of this Agreement which would adversely affect the status of the Trust as a
grantor trust for federal income tax purposes.
(e) Prior to entering into any amendment of this Agreement pursuant
to this section, the Trustee may require an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of
the Depositor to the effect that such amendment is permitted hereunder.
SECTION 9.02 COUNTERPARTS.
(a) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such
counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 9.03 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 9.04 NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications to any
party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
when delivered to (i) in the case of the Depositor, to Mid-America Finance,
Inc., [_____________] Attention: [_____________], with a copy to
[_____________], and (ii) in the case of the Trustee, to the Corporate Trust
Office; or in each case such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the
other parties hereto in writing. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed
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
mailed to a Certificateholder within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives such notice.
SECTION 9.05 NOTICES TO THE RATING AGENCY. The Trustee shall deliver
written notice of the following events to each Rating Agency, promptly following
the occurrence thereof: a material amendment to this Agreement; any Trustee
Termination Event; any change in or the termination or resignation of the
Trustee; and final payment to Certificateholders. The Depositor and Trustee also
shall furnish such other information regarding the Trust Fund as may be
reasonably requested by any Rating Agency to the extent
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such party has or can obtain such information without unreasonable effort or
expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to deliver such notices or
copies shall not constitute a Trustee Termination Event under this Agreement.
Any confirmation of the rating by any Rating Agency required hereunder shall be
in writing.
SECTION 9.06 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 9.07 LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. The death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's legal
representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or commence
any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust Fund, or
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto
or any of them.
No Certificateholder, solely by virtue of its status as a
Certificateholder, shall have any right to vote (except as provided herein) or
in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund,
or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth or
contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to constitute the
Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association;
nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by
reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any
provision hereof.
No Certificateholder, solely by virtue of its status as a
Certificateholder, shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself of any
provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of a Trustee
Termination Event and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and
unless the Holders of Certificates aggregating not less than 25% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Certificates shall also have made written
request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in the
Trustee's name hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended,
and being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders.
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For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and
every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can
be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 9.08 CERTIFICATES NONASSESSABLE AND FULLY PAID. It is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 9.09 REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS. This Agreement and all
documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (i) consents, waivers
and modifications which may hereafter be executed, (ii) documents received by
any party at the closing, and (iii) financial statements, certificates and other
information previously or hereafter furnished, may be reproduced by any
photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or
other similar process. The parties agree that any such reproduction shall be
admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative
proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such
reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business, and that any
enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence.
SECTION 9.10 NO PARTNERSHIP. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed or construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties
hereto.
SECTION 9.11 ACTIONS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by
Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Trustee and, where required, to the Depositor. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Depositor, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution of any Certificateholder of
any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver, or other act by a Certificateholder shall bind every Holder of every
Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done,
by the Trustee or the Depositor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Certificate.
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(d) The Trustee may require additional proof of any matter referred
to in this Section as it shall deem reasonably necessary.
SECTION 9.12 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The rights and obligations of
any party hereto shall not be assigned (except pursuant to SECTION 7.09 hereof)
by such party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Depositor,
and the Trustee and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 9.13 OFFICER'S CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS OF COUNSEL;
STATEMENTS TO BE CONTAINED THEREIN. Upon any application or demand by the
Depositor to the Trustee to take any action, the Depositor shall furnish to the
Trustee (i) an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and that the proposed action is in conformity with and required by
the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel
stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if
any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required in
any provision of this Agreement relating to such particular application or
demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each Certificate or opinion required by this Agreement and delivered
to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Agreement shall include (i) a statement that the person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (ii) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion are
based, (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with, and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters information with respect to which is in
the possession of the Depositor upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or
representations by one or more officers of the Depositor unless such counsel
knows that the Certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect
to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that
the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Depositor
or of counsel thereto may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants employed by the Depositor unless such certifying Person or counsel,
as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or
opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the
day and year first above written.
MID-AMERICA FINANCE, INC.,
as Depositor
By
Name:
Title:
LASALLE NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
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